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Persuasion (1995)
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27 September 1995 (USA)
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Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded...
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Rated PG for brief mild language.
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107 min
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Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG
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The red gown with brocade bodice and capped sleeves Sophie Thompson (Mary Musgrove) wears to dinner at Uppercross is the same gown Sylvestra Le Touzel (Mrs. Allen) wears in Bath in Northanger Abbey (2007) (TV).See more »
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Continuity: Anne finds a letter folded into a boat when she is tidying the junk room early in the picture. The letter is actually the one the the captain writes to her much latter in the movie.See more »
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Captain Wentworth:I come on business, Sir Walter.
Sir Walter Elliot:Business?
Captain Wentworth:Yes, my proposal of marriage to your daughter, Anne, has been accepted and I respectfully, sir, request permission to set a date.
Sir Walter Elliot:Anne? You want to marry Anne? Whatever for?
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Sir Walter Elliot:Business?
Captain Wentworth:Yes, my proposal of marriage to your daughter, Anne, has been accepted and I respectfully, sir, request permission to set a date.
Sir Walter Elliot:Anne? You want to marry Anne? Whatever for?
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I loved this film by Roger Michell. Adaptations of great literary classics are fraught with dangerous shoals which have all been blithely avoided in this superb adaption of Jane Austen's masterpiece about love.
There isn't a false move in the entire enterprise. The casting is perfect and the performances flawless.
Special kudos to Amanda Root's brilliant, subtle performance as the heroine Anne Elliot. Ciaran Hinds, as Captain Wentworth, is virile, handsome and highly attractive as the lonely sea-farer come to land after years of fighting in the Napolianic wars.
Not only is this a ripping love story it is imbued with great humor and pathos as well.
There is nothing "high-fallutin'" about it either. Not for one instant does the nasty face of preciosity enter in. The film speaks TO the viewer not at him from a high place.
There are some brilliant vignettes, notably in the person of Cinnamon Faye as the honorable Miss Carteret. She doesn't have a single word to utter but in her facial mannerisms conveys a hilarious portrayal of the empty-headed daughter of the nasty Viscountess Dalrymple. Only in the very last scene does Ms Faye utter and that is simply to emit the silliest sneeze I've ever heard. One of the brilliant and rare moments of exquisite comedy to be seen in a film.
Other standouts in the cast are John Woodvine and Fiona Shaw as the Admiral and his devoted wife. Sophie Thompson turns in a wonderful performance as the ever-whining, obnoxious younger sister, Mary, who, along with the elder Elliot daughter, Elizabeth, burden the long-suffering Anne with their uselessness. Phoebe Nicholls, of Brideshead Revisted fame (she was Sebastian Flyte's youngest sister Cordelia) contributes yet another wonderful performance in her career, as the ill-tempered Elizabeth, ultimately conveying the tragedy of the burgeoning spinster in the last scene.
Even if great literary classics aren't your "bag" don't miss this minor masterpiece if you happen to love great film-making.