Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.
- Won 5 BAFTA Awards
- 7 wins & 2 nominations total
Ciarán Hinds
- Captain Wentworth
- (as Ciaran Hinds)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed completely on location, using all natural light.
- GoofsWhile clearing out her things at Kellynch near the beginning of the film, Anne finds a paper boat tucked inside a navy list. If you look closely, you can see that the words written on it come from the letter Captain Wentworth writes to her at the end of the film. It says: "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again..."
- Quotes
Lady Russell: Captain Wentworth
Captain Wentworth: Lady Russell
Lady Russell: You, have an extraordinary ability to discompose my friend, sir.
Captain Wentworth: And you have an extraordinary ability to influence her, ma'am, for which I find it hard to forgive you.
Featured review
Jane Austen's world perfectly brought to life
A real pleasure to watch and by far superior to the later version with Sally Hawkins. (Sally Hawkins was fine but the whole later production looks like a cartoon version compared with this elaborate rendering of Jane Austen's world.) Amanda Root as Anne Elliot is perfect as the underestimated and unloved daughter of a spendthrift snob of a father and a stepmother right out of Grimm's fairy tales. (Not to speak of being henpecked by her hyper nervous younger married sister.) They filmmakers also managed to make Amanda Root look rather unattractive at the beginning and one wonders how any man could have been so much in love with her as the still lamented Frederick Wenthworth, whom she sent away on the heavy influence of her family, because he was a nobody with no regular income at the time. Years have past when we comes back into her neighbourhood, apparently haunting her serenity and feeling her more wrong then ever before. Cairán Hinds is equally good as the former lover Wenthworth, still hurt and trying hard to ignore Anne and seemingly having a good time without her. Once Wentworth pops up every now and then we notice that Anne begins to look more pretty, even the presence of the man she thinks she has lost forever make her look so much better.
The beauty of this version is not only grounded on the excellent cast but also in the magnificent eye for details, and, although only running a mere 100 minutes, gives the viewer the appropriate feeling of time passing by very slowly (don't get me wrong, I don't speak of the pace inside the story), but time that painfully slows down when being with people you despise or you feel dispised by. I always cherished this book by Jane Austen very much and I'm so glad that finally I found this film that really does it justice!
The beauty of this version is not only grounded on the excellent cast but also in the magnificent eye for details, and, although only running a mere 100 minutes, gives the viewer the appropriate feeling of time passing by very slowly (don't get me wrong, I don't speak of the pace inside the story), but time that painfully slows down when being with people you despise or you feel dispised by. I always cherished this book by Jane Austen very much and I'm so glad that finally I found this film that really does it justice!
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Viisasteleva sydän
- Filming locations
- Bath Street, Bath, Somerset, England, UK(the kiss)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- £1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,269,757
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,986
- Oct 1, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $5,269,757
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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