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  • Actors: Bernard Hepton, Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence, Nicholas Farrell, Sylvestra Le Touzel
  • Directors: David Giles
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Nov 2005
  • Run Time: 300 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000AWKSUK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,882 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Poverty-stricken Fanny Price goes to live with her prosperous aunt and cousins at their country home. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors. A BBC adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen.

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mansfield Park for those who have read the book, 20 Mar 2007
Forget the awful film and the doubtful 2007 ITV production - this is Mansfield Park for those who prefer the story as Jane Austen wrote it. Yes, I suppose it is old-fashioned, but then so is the book! The acting is excellent, perhaps with the exception of the rather stilted child actors in the opening scenes, and it sticks to the story like glue. Give me this any day rather than some unintelligent take on 'what a modern audience prefers'. I don't know what gives modern scriptwriters the idea they know how to write a story better than Jane Austen did! Please note that some of the commendatory reviews of the rubbish film are actually of THIS version - could Amazon sort that out?
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The REAL Fanny Price, 19 Feb 2008
By urquhartfay (edinburgh) - See all my reviews
I couldn't agree more with Booklover, the first reviewer. I am quite sick of everyone trying to make Fanny Price saucy and brash, which seem to be prerequisites for a female heroine these days. This film's Fanny - Austen's (and thus the real) Fanny - gives us another type of heroine: quiet, shy, insecure, like many of us, who in the end musters the strength to stand up for what she believes in when all around her fall. This film portrays her without cowtowing to modern sensibilities. Fanny is like the shy, quiet girl in the class that no-one can really figure out and some think must be uppity. Misunderstood, bearing secret dreams and passions, emotionally abused by her adoptive family, she represents the part of the population who is not Elizabeth Bennett or Emma Woodhouse and never will be - and doesn't necessarily want to be! She shows us that you can be strong without shouting and that you can stand your ground against your peers and society without standing on a soapbox - would that more people could learn to do this!

As for its length - since when has a real Jane Austen fan ever complained about an adaptation being too long!? (Rather the contrary)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This adaptation portraits the REAL Fanny Price, 29 May 2008
By E. G. Trueman "Erika Trueman" (England) - See all my reviews
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Fanny Price is often depicted as the least loveable heroine of Jane Austen's books. She is timid, shy, has low self esteem and no sense of wit or wickedness like Elizabeth Bennett, but a strong sense of right and wrong in shades of black and white, rather than grey forgiveness for past mistakes or follies.

The adaptations of 2000 and 2007 bear no resemblance to the character of Fanny Price from the book. The REAL Fanny is not tomboy-ish, or rebellious, she does not giggle or flirt. She is prim and prude, and steadfast in what she holds to be right.

It takes a little time to get to know Fanny Price, and perhaps a little longer to really appreciate her. I have watched all adapations several times, but by far my favourite is this version with Sylvestra Le Touzel. She understands Fanny and understands how to portray her. Her acting is impeccable, even if it seems stilted and wooden in parts. If it does, then only because Fanny Price, as I understand her from the book, behaves like this. Sylvestra makes Fanny Price believable, the other actresses (whilst good actresses) make Fanny Price appear like a stranger and their portrayal bears no resemblance to the heroine from the book.

The other actors are also excellent in this adaptation. Bernard Hepton is outstanding as Sir Thomas Bertram, Anna Massey the real nightmare as Aunt Norris, Jackie Smith-Wood sublime as Mary Crawford... the list goes on.
The more I watch this adapation the more it grows on me and the more I believe in the people.

My advice... if you want to watch a film that matches the book, then buy this adaptation and give the others a miss.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Faithful to the book, but weak TV work
If you have read and love the book and want a faithful dramatized version, this is the DVD for you, and I recommend it whole-heartedly. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Mary Kruger

4.0 out of 5 stars Still worth watching
I am replacing all my favourite VHS films and programs, and this was a must-have because it is a Jane Austen. But I found that I actually enjoyed it more this time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. Prowse

4.0 out of 5 stars Subtle and Observant.
Mansfield Park's heroine isn't for everyone. Fanny Price is not only a prig but at first glance is a trifle dim. As it turns out Fanny is as courageous as she is kind. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Glow Worm

4.0 out of 5 stars I like it.

I like Jane Austen productions to be close to the book, and this really was. Fanny Price seemed to have stepped out of the pages of Mansfield Park; I thought she was well... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Nadia

4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but very good
I returned to this adaptation of Mansfield Park after enduring the unremittingly horrible 2007 ITV version. Read more
Published 23 months ago by pseudopanax

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
This adaptation of Mansfield Park is one of the best Jane Austen adaptations I have seen. It is very close to the book and one can feel right along with all the characters. Read more
Published 23 months ago by A Reader

2.0 out of 5 stars very dated and mannered acting
This production really shows its age. It may follow the book more closely than modern adaptations but the acting is mostly excruciatingly mannered, with a few exceptions - Anna... Read more
Published on 1 May 2007 by B. Raval

1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry but its really really bad.
I watched this adaption on video a year ago and thought it was terrible. I just couldnt get over the acting of the female lead. Read more
Published on 14 April 2007 by SCS

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the greatest production
I have bought this DVD as part of a Jane Austen adaptations box set, which contained the BBC miniseries of all Austen's novels (and the 80s P&P). Read more
Published on 17 May 2006 by Ganime B. Akin

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT TOO BAD
I have read the book of Mansfield park and i think it is much better than the film.

The film does start of good, this little girl gets sent off to live with this... Read more
Published on 7 May 2006 by T. Stanton

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