Saturday, January 26, 2008

Good News!

Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Series: Masterpiece Theatre DVD

Hattie Morahan (The Golden Compass) plays levelheaded Elinor Dashwood and Charity Wakefield (Jane Eyre) is her impulsive sister Marianne. Though poor, they attract a trio of very promising gentlemen: soon-to-be wealthy Edward Ferrars (Dan Stevens, The Line of Beauty), heroic Colonel Brandon (David Morrissey, Meadowlands and State of Play), and Byronic John Willoughby (Dominic Cooper, The History Boys). Adapted by Andrew Davies.

Includes Miss Austen Regrets as special bonus feature!(for home video use only)Jane Austen wrote about romance and courtship from personal experience, so it is hard to believe that she never married. This biopic dramatizes Austen’s lost loves: Harris Bigg, whose proposal she accepted and then rejected; Edward Brydges, whom she also refused; the tongue-tied vicar she teased mercilessly; and the young surgeon who arrived on the scene too late to steal her heart. Starring Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense), Greta Scacchi (The Player) and Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill).

2 comments:

Kiri said...

Oh, that is good news! I'm trying to find your source but am having no luck. Wanna give me a hint?

Laura said...

Yes! I was so excited when I read this... I found it on the PBS shop website. :-)