Amazon.co.uk: Persuasion [1995]: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, Phoebe Nicholls, Samuel West, Sophie Thompson, Judy Cornwell, Simon Russell Beale, Felicity Dean, Roger Hammond, Emma Roberts, Victoria Hamilton, Roger Michell: Video

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Persuasion [1995]
VHS ~ Amanda Root

(48 customer reviews)

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Product details

Actors: Amanda Root, Ciar�n Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw
Directors: Roger Michell
Format: HiFi Sound, PAL
Language English
Classification:
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
VHS Release Date: 1 May 1995
Run Time: 102 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(48 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004CQE9
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 666 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
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#12 in Video > Drama > Period

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Amazon.co.uk Review
After a slow beginning, in which the complex tangle of relationships is initially confusing, this BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion, develops into an elegant romantic comedy. Austin combines a subtle dissection of the folly of class with a slow-burning, intensely passionate love story. Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) has loved Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds) ever since she was persuaded to reject him years before. Now he has returned from the Napoleonic wars, but will love be allowed to blossom? Especially when Anne is surrounded by the selfish, petty-minded Mary, misguided by Lady Russell, and burdened by a father obsessed with fairness of countenance above all other considerations. Excepting a basic booklet, on-screen character biographies and a Dolby Digital soundtrack, there is nothing to distinguish this DVD from the video version. The picture is very good, but showing some grain, not exceptional, so unless you have a large television there is little advantage over tape. In any format, what makes this adaptation work is the sharp screenplay by Nick Dear and the naturalistic style of director Roger Mitchell (who joined the A-list with Notting Hill, 1999), together eliciting fine performances from the ensemble cast. Less flamboyant than Pride and Prejudice (1995), this is a civilised treat. --Gary S Dalkin

Synopsis
A young woman who rejects a young man's proposal meets him again years later; both are still single, but can their relationship begin again...? Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Regency drama.