A very big thank you to Mariana for alerting us that Becoming Jane won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Independent Movie, just over two hours ago! :-D A full list of the winners is available here.
We are rolling a petition to reprint Nadia Radovici’s 1995 book titled ‘A Youthful Love: Jane Austen & Tom Lefroy?’ that is currently out of print. Please sign for the Radovici's Jane Austen & Tom Lefroy Petition and spread the words! Thanks a lot!
Jane Austen was born on
Cast:
Anne Hathaway - Jane Austen
James McAvoy - Tom Lefroy
Julie Walters - Mrs. Austen
James Cromwell - Revd. George Austen (Jane's father)
Maggie Smith - Lady Gresham
Anna Maxwell Martin - Cassandra Austen
Joe Anderson - Henry Austen
Lucy Cohu - Eliza de Feullide
Laurence Fox - Mr. Wisley
Philip Culhane - George Austen (Jane's brother)
Ian Richardson – Judge Langlois
Leo Bill – John Warren
Jessica Ashworth – Lucy Lefroy
Eleanor Methven – Mrs. Lefroy
Michael James Ford – Mr. Lefroy
Sophie Vavasseur – Jane Lefroy
Helen McCrory – Ann Radcliffe
Julian Jarrold - Director
Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, & Douglas Rae - Producer
Adrian Johnston - Soundtrack
Kevin Hood & Sarah Williams - Screenplay writers
Eigil Bryld - Cinematography
Jane Gibson - Choreography
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh - Costume
Gail Stevens & Gillian Reynolds - Casting
Jon Spence,
McAvoy knew his portrait of Tom could only come alive with the right Jane, and he found Anne Hathaway almost supernaturally suited for the part. “I don’t think we could have chosen anyone better to play Jane Austen," he says.
Jane Austen’s greatest love story was her own
‘I’m yours, Jane, heart and soul!’
~ Tom Lefroy to Jane Austen, ‘Becoming Jane’
Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection – JA,
Nothing can be compared to the misery of being bound without Love, bound to one, & preferring another – JA,
To be so bent on marriage, to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation – is a sort of thing that shocks me.
The film Becoming Jane has given us an image of Jane Austen that liberates our imagination. I envy readers of my book who come to it with Anne Hathaway’s image of Jane in their mind’s eye. You will not have to struggle against the image Cassandra created to see the Jane Austen who was young and pretty, lively and in love. Anne Hathaway’s skilful portrayal of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane shows that art can have as much power to bring us closer to the truth as facts themselves can.
Jon Spence,
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5 comments:
Michelle, thank you thank you thank you! And also thanks to Mariana for alerting us!
So sorry for my absence, but I was thinking of the People's Choice Award this morning... and lo and behold, Becoming Jane wins!
Gotta go. Gotta upload a pic of the Award on the left-side bar...
Yay Jane!
Absolutely my pleasure dear friends, Michelle and Icha! GREAT Team Jane work!!!!
I like to think that your BJ Fansite helped a lot with the number of votes.
Did anyone else voted more than once?
I’m very-very-very disappointed with this dreadful situation: People’s Choice Awards reduced to few recorded speeches, Golden Globe has been cancelled and it looks like the Oscars are compromised too… such a pity that it happened this year when ‘Becoming Jane’ and ‘Atonement’ teams could have their moments of Glory : -((((
Thank you Ladies!!!
You beat me to it today. So happy and proud and its really a great honor as the only thing that matters is what the people think - and they love BJ!
HUGS*
Kari
I have just finished watching ep 2 of sense and sensibility... Oh it is just extaordinary! I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes though I know how it ends!
Atonement opens at Friday here in Sweden. I'm trying to convince my darling to come with me to the movies. But he is more interested in Arn - the knight templar for some odd reason! ;) But Arn is no James McAvoy... ;) We simply have to see both! ;)
Hugs from Maria in Sweden... again! ;)
Thank you for all of these posts!!
I am SOOOOO overjoyed about Becoming Jane winning The Peoples Choice award, it was well deserved!
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