It's true! I cannot believe I missed this news... but better late than never, I suppose.
So here we have it dear friends: Sense & Sensibility 2008 and Miss Austen Regrets DVD package from Amazon.com for only $ 24.49! Consider it a decent price for an excellent SS adaptation, and we have a bonus of Miss Austen Regrets!
What are you waiting for? I'm ordering mine soon!
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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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2 comments:
I really like the S&S adaptation; I think it's quite comparable to Emma Thompson's work. The music is great. Northanger Abbey is also enjoyable, although Henry Tilney comes off as rather harsh.
I also ordered Persuasion, even though they messed up the famous discussion of love between Anne Elliot & Captain Harville; Sally Hawkins was very good as Anne. But I much prefer the 1995 version with Amanda Root.
Indeed Bilbo. I think the 2008 SS is on par with the 1995 SS, though there are pros and contras in each versions. But generally, I really see it as on par, though I still have Alan Rickman as Col Brandon and Greg Wise as Willoughby in my mind. And I so much prefer Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer and the cute Mrs. Jennings and Sir John Middleton of 1995.
I want to write 1-2 pages of SS review here, but I might have to postpone it till weekend. Meanwhile, would you like to write a review, Bilbo? Email me the review (tara_parvati@yahoo.com), and I shall post it here.
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