Persuasion
Dire financial straits reacquaint an aristocrat's daughter with her wealthy ex-fiance in 19th-century England.
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"The recently released DVD provides a wonderful opportunity to revisit this exquisitely done Austen. Her usual themes of elligible young women and men, their social positions, and their incomes, are very much in evidence; however here there is something a bit quieter and more deeply felt, as two special people get a second chance at happiness. The direction is remarkably fine-tuned, and the production makes a welcome attempt to portray a more realistic glimpse of the life of various classes during the period than is usual. The flamboyant period costumes are particularly amusing, and the sigh..."
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Amanda Root originally was wanted by Ang Lee and Emma Thompson for the role of Marianne Dashwood in their adaptation of another Jane Austen film, Sense and Sensibility (1995), and performed the role at a read-through of an early draft of the script. However Root was unable to film due to Persuasion, which co-incidentally also cast Emma's sister Sophie Thompson as Root's onscreen sister.
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Dire financial straits reacquaint an aristocrat's daughter with her wealthy ex-fiance in 19th-century England.