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Persuasion starring: Anthony Head, Alice Krige, Marion Bailey, Peter Wight, Rupert Penry-Jones directed by: Adrian Shergold List Price: CDN$ 24.98 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 18.99 You Save: CDN$5.99 (24%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 0883929005475 Format: NTSC Label: BBC Warner Manufacturer: BBC Warner Publisher: BBC Warner Release Date: January 15, 2008 Studio: BBC Warner Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 152 MPN: WARDE36150D Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Fabulous version of PersuasionAfter already having read the book and having seen both the 1971 and the 1995 film adaptations, I was ready for this version to disappoint, expecially seeing how many negative critiques there are about it. I was pleasantly surprised, however, when I first watched this version. I was acutally thrilled. Every scene with Anne and Wentworth has so much tension, the director never failed to put in meaning connections between the two every chance he got. Of course a film of this length can't be %100 faithful to the novel, so I certainly have to forgive the parts that are left out. I actually found the journal writing very effective, and it helped fill in the blanks. I have found a new favorite movie, and I am certain that I will ... Read More: Rating:  - Not recommended.I was very excited about this video when it came out and was extremely disappointed, even though the hero was a very handsome one. Too short, difficult to follow, bizarre filming and bland costumes. If you are a true Austen fan, watch the older version, you will love every minute! Rating: - Fantastic!I have always loved the 1995 version with Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds, but this version is better. You see more of their emotions, and the longing each has. I may be prejudiced as it is my favourite Austen, but its a great movie regardless of that. Rating:  - When will they ever learn?For almost two hundred years, through great changes in society, Jane Austen's novels have been delighting readers. This might suggest that she really knew what she was doing. The best screenwriters, in adapting her novels to film or video, have acknowledged her genius and followed her plots and characterizations as closely as possible considering the differences in media. Simon Burke, for some reason,thought he could do better. This version of Persuasion is inferior in almost every way to the Amanda Root-Ciarn Hinds version, though it is a little better than the 1971 BBC trainwreck. Rather than relying on the actress to convey Ann Eliot's character, Davies has set her to writing in her diary, and given her many of the observations of the ... Read More: Rating:  - A good shot that has been been bested.Despite the more than slightly lackluster camera work this is overall an enjoyable incarnation. The cast and crew do a fair justice to the story, the intensity of long sought romance is well executed, and the uncertainty of Wentworths affections is duly felt, little else however seems to matter. The extended time seems to have been ill managed, as the frustrated ghost of an old romance dominates the movies psychology with long silences and much scenery. To be fair it does increase the viewers pleasure at the inevitable happy outcome. Yet the story seems less lively than its 1995 predecessor. Background characters like the unsurpassable Miss Musgroves, and the involvement with Mrs. Clay and the familys financial trouble appear almost ... Read More: |
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