Persuasion

DVD 2008

Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with rank and fortune, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet. Can Freder...

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ISBN:

9781419865244
1419865242

Description:

1 videodisc (circa 93 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby digital stereo
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Jane Austen's Persuasion [DVD]
Persuasion (Television program : 2007) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2007
Director of photography, David Odd ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; music, Martin Phipps ; costume designer, Andrea Galer ; production designer, David Roger
Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Julia Davis, Amanda Hale, Tobias Menzies, Peter Wight, Sam Hazeldine, Marion Bailey, Jennifer Higham, Anthony Stewart Head
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9 enhanced) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo
For private home use only
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

Control Number:

1600965

UPC:

883929005475
883929318315

Other Authors:

2 Entertain Video (Firm)
BBC Video (Firm), publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., film distributor
Bailey, Marion, actor
Burke, Simon, screenwriter
Clerkenwell Films, production company
Davis, Julia, 1952- actor
Hale, Amanda, 1982- actor
Hawkins, Sally, 1976- actor
Hazeldine, Sam, 1972- actor
Head, Anthony, 1954- actor
Higham, Jennifer, 1984- actor
ITV1 (Television station : Great Britain)
Krige, Alice, 1954- actor
Menzies, Tobias, 1974- actor
Penry-Jones, Rupert, 1970- actor
Shergold, Adrian, television director
Snodin, David, television producer
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor
Wight, Peter, 1950- actor
television adaptation of (work): Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Persuasion [DVD]

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