Northanger Abbey

Name: Northanger Abbey
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-12-06
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy

Episode aired Dec 6, 1987
1h 28min

S3.E7

Catherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon retu... Read allCatherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning to her home with her family, Eleanor invites Catherine to come along as her guest an... Read allCatherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning to her home with her family, Eleanor invites Catherine to come along as her guest and companion. There Catherine's imagination continues to flourish and she begins to suspect... Read all

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Director
- Giles Foster
Writers
- Jane Austen(novel)
- Maggie Wadey
Stars

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Philip Bird and Cassie Stuart in Northanger Abbey (1987)

Katharine Schlesinger and Googie Withers in Northanger Abbey (1987)

Ingrid Lacey and Katharine Schlesinger in Northanger Abbey (1987)

Katharine Schlesinger in Northanger Abbey (1987)

Jonathan Coy and Cassie Stuart in Northanger Abbey (1987)

Director
- Giles Foster
Writers
- Jane Austen(novel)
- Maggie Wadey
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Catherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning to her home with her family, Eleanor invites Catherine to come along as her guest and companion. There Catherine's imagination continues to flourish and she begins to suspect a dark secret at Northanger Abbey. —Cara-chan

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Genre
- Drama
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Trivia
The "little shoemaker" Mr. Allen refers to while reading the newspaper is Thomas Hardy, who was tried for sedition in London in 1794 for leading a parliamentary reform movement.

Connections
Featured in The Real Jane Austen (2002)

Soundtracks
The Lancer's Quadrilles: Ladoiska
(uncredited)
Composed by Kruetzer
[first dance in Bath Assembly Room on Catherine's first visit)

Top review

Oh dear!!

I've read this book probably 4 times, and loved it every single time. I'm afraid this movie has missed the mark. Well, no, it hasn't missed the mark - it doesn't even know where the mark is in the first place! First of all, these actors are nothing like I pictured the characters as I read. I may have pictured them somewhat differently from how Austen described them, but nevertheless I find it very hard to accept them as the characters in the book. They just don't fit. Second of all, why are there so many scenes cut out and new ones put in? It felt like I'd missed so much when the movie was over, and that it was rushed and incomplete. And all of her visions! Some of the scenes in this movie are very similar to those in John Gielgud's "Prospero's Books," which I know is lauded as brilliant filmmaking. However, here it just distracts from the story and creates an uncomfortable situation for the viewer. If you love Jane Austen, I would suggest not seeing this movie. Wait for someone like Emma Thompson or even Kenneth Branagh to do justice to it (although I hope he doesn't cast himself as Tilney!!).

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