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The Jane Austen Collection [Blu-ray]

Billie Piper , William Beck    Parental Guidance   Blu-ray
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Billie Piper, William Beck, Liam Cunningham, Kate Beckinsale, Samantha Morton
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV Studios Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 2010
  • Run Time: 290 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003WOLF46
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 40,789 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

Available on Blu-ray for the very first time this boxsets contains three classic Austen adaptations:

Mansfield Park:
At 10, Fanny Price goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to her cousin Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford.  Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.

Northanger Abbey:
Catherine Moreland (Felicity Jones,) a spirited young beauty from the country, enters into the depraved society of Bath with dreams and fantasies sparked by her love of gothic romance novels.  There she meets two men vying for her affection - the dashing and jealous John Thorpe (William Beck) and the gentle and sincere Henry Tilney (JJ Feild). Despite the advice of her mischievous new friend Isabella (Carey Mulligan), Catherine treats neither as more than a dear friend.  That is until Catherine accepts an invitation to Northanger Abbey from Henry`s grave and severe father, General Tilney (Liam Cunningham). Her passion for the dark and mysterious feeds her imagination, as tyrannical fathers and diabolical villains work their evil on forelorn heroines trapped in isolated castles, much like Northanger....

Emma:
An adaptation of Jane Austen's story of marriage and manners set in a picturesque 19th Century village, which revolves around a spoilt young woman, Emma Woodhouse, who delights in influencing the love-lives of her friends, with disastrous results.



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English for the hard of hearing

Synopsis

The Jane Austin ITV Collection 3-disc box set features the Jane Austen adaptations Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Emma. In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price (Billie Piper) is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual politics of high society along the way. In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland arrives at Northanger upon the invitation of Henry Tilney and discovers that the place is shrouded in mystery and intrigue. In Emma, Emma Woodhouse is a clever young woman whose mischievous matchmaking schemes nearly end up jeopardising her own shot at romance.


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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not very Austentatious 6 Oct 2008
By GrahamG
Format:DVD
I saw the whole short season of ITV Austen adaptations from which the three featured here were chosen and the main mystery to me is why it was that by far the the best of them - 'Persuasion', with Rupert Penry Jones and the excellent Sally Hawkins - was not included in this set.

This 'Mansfield Park' is especially poor, partly because Billie Piper - (a decent actress to be sure) is miscast. Even her looks, with her trademark bleached blonde hair and black eyebrows, are simply wrong for a lead Austen part.

For Mansfield Park, look for the greatly superior version starring Frances O' Connor as Fanny Price.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars 2 out of 3 1 Aug 2009
Format:DVD
Of the three DVD's I enjoyed Emma which I didn't think I would because it took me ages to get through the book as the main character really annoyed me, I also really enjoyed Northanger Abbey they were both fairly true to the books BUT, Mansfield Park , which is one of my favorite books, was terrible, the story line, the acting everything, I was very disappointed to be honest. So my advise to Jane Austin fans is don't buy the pack of three, buy them individually and don't get Mansfield Park...
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41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By Stevie
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have to say I am a glutton for punishment,when it comes to ITV adaptations on Bluray.So far Persuasion by ITV on Bluray is bluntly a DVD quality transfer,Wuthering Heights is not much better.But lets talk about this Jane Austen Collection,NorthHanger Abbey is not High Definition,more like the dvd version which I already own.Mansfield Park is virtually the same.But to my suprise Emma is around 80% High Definition which begs the question where is the quality control for these products as it is quite deceiving to put out products in 1080p which are clearly not HD.My advice is dont waste your money and hope they bring out a worthy product worth buying.I hope this helps.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Great dramas. If you are a fan of Jane Austen and period dramas I would recommend this set of 3.
Published 2 months ago by Christine Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I enjoy watching classic films and these are no different. Impulse buy and was very pleased with price and celery time
Published 4 months ago by Anni
5.0 out of 5 stars One for all Austen fans.
Excellent films which recreate the original stories well. The costumes and settings are beautiful and the screenplays are well-written and nicely acted.
Published 5 months ago by CHAFFER DIANNE MARIE
3.0 out of 5 stars The Jane Austin ITV
I enjoyed watching the DVD because I like Jane Austin Stories but I thought the quality of the picture and sound could have been better.
Published 5 months ago by Joy Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful set
Love these old type movies, glad I read all the books though before watching them, I then enjoyed the films even more.
Published 5 months ago by Maureen Wilks
4.0 out of 5 stars Best as all Jane Austen's Novels
Excellent movies, I really love the way this novels from Jane Austen has been performed in this ITV movies. Read more
Published 9 months ago by S. N. Hidalgo Valdez
3.0 out of 5 stars Blurays are region encoded
I purchased this from Amazon UK expecting it wouldn't be region encoded as most other blurays. However, all three are encoded to region B and won't play in North America. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Will Daher
5.0 out of 5 stars The Jane Austen ITV collection
Having missed one of these films when it appeared on TV, we were very happy to see it on DVD. We look forward to seeing the other 2 DVDs in due course.
Published 15 months ago by JOHND
5.0 out of 5 stars Costume drama from the ITV
Although I do not think these versions come up to the very high standards set by some others (hardly surprising considering the competition), they are very good and it is still an... Read more
Published 17 months ago by RR Waller
2.0 out of 5 stars At best, poor
I purchased this DVD boxset expecting it to be of the quality of BBC Jane Austin adaptations. I was completely disappointed. Read more
Published 18 months ago by sk
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