DVD : Jane Austen Collection (Sense & Sensibility / Emma / Persuasion / Mansfield Park / Pride & Prejudice / Northanger Abbey)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rated by buyers NR (Not Rated)
Type of bind: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN num: 9780790770222
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN number: 0790770229
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Quantity: 6
Publishing house: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Running Time: 1336 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 568
Studio: BBC Warner
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Includes: sense & sensibility emma persuasion mansfield park pride & prejudice and northanger abbey. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/27/2005
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The socially restricted lives of 18th-century women hardly seems like a subject that would inspire dozens of 20th (and 21st) century adaptations--but the brilliant novels of Jane Austen are flush with sparkling dialogue, razor-sharp wit, marvelously realized characters that range from adorably sympathetic to grotesquely comic, and--above all--ingeniously intricate plots, which arrive at a seemingly inevitable happy conclusion yet keep you seized with suspense every inch of the way. The Jane Austen Collection pulls together six BBC miniseries from 1971 through 1987, one for each of Austen's much-beloved books.
Unsurprisingly, the gems of the lot are also the best of the novels: Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Pride and Prejudice, expertly translated to the screen by novelist Fay Weldon, skillfully chronicles the ups and downs of the sensible but quick to judge Elizabeth Bennet (the adorable Elizabeth Garvie) and the snooty Mr. Darcy (played with an imperious scowl by David Rintoul). Any adaptation of Emma rests firmly on its central character, and Doran Godwin wonderfully captures Emma Woodhouse's resilience, determination, and exasperating self-satisfaction. Definitely the funniest of Austen's novels, Emma's satirical humour is perfectly balanced with romantic yearning, and this 1972 version succeeds delightfully.
Persuasion, though more melancholy in tone, has a wonderfully sympathetic heroine in Anne Elliot (played by the graceful Ann Fairbanks), who once turned away the man she loved but is given the chance, seven years later, to set things right. Sense and Sensibility suffers from comparison to the star firepower and cinematic sweep of the 1995 movie with Emma Thompson (a must-see for any Austen fan), but the dueling characters of gracious Elinore and headstrong Marianne, two sisters struggling with fallen fortunes, make for enjoyable viewing in this 1981 adaptation. Mansfield Park has perhaps the dullest hero and heroine of any Austen novel, yet the story zips along, powered by some of Austen's most outrageous supporting characters, here brought to deliciously comic life by Anna Massey and Angela Pleasence. Northanger Abbey satirizes gothic romances and the overheated imaginations that loved them; but though the tone is more broad and melodramatic than most of Austen, this 1987 adaptation suits the novel and rounds out this very satisfying boxed set. --Bret Fetzer
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I've only watched one of these. I can't even remember which one. It did not leave much on an impression. The acting is horrible. It was a waste of money.
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I love Jane Austen. I've read all of her novels several times and I'm pretty sure I've seen every filmed version available and own most of them. I was very excited to receive this BBC collection as a gift. What a disappointment! Every film in this collection is the worst version of its respective novel that I have seen. Perhaps I could have appreciated the greater faithfulness to the novels mentioned by many reviewers here if the films were not variously marked by either wooden acting or wild overacting, tragic miscasting and poor production values. All these failings were terrible distractions and, for me, contributed to an almost total lack of emotional resonance. Faithfulness to the texts is of limited value if a film cannot draw you into the lives of the characters and the society they live in.
I gave the set to a local charity thrift store and so I am relieved to see that many here did enjoy the films. I hope whoever bought mine will enjoy them too. But my recommendation would be to buy any other film version of the novels than those in this collection.
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If you enjoy BBC productions (and British humor!) then adding this set to your collection is a must. My wife loves all of the Jane Austen novels and this was an obvious choice as a gift. She's watched them multiple times and speaks of their accuracy with the books. My only con is the films have a very 1970s feel to them in terms of their production style and camera/video quality.
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A bit old and out dated. There are other versions out there that are much better.
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This is a fabulous collection! I have watched the recent BBC series and loved them, but this original collection out does them. I recommend them to any woman who loved reading Jane Austen.
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