Mansfield Park (TV 2007)

At age 10, Fanny Price is sent by her destitute mother to live with her aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. As a child she was often made to feel that she was the poor relation but... See full summary »

Director:

Iain B. MacDonald

Writer:

Maggie Wadey

Stars:

Julia Joyce, Douglas Hodge, Maggie O'Neill

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Joyce	...	Young Fanny
Douglas Hodge	...	Sir Thomas Bertram
Maggie O'Neill	...	Mrs. Norris
Tara Berwin	...	Young Maria
Lucy Hurst	...	Young Julia
Zachary Elliott-Hatton	...	Young Tom
Greg Sheffield	...	Young Edmund
Billie Piper	...	Fanny Price
Blake Ritson	...	Edmund Bertram
James D'Arcy	...	Tom Bertram
Michelle Ryan	...	Maria Bertram
Rory Kinnear	...	Rushworth
Catherine Steadman	...	Julia Bertram
Hayley Atwell	...	Mary Crawford
Joseph Beattie	...	Henry Crawford (as Joesph Beattie)

Storyline

At age 10, Fanny Price is sent by her destitute mother to live with her aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. As a child she was often made to feel that she was the poor relation but by the time she reaches 18, and in the absence of her uncle who leaves on a business trip for an extended period, she begins to enjoy herself. When Henry Crawford and his sister Mary become neighbors to the Bertrams, opportunities abound. Edmond Bertram falls in love with Mary but she wants to marry a man with money, not someone destined to life as a clergyman. Meanwhile, Fanny's love for her cousin Edmond prevents her from accepting Mr. Crawford's proposal of marriage.

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Plot Keywords:

uncle | estate | clergyman | aunt | melancholy | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

ITV [uk] PBS [us]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kasvattitytön tarina

Filming Locations:

Newby Hall, Skelton on Ure, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Company Pictures, WGBH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 120 min 88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The windowpane check gown worn by Billie Piper (Fanny Price) to cut lavender is the same gown worn by Rosamund Stephen (Henrietta Musgrove) in Persuasion, Honeysuckle Weeks (Alice Cottisloe) in Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, Victoria Hopkins in The Regency House Party, and Emma Thompson (Elinor Dashwood) in Sense and Sensibility. The same costume is also worn in Byron by an extra at the London party where Byron meets Annabella Milbanke.

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Quotes

Mrs. Norris: This is not a very promising beginning.

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Crazy Credits

Jemma Redgrave was only listed in the opening credits and was not included in the cast/character list in the closing credits.

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Connections

Featured in The Story of the Costume Drama: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Tythe Pig"
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

Will the real Fanny Price ever appear in a dramatized version of Mansfield Park?

Well, this latest version of Mansfield Park seemed to try and take the edginess of the 1999 theatrical version (outright copied some of the ideas from it in fact), but tone things down a bit to bring it more in line with the original story. Unfortunately, the result is a rather lackluster, and schizophrenic, production. And, as with all the other versions of Mansfield Park out there, the character of Fanny Price is no where to be found. Instead there is a strangely child-like, bleached-blond woman running around who never really fully develops as a character. At least in the 1999 movie the character they call "Fanny Price" is firmly established as rebellious tomboy who is too clever for her own good. This "Fanny Price" is a complete enigma. Someday, I would really like to see a dramatization of Mansfield Park that actually includes a depiction of the character of Fanny as she was written by Jane Austen. A sweet, kind, compassionate girl with a timid personality and frail constitution. She is reserved in manner and painfully honest, but also strong in her convictions, unfailingly loyal, extremely intelligent, and remarkably astute. A bit of a late bloomer, it is not until her eighteenth year that she finally begins to make the transition from awkward adolescent to self-possessed young woman. And she wants nothing more in life than to be of some real use to those she loves most. It's a wonderfully complex character that I look forward to one day seeing faithfully portrayed.