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TechnoTV - Persuasion
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Starring: Anthony Head, Alice Krige, Marion Bailey, Peter Wight, Rupert Penry-Jones
Directed By: Adrian Shergold
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929005475
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-01-15
Running Time: 93
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Summary: Good fall late night quite movie
Comment: Though is is not like the book; I found more enjoyable then the book. I love Jane Austen, but Persuasion was a bore, until the ending chapters. The movies that are close to the book are boring, this is enjoyable.
How she gets his letter is lame, and the kiss is horrid, I have to fast forward through it, they look so unpleasant.
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Summary: Austen adaptions
Comment: It seems a lot of JANE AUSTEN book readers buy the film adaptions, just to criticise them. Stop it. This adaption of PERSUASION is thoroughly entertaining. Only ninety minutes long, short enough to watch daily. It has a beginning, a middle and a happy ending. What more could you want?
It is as good as the BBC P & P, without having to wait for hours and hours to see what happens. Serious AUSTEN readers should not buy DVD's or go to the movies, they should stick to books. Anyone else will enjoy this version of PERSUASION. (probably)
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Summary: A mess
Comment: I have enjoyed many of the new BBC Jane Austen productions (Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility), so I had high hopes for Persuasion, my favorite Austen book. It started out well, and I rather liked the choice of a younger less weather beaten Captain Wentworth. Yet by the end I was shaking my head and couldn't wait for it to end. Sally Hawkins was a mopey Anne, who never did seem to get her bloom back. And the scriptwriter--what happened? Did he/she get drunk halfway through and decide to toss Austen's book? Key bits of dialogue were shifted around, and then ending with Anne running a marathon around Bath was a disaster. And the ending scene was a bit odd, too. It's not as if Anne was longing for a house for eight years...
Luckily, we still have Amanda Root and the wonderful film from 1995.
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Summary: beautiful love story
Comment: I agree with some on the reviews that yes Anne running around at the end was kind of odd. But the kiss was tender with the tear. Rupert is sex on legs as Captain Wentworth. I would watch the movie 100 times again just to look at him. Sally as Anne was a amazing role. I felt like I understood how torn she was watching her love court someone else. The anticipated climax of their reunion was beautiful. It was what it was and it did not follow the book but the purpose was to make it so it appealed to wider audience. If you want a beautiful love story I would highly recommend watching.
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Summary: Loved it!!
Comment: I LOVED this movie! I confess I love all of Miss Austen's books and love to see any adaptation. I don't care if things are put in or left out so much, because I like to see the adaptation style. I thought the leads were wonderfully cast, I could look at the captain all day:)
The only part of the entire movie I didn't like was (spoiler) after Anne ran back to her home to find the captain, when they finally go to kiss, she had this thick, ropy saliva that was strung out between her lips and teeth and was just so yuck and obvious to me that I couldn't help thinking that he was "acting" here. But then again, I am in the dental field, so I perhaps noticed that a lot more than some. But otherwise, I loved the cinematography, lovedddd her wacky sisters (Mary was an amazing actress and just a joy to giggle at) and the captain, just wow. The music was incredile, I would be the first in line to buy this soundtrack. My sister borrowed this DVD from me, and is in Australia right now with it, and I cannot WAIT to get it back!! Happy Austen trails to you all.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Jane Austen’s romantic masterpiece comes to DVD in a thrilling new production from the BBC and Masterpiece Theatre. Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with a fortune and rank, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet.
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