Persuasion (2007)

Summary: At the age of nineteen, Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne's family were against the match and persuaded her to break off the engagement. Now twenty-seven, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She has never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea having made his fortune and reputation, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet. Has he forgotten the girl he left behind? And can he forgive her for listening to her family instead of her heart?


Script: Simon Burke
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Produced for: ITV,Clerkenwell Films in association with WGBH Boston
Release Date: UK - Sunday, April 1st 2007, 9pm; USA on PBS - January 13, 2008
Filming: UK
Length: Approximately 90 minutes
Producer: David Snodin
Executive Producers: Murray Ferguson, Rebecca Eaton
Director of Photography: David Odd
Production Designer: David Roger
Editor: Kristina Hetherington
Costume Designer: Andrea Galer
Composer: Martin Phipps
Distributor BBC Worldwide




Cast: 

 
Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot 

  
Rupert Penry-Jones as Captain Frederick Wentworth

   
Anthony Head as Sir Walter Elliot

Julia Davis as Elizabeth Elliot

  
Tobias Menzies as Mr. Elliot
 
 
Alice Krige as Lady Russell

 
Amanda Hale as Mary Musgrove


Sam Hazeldine as Charles Musgrove
 
Jennifer Higham as Louisa Musgrove

  
Rosamund Stephan as Henrietta Musgrove

  
Peter Wight as Admiral Croft
 
 
Marion Bailey as Mrs. Croft

 
Joseph Mawle as Captain Harville  
 
Finlay Roberton as Captain James Benwick

  
Mary Stockley as Mrs. Clay

 
Stella Gonet as Mrs. Musgrove

Nicholas Farrell as Mr. Musgrove


Maisie Dimbleby as Mrs. Smith

 
Michael Fenton Stevens as Mr. Shepherd


Sarah Buckland as Nurse Rooke


Tilly Tremayne as Vicountess Dalrymple

Louis Shergold as Little Charles
Timothy Hallett as Little Walter
Brian Knight as Inn Keeper




Quotes:

• "I must say, though, the worst of Bath is the number of plain women. I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights." - Sir Walter Elliot
• "My dear, to become engaged at 19, in the middle of a war, to a young naval officer who had no fortune and no expectations. You would indeed be throwing yourself away. And I should have been failing in my duty as your godmother if I did not counsel against it. You were young and it was entirely prudent to break off the understanding." - Lady Russell

Links of Intrest:

• IMDb Persuasion Page ~ Cast list, message board, general info about the film
• Jane Austen's Regency World Article (PDF) ~ Beautiful article and interview including many colorful promo shots of actors in their roles.
• Buy DVD at Amazon.com
• Masterpiece Theatre's Page
• Buy DVD at PBS.org
• Goofs
• Costume Trivia
• Read review at Ribbons of Light

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