Persuasion
by Roger Michell
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Actor: Amanda Root, Ciar?n Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, Susan FleetwoodDirector: Roger Michell
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 104 minutes
Release Date: 1996-11-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
VHS Movie Reviews of Persuasion
Movie Review: the best
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my favorite of all the Jane Austin stories. I must have watched this DVD 20 times already.Movie Review: Even Jane herself would approve of this production
Summary: 5 Stars
The producers of this film took their jobs seriously. By that, I mean that I think they actually read the book before producing the film. And the production is so much better for it.
The story is classic and familiar: Boy and girl fall in love. The girl (who is young and easily manipulated) is convinced to drop the boy since he is not "acceptable" -- not of her caste. Later, after many changes in fortune, they meet again, but this time it is the man who is initially reluctant to form any kind of alliance with her, though she still cares deeply for him. It takes some shared experiences, a change of scenery, and some realization on both of their parts of their mutual responsibilities before they are happily joined together.
Sounds like the making of a soap opera, doesn't it? But in the hands of Jane Austin's incomparable skill at story telling coupled with excellent casting of the film, a fine adaptation of the story, and just a smidge of Aristotle's "willing suspension of disbelief," this film is a wonderful fresh surprise.
By the way, if you saw the recent PBS Masterpiece Classics adaptation of this same book, you may find as I did that it suffered greatly when compared to this earlier production. Take a look at this film and once more escape into Jane's world of Regency England and the rise of the middle class.
Movie Review: Difficult to understand
Summary: 3 Stars
Persuasion is a beautifully filmed period movie. The british actors were at times difficult to understand. People whispered and then spoke loudly. It was sometimes hard to decipher the British accented dialogue. Worth watching for the costumes and scenery.Movie Review: Persuasion
Summary: 5 Stars
Just loved it !! Its better then the oldest and newer version of Persuasion. I say " buy this one.. you won't be sorry". Movie Review: breakage
Summary: 5 Stars
Sorry, my fault. i cracked the dvd trying to get it out of the case!
Summary of Persuasion
Movie adaptations of Jane Austen's classic novels were all the rage (relatively speaking) in the mid-1990s. Clueless updated Austen's Emma, which was more conventionally adapted in another version (Emma) starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Emma was produced yet again, this time for British television, as were a celebrated miniseries of Pride and Prejudice and this splendid film of Austen's Persuasion. Persuasion is the story of a love that survives eight years of dormancy and the frustrating obstacles of class prejudice in 19th century England. Anne (Amanda Root) is captivated when she meets the dignified naval officer Capt. Wentworth (Ciar?n Hinds), but she is advised to discourage his romantic overtures because he has no fortune. They meet again eight years later, but now Capt. Wentworth has become wealthy while Anne's father is in reduced circumstances in the wake of reckless extravagance. A series of circumstances ensue which prevent Anne and Wentworth from expressing their mutual and inevitable love. The film's success depends entirely on the subtle, superb performances of Root and Hinds. The film builds slowly, occasionally leaving you wondering if anything at all is going to happen. When it does, you realize how carefully crafted a film this is, and the final result is grandly rewarding. --Jeff ShannonPeriod Piece Video
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