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Whistle Stopper - Becoming Jane
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List Price: $29.99
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Manufacturer: MIRAMAX
Starring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
Directed By: Julian Jarrold
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936731927
Format: AC-3
Label: MIRAMAX
Manufacturer: MIRAMAX
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MIRAMAX
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-02-12
Running Time: 120
Studio: MIRAMAX
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-08-10
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Summary: EXCELLENT MOVIE!
Comment: This is a movie you will watch over and over again. Well made, excellent movie that will be a classic.
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Summary: Beautiful movie. Cinematography and screenwriting are well done.
Comment: My wife is an avid Jane Austen fan. She has EVERY book written by Jane Austen, and almost every Jane Austen DVD made. I bought this for Christmas for her, and I have come to greatly enjoy it, almost as much as she does. It is a beautiful story. It is a sweeping story, and it tears at your heart. It portrays Jane Austen as a woman of strong moral character, and does well to display the very real emotions that a person would experience in a life of situations such as hers. Well written. I would recommend this book to any man that wanted to buy a DVD for his wife, or girlfriend.
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Summary: Excellent!!!
Comment: It's just an excellent motion film. The research for this movie is very complete. Acting is just great, especially Anne Hathaway
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Summary: An Amiable Alternate Austen
Comment: This fictionalized account of a period in the young Jane Austen's life presents her as she might have written herself into one of her own novels. It is not unvarnished fact. The unvarnished facts of Austen's life are considerably sadder even than the somewhat melancholy portrait here. Even so, I found many charms to recommend this foray into the alternate Austen universe inspired by Jane's real life. Anne Hathaway uses her dark beauty and spiritedness to good effect, and is more winning here than in her sometimes grating and pouty turn in "The Devil Wears Prada". At 5'8" she stands a good 10 inches taller than the real Jane and has a contemporary glamor that reminds us that she is in fact, of our time, not the late 18th century. But she and James McAvoy achieve a quirky chemistry together and are well-matched as a couple. Julie Walters and James Cromwell comport themselves with the delightful fussbudgetry one would expect of Austenian parents; there are echoes of the Bennet family everywhere. Austen famously celebrated the relationship between sisters, and we can see the roots in her devotion to her elder sister Cassandra, who like Jane herself would remain unmarried throughout her life. The costumes and dancing scenes are brilliantly done, and Ireland standing in for Jane's England makes for a lush and breathtaking setting. Jane herself did not enjoy the happiness in love that she provides her heroines, but if you are a fan of anything Austen, this deserves a place on your movie shelf.
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Summary: Becoming Jane
Comment: Becoming Jane I love Jane Austen and this was supurb- I sign Jane Austen at every check out, how could I not LOVE this DVD. I have the DVDs of all of her novels, and this completes the story. I highly recommend it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Anne Hathaway (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA THE PRINCESS DIARIES) gives a radiant performance as a young love-struck Jane Austen in the witty and engaging romantic comedy BECOMING JANE from Miramax Films. It's the untold romance that inspired the novels of one of the world's most celebrated authors. When the dashing Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) a reckless and penniless lawyer-to-be enters Jane's life he offends the emerging writer's sense and sensibility. Soon their clashing egos set off sparks that ignite a passionate romance and fuel Jane's dream of doing the unthinkable -- marrying for love. BECOMING JANE also starring the acclaimed Maggie Smith James Cromwell and Julie Walters is an enchanting and imaginative film you'll fall head over heels for.System Requirements:Running Time: 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: PG UPC: 786936731927 Manufacturer No: 5410403
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