Persuasion (BBC, 1971)
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Actor: Ann Firbank, Bryan Marshall, Georgine Anderson, Marian Spencer, Richard VernonBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 225 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
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Summary: 1 Stars
I am big fan of the BBC 10970's era Pride and Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility so I thought I would enjoy this as well.
Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel.
Sadly, between the 60 years old Anne who lacked that inner fire, the Little house on the prairie fabrics and the scary mismatched interiors I had difficulty watching this film.
It didn't help that Capt Wentworth never bothered to steal a secret glance so we hoped maybe he still cared.
There was no follow through, so the letter he writes at the end made no sense.
See the Persuasion with Amanda Root.
Don't bother with this one.
Summary of Persuasion (BBC, 1971)
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Starring: Anne Firbank Run time: 225 minutes Director: Howard BakerJane Austen's Persuasion receives a devoted treatment in this 1971 BBC production. A financial blow to the Elliot family brings the eldest daughter, Anne (Ann Firbank), back in contact with Captain Wentworth (Bryan Marshall), whose offer of marriage she was persuaded to decline seven years before. Will the conflicting forces of social rules, family interference, and personal temperament allow her to set things right? The capable cast of this clean, straightforward adaptation bring Austen's satirical characterizations to vivid life. Firbank earns our sympathies with quiet grace and exquisitely restrained yearning. While the stronger, headlong pace of the 1995 film version of Persuasion makes for a more concentrated emotional pay-off, this two-part miniseries, at four hours, captures more of the novel's details, making it just as satisfying. Austen's skillful plotting makes the romantic hopes and fortunes of the 19th-century English middle class as suspenseful as any mystery or thriller. --Bret Fetzer
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