S3.E7

Northanger Abbey

Name: Northanger Abbey
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-12-06
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy

Episode aired Dec 6, 1987
TV-14TV-14
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

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Drama

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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5.4/10

905

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Peter Firth and Katharine Schlesinger in Northanger Abbey (1987)

Katharine Schlesinger in Northanger Abbey (1987)

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)

Jonathan Coy and Cassie Stuart in Northanger Abbey (1987)

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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)

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2/10

Completely strips Austen's satire of its spirit

Sometimes, changes to novels when they're made into films are not only necessary, but a good thing. However, in the case of Northanger Abbey, it's a very, very bad thing. Not only is the story itself ripped to shreds, but the satire is almost completely absent from the film, and it's mixture of romance and intrigue doesn't even touch upon the biting commentary that Austen put into her work. It fails to be amusing or satirical at all, and instead turns the character's fascination with her fantasy world into mostly a drama.

This affects the romance as well. It's meandering and aimless. Chemistry and interest are never established. The reasons Tilney is attracted to Catherine are completely absent from the film, leaving the audience to wonder what it is he sees in her at all.

Hopefully some day soon, we'll get a more faithful version if Austen's satire.

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