Mansfield Park (BBC, 1986)
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Actor: Gorden Kaye, Nicholas Farrell, Robert Burbage, Susan Edmonstone, Sylvestra Le TouzelBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 312 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of Mansfield Park (BBC, 1986)
DVD Review: Your mother's (or grand mother's) BBC
Summary: 2 Stars
Yes, it's strictly old-school period movie. Dry as saltines. Fans of Austen will be better served watching the new Andrew Davies screenplay version, which is much less staid. DVD Review: 2nd Disc didn't work
Summary: 1 Stars
The first DVD worked fine... but the second we couldn't get to work. We tried it on several different DVD machines in the house. But never could get it to work.DVD Review: it was great...when I had insomnia
Summary: 1 Stars
I have read all Jane Austen's novels and have scooped up every movie adaptation out there. They're for the most part totally delightful.
This miniseries (which I bought as a set with all six BBC miniseries) is awful. I can't understand all the five star reviews.
The lighting, the acting, the makeup, the editing; all just plain terrible. I forced myself to watch Northanger Abbey (which is so bad, it's funny to watch) and a couple years later worked up the courage to try Mansfield Park. It put me to sleep three or four nights in a row. It felt like a penance for some sin, but I was determined to watch it to the bitter end.
I wouldn't recommend these series to my worst enemy.
DVD Review: Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love Jane Austen's books. I enjoy reading books in this period and really enjoy watching the movies after I am finished with the book. I have another version of Mansfield Park which was okay, but the story line was not as it was in the book and was disappointing. This versioin was exactly like the book and it was absolutely wonderful! Everything I pictured in my mind while reading the book was as I pictured it in the film. I would recommend this movie to anyone whom likes to view the same as they have read.DVD Review: Mansfield Park (BBC, 1986)
Summary: 4 Stars
Great movie but does run a little slow at times. If your into Jane Austin then this is a 'must have'.
Description of Mansfield Park (BBC, 1986)
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Run time: 312 minutesIn 1983, the BBC made this 261-minute miniseries from Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park. Austen explores the well-tread theme of class distinction and the triumph of love, but Fanny Price (Sylvestra Le Touzel) is an original Austen creation. Fanny, from a large and poor family, is taken into the home of her wealthy uncle and aunt, the stoic Sir Thomas Bertram (Bernard Hepton) and the childlike Lady Bertram (Angela Pleasence, daughter of actor Donald). Also residing at the posh Bertram mansion are the oldest son, irresponsible Tom (Christopher Villiers), distant Julia (Liz Crowther), and the kindly Edmund (Nicholas Farrell).
If you can get past Le Touzel's odd mannerism of making little chopping movements with her open-palmed hand for emphasis, this is a faithful adaptation of the novel. It's much slower than Northanger Abbey and lacks some of the passionate drama of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, but it still depicts a strong yet very kind heroine who stands up for what she believes in. When popular philanderer Henry Crawford (Robert Burbage) actually falls for and proposes to Fanny, she rejects him, much to the surprise and disdain of the Bertrams--except, of course, for our hero Edmund. For trivia buffs: Jonny Lee Miller, who plays young Charles Price (one of Fanny's brothers), has the role of Edmund Bertram in the 1999 theatrical version of Mansfield Park. --N.F. Mendoza
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