S11.E3

Persuasion

Name: Persuasion
Genre: Drama
Released: 1997-04-06
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood

Episode aired Apr 6, 1997
PGPG
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Ciarán Hinds and Amanda Root in Persuasion (1995)

Theatrical Trailer from Sony Pictures Classics

Play trailer1:29

1 Video

39 Photos

Drama

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected Frederick Wentworth, the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken fa... Read allEight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected Frederick Wentworth, the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family from their home, only to be reintroduced to the now successful and wealthy Captain Fr... Read allEight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected Frederick Wentworth, the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family from their home, only to be reintroduced to the now successful and wealthy Captain Frederick Wentworth. With their roles reversed and Captain Wentworth the eligible and wealth... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

11K

YOUR RATING

- Roger Michell
- Jane Austen(novel)
- Nick Dear(screenplay)
Stars

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Won 5 BAFTA Awards
- 7 wins & 2 nominations total

Videos1

Trailer 1:29

Watch Persuasion

Photos39

Ciarán Hinds, Richard McCabe, and Amanda Root in Persuasion (1995)

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Filmed completely on location, using all natural light.

Goofs
While clearing out her things at Kellynch near the beginning of the film, Anne finds a paper boat tucked inside a navy list. If you look closely, you can see that the words written on it come from the letter Captain Wentworth writes to her at the end of the film. It says: "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again..."

Quotes
Captain Harvile: Poor Phoebe, she would not have forgotten him so soon. It was not in her nature.
Anne Elliot: It would not be in the nature of any woman who truly loved.
Captain Harvile: Do you claim that for your sex?
Anne Elliot: We do not forget you as soon as you forget us. We cannot help ourselves. We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us. You always have business of some sort or other to take you back into the world.
Captain Harvile: I won't allow it to be any more man's nature than women's to be inconstant or to forget those they love or have loved. I believe the reverse. I believe... Let me just observe that all histories are against you, all stories, prose, and verse. I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which did not have something to say on women's fickleness.
Anne Elliot: But they were all written by men.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Assassins/Dead Presidents/How to Make an American Quilt/Strange Days/Persuasion (1995)

Soundtracks
Prelude in B
Composed by Frédéric Chopin (as Chopin)
Performed by Susan Tomes

User reviews106

Review

Featured review

8/10

Extraordinary

I enjoy Jane Austin best of all when it is free of the Hollywood temptation to populate her cast with handsome men and beautiful woman. Anne Elliot is attractive not because she is some buxom blonde, but because her character is intelligent, quiet, and generously caring.

The photography in this film is extraordinary as are all the performances. Colin Redgrave is fabulous as Anne's father, a sniveling social climber, and Samuel West as the seedy relative who tries to get back in the families good graces to make sure that his fortunes are preserved. The actresses playing Anne's two sisters also do a praise worthy job.

I recommend this film highly even if you aren't an Austin fan.

helpful•58