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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   3,601 votes
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Director:
Roger Michell
Writers:
Jane Austen (novel)
Nick Dear (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 September 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Drama more
Plot:
Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded... more | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Comments:
Beautiful and understated more

Cast

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for brief mild language.
Runtime:
107 min
Country:
UK | France | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
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). more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: After Louisa jumps off the steps, a blue car is seen driving up the Cob behind Captain Wentworth. more
Quotes:
Sir Walter Elliot: I strongly object to the Navy. It brings people of obscure birth into undue distinction and it cuts up a man's youth and vigor most horribly! more
Movie Connections:
Features The Bounty (1984) more
Soundtrack:
The Minstrel Boy more

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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Beautiful and understated, 3 September 2000
9/10
Author: stills-6 from california

This is a very well put together, and yet very fragile movie that shows its budget constraints all too well. Beautifully acted and written, the direction unfortunately reveals the boxy nature of a TV screen. But despite the lack of impressive cinematography, the scenes are set up extremely well. The use of staging and visual metaphor are jaw-droppingly fantastic. Austen's relatively simple potboiler has been turned into a work of visual art that reveals the director's love for the material.

The music is done perfectly - it doesn't overpower or ever impose interpretation, instead it is just enough to maintain focus on the story. And I love the understated nature of the characters. It is easy to spot the hypocrites, but you can see why they are the way they are. It would be very easy to make Mr. Eliot into a simpering, unctious idiot - instead, he is played as a gentleman. It makes Anne a better character, and it makes the movie a better experience.

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