Persuasion

Persuasion
by Adrian Shergold

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Actor: Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Sally Hawkins
Director: Adrian Shergold
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: David Odd
Producer: David Snodin
Producer: Murray Ferguson
Producer: Rebecca Eaton
Producer: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Writer: Jane Austen
Writer: Simon Burke
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner

DVD Reviews of Persuasion

DVD Review: Much better than the 1995 version
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw this version of Persuasion first, then the 1995 version. I have to admit that when I first saw this I thought Anne Elliott quite dowdy. Her clothes certainly are, but if you want dowdy, see the 1995 version. After seeing this again I think Anne is pretty and, of course, Frederick Wentworth is very handsome. This version is more fun to watch first, because almost everyone in the film is good-looking (or at least not really bad-looking!), the surroundings are beautiful, I can actually understand what they're saying without having the subtitles on (yes, I needed them for the 1995 version), and the love story is much more believable. This Capt. Wentworth is one worth pining over for 8 years! Overall, well done.

DVD Review: Gosh where to start
Summary: 4 Stars

I have seen both versions but have not read the book...next on my list. I do like this version better in most respects but agree that the running in the end is something to take, even if it were in todays time. Could have been done better and still gotten the point across. I do like this version more in all the other areas. Her sisters (and her father) are less annoying but still convincing. Captain Wentworth (Who is EXTREMELY good looking)is much more convincing and I could actually tell of the love between them even after all these years (is that not why we watch) than in the other one. Now as I go to read the book...I may be back to update the review.. :)

DVD Review: Jane Austin's Persuasion
Summary: 5 Stars

This DVD is the classic Jane Austin's Persuasion that appeared on BBC. I got it for my mother-in-law who wanted this adaptation. I watched it too--loved it.

DVD Review: Fresh Take on this beloved novel.
Summary: 4 Stars

I thought this was a pretty good remake of the movie. I enjoyed some of the actors more than the previous version (handsome Penry-Jones), and the different settings. I think that Adm. Croft was Elizabeth's uncle in the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice. It didn't get everything right, but, at least it hit the main points. The 1995 adaptation was more like the book, however, I thought this one made me feel more for Anne's plight, and explained some of the details left out before, in her case, and, in his. I especially liked the conversations with him & Harville. It showed how good of friends they were, and explained the situation between Captain Wentworth & Louisa more from his perspective, and I found that to be refreshing. The music is beautiful, too. Yes, I missed the true conversation between Anne & Harville! That was a mistake to change that, and Anne running all over Bath didn't really make any sense. Maybe the writers wanted us to feel for her love, and urgency not to lose him again? Also, did anyone else think that Anne's clothes weren't as pretty as Elizabeth's or Mrs. Clay? I would've liked to see her a little more dressed up sometimes. And, as for Mrs. Smith, well, at least, they didn't have her confess that she was lame, then, to see her walking so well. I love the 1995 movie version more, but, I enjoyed this one for a fresh view of the characters, and some of the little details that I missed out on before.

DVD Review: Good
Summary: 4 Stars

I thought this movie was good. I've watched it more than once and that's always a good sign! The acting was good and the leading man is gorgeous to watch. Those British men really know how to stare longingly at someone. Anyone who is a fan of Austen or romantic movies will like this.

Description of Persuasion

Jane Austen??Ts 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.

Jane Austen fans will delight in the sumptuous production design and first-rate acting in the 2007 Masterpiece Theatre version of Persuasion. Sally Hawkins is controlled and moving as Anne Elliot, the quietly heartbroken but sensible heroine who was "persuaded" (read: forced) to turn away her true love but still carries an unseen torch for him. Hawkins's performance is genteel yet steely, and the quiet strength of the entire production. Hawkins looks alternately quietly lovely and sadly pinched--as one might expect the long frustrated Anne to look.

Other highlights include a post-Buffy Anthony Head, as Anne's clueless, blustery father, Sir Walter. Head gets to turn on his deft comic talent here in ways most American audiences have not yet seen him; he's clearly enjoying himself immensely, blustering about "my shrubberies" and other trivial affairs. The cinematography is lush (several breathtaking tracking shots are used, especially early on), as are the period costumes. The production was filmed exclusively on location, and the reality of the sets enforces the story.

Some fans may prefer the 1995 Amanda Root version, for the casting of Ciaran Hinds as Capt. Wentworth, but this later effort is a worthy entry in the Austen film oeuvre--and Rupert Penry-Jones is a dreamboat in his own right. As the wistful Anne says, on behalf of all women, "We do not forget you, so soon as you forget us." --A.T. Hurley

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