Persuasion (1995 film)

Infobox Film | name = Persuasion


caption = "Persuasion" DVD cover
director = Roger Michell
producer = Fiona Finlay
writer = Nick Dear
(based on the novel by Jane Austen)
starring = Amanda Root
Ciarán Hinds
Susan Fleetwood
Corin Redgrave
music = Jeremy Sams
cinematography = John Daly
editing = Kate Evans
distributor = Sony Pictures Classics (USA)
released = 16 April 1995 (UK)
September 27, 1995 (USA)
runtime = 107 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0114117

Persuasion is a 1995's BBC TV-film adaptation of Jane Austen's "novel". It was directed by British theatre director Roger Michell and starred Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds.

The film premiered on television in Britain, but was released theatrically in the US and other countries.

Cast

Starring
*Amanda Root - "Anne Elliot"
*Ciarán Hinds - "Captain Frederick Wentworth"
*Susan Fleetwood - "Lady Russell"
*Corin Redgrave - "Sir Walter Elliot"
*Fiona Shaw - "Mrs. Croft"
*John Woodvine - "Admiral Croft"
*Phoebe Nicholls - "Elizabeth Elliot"
*Samuel West - "Mr. Elliot"
*Sophie Thompson - "Mary Musgrove"
*Judy Cornwell - "Mrs. Musgrove"
*Simon Russell Beale - "Charles Musgrove"
*Felicity Dean - "Mrs. Clay"
*Roger Hammond - "Mr. Musgrove"
*Emma Roberts - "Louisa Musgrove"
*Victoria Hamilton - "Henrietta Musgrove"
*Robert Glenister - "Captain Harvile"

and
*Richard McCabe - "Captain Benwick"
*Helen Schlesinger - "Mrs. Smith"
*Jane Wood - "Nurse Rooke"
*David Collings - "Mr. Shepherd"
*Darlene Johnson - "Lady Dalrymple"
*Cinnamon Faye - "Miss Carteret"
*Isaac Maxwell-Hunt - "Henry Hayter"
*Roger Llewellyn - "Sir Henry Willoughby"
*Sally George - "Mrs. Harville"
*David Acton - "Naval Officer"
*Justin Avoth - "Naval Officer"
*Lonnie James - "Jemima"
*Roger Watkins - "Landlord"
*David Plummer - "Apothecary"
*Richard Brenner - "Coachman"
*Bill McGuirk - "Tradesman"
*Niall Refoy - "Tradesman"
*Ken Shorter - "Lady Dalrymple's Butler"
*Dermot Kerrigan - "Footman"
*Tom Rigby - "Little Charles"
*Alex Wilman - "Little Walter"
*Rosa Mannion - "Concert Opera Singer

Awards

1996 BAFTA TVAwards

*Won, Best Single Drama - Fiona Finlay, Roger Michell and Nick Dear
*Won, Best Photography and Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) - John Daly
*Won, Best Costume Design - Alexandra Byrne
*Won, Best Design - William Dudley and Brian Sykes
*Won, Best Original Television Music - Jeremy Sams

External links

*imdb title|id=0114117|title=Persuasion
* [http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/persuasion/persuasion.html Sony Pictures Classics' official website for the film]