Jane Austen in Manhattan

Infobox Film | name = Jane Austen in Manhattan


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director = James Ivory
producer = Ismail Merchant
writer = Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
(Libretto "Sir Charles Grandison" by Jane Austen & Samuel Richardson, based on a play "Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man" by Jane Austen)
starring = Anne Baxter
Robert Powell
Michael Wager
Sean Young
Charles McCaughan
Tim Choate
music = Richard Robbins (arranged from Mozart's works)
Katrina Hodiak (songs)
cinematography = Ernest Vincze, Larry Pizer (opera sequence)
editing = David E. McKenna
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released = 1980
runtime = 111 min.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0080945

"Jane Austen in Manhattan" is a Merchant Ivory Film made for LWT in 1980, but released for theatrical in UK and USA. Last theatrical film of Anne Baxter and debut film of Sean Young.

Crew

*Directed by James Ivory
*Libretto Sir Charles Grandison by Jane Austen & Samuel Richardson
*Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
*Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man by Jane Austen
*Produced by Ismail Merchant
*Associate Producer Connie Kaiserman
*Music by Richard Robbins
*Art director Jeremiah Rusconi
*Workshop directed by Andrei Serban

Cast

tarring

*Anne Baxter - Lilliana Zorska
*Robert Powell - Pierre
*Michael Wager - George Midash
*Tim Choate - Jamie
*John Guerrasio - Gregory
*Katrina Hodiak - Katya
*Kurt Johnson - Victor Charlton
*Philip Lenkowsky - Fritz
*Charles McCaughan - Billie
*Nancy New - Jenny
*Sean Young - Ariadne Charlton

Rest of cast

*Bernard Barrow - Mr. Polson
*Lee Doyle - Mr. Jarvis
*Bella Jarett - Miss Klein
*Naomi Riordan - Mrs. Polson
*David Redden - Auctioneer
*Gael Hammer - Unsuccessful Bidders
*Peter McPherson - Unsuccessful Bidders
*John Boyle, Tim Burke - Chair Carriers
*Iman - Sufi Leader
*Brenda Holmes, Michon Peacock, Christina Stolberg - Dancers
*Michael Shawn - Choreographer
*Susan Hovey - Marianne
*Sarallen - Fairbanks
*Jacquelyn Roberts - Mis Auberry
*Sandra Seacat - Thrift-Shop Lady
*James Riatt - Pianist
*Wayne Tuthill - Clergyman's Clerk

Opera Singers

*Jane Bryden - Mezzo-soprano
*Joyce Andrews - Soprano
*Frank Hoffmeister - Tenor
*David Evitts - Bass

External links

* [http://www.merchantivory.com/manhattan.html Merchant Ivory Productions]
* [http://www.image-entertainment.com/detail.cfm?productID=31740 Image Entertainment DVD]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080945/ IMDb]