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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Surround Sound, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
A young couple's stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds of the Royal Shakespeare Company are the star-crossed lovers, Anne and Wentworth, whose passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight years later, when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is on the verge of bankruptcy, Wentworth returns. Will their second chance at love be ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once? Or will the heart be persuaded by rules of its own? Adding flirtatious fun to Austen's irresistible romance, Persuasion takes your breath away! A dazzling five-star feast.
"Takes your breath away! A dazzling five-star feast." Daphne Davis, Movies & Videos
"...charm and real punch..." Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
"The best picture of the year." Time Magazine
Editor's Note
A lavish BBC production of Jane Austen's 1818 love story of an English officer pursuing the woman he loves through youthful rejection, long estrangement, and eventual, glorious reconciliation.
Plot Summary
A prodigal baronet, the widowed Sir Walter Elliot lives with his daughters Anne and Elizabeth at Kellynch Hall. Anne, the younger of Elliot's unmarried offspring, is a comely, dutiful woman but a deeply melancholy soul. She's been heartbroken ever since Lady Russell, a trusted family friend, persuaded Anne to refuse the marriage proposal of naval officer Frederick Wentworth on account of his lack of fortune. | Finding himself on the brink of financial ruin, Sir Walter Elliot rents out Kellynch Hall while he and the girls vacation at Bath. An ironic twist of fate brings the now wealthy Captain Wentworth and his relatives to the Elliot estate as seasonal tenants. So, Anne's beloved Frederick Wentworth enters her world once more. But there's no certainty love will bloom again.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Limited Edition Classic Book And DVD Collection | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 9/28/2004 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 07709 | | UPC: 00043396077096 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 1.66:1/4:3 |
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"...An engaging adaptation..." 04/01/1996 p.130Rolling Stone
"...Gorgeously directed, written and acted....A sharply witty, touching and vital romance..." 10/19/1995 p.158 Entertainment Weekly
"...Witty and suspenseful, this PERSUASION is enthralling." -- Rating: A- 10/20/1995 pp.48-9 Variety
"...[The film] carries a genuinely heady adrenaline rush....Root is terrific..." 05/29/1995 Los Angeles Times
"...Literate, sophisticated, bitingly funny, it's a Cinderella romance so delicious you want it never to end..." 10/06/1995 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Michell's direction is] like a matter-of-fact record of the events under study. In that he reflects Austen's tone. The details are right..." 10/27/1995 p.34 Washington Post 8 of 10
There's a wonderful, unhurried delicacy about Persuasion, Roger Michell's adaptation of Jane - Desson Howe
ReelViews 8 of 10
...cinematic faithfulness to classic novels is not a dead art. Not only does Persuasion remai - James Berardinelli
USA Today 6 of 10
...the unknown cast combines with naturally lit interiors and overall lack of cosmetic prettificatio - Mike Clark
Box Office Magazine 7 of 10
Royal Shakespearean actress Root gives a commanding performance in her debut film role as the timid - Pat Kramer
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