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Verenigde Staten
Komedie
111 minuten

geregisseerd door James Ivory
met Anne Baxter, Robert Powell en Sean Young

Een geschiedkundige ontdekt een toneelstuk van Jane Austen, geschreven toen ze nog maar twaalf jaar oud was. Twee bekende toneelregisseurs horen per toeval van het stuk en vechten een bittere strijd uit over wie het stuk nu op de planken mag brengen.

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Merchant Ivory / Criterion Collection

DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004


Director: James Ivory


Description
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Rival theater companies compete to produce their own unique versions of Jane Austen?s childhood play Sir Charles Grandison in this delightful film from Merchant Ivory Productions. George Midash (Michael Wager) buys the play?s manuscript at Sotheby?s for Pierre (Robert Powell), the head of an avant-garde theater group. Another troupe, headed by the very traditional Lilianna Zorska (Anne Baxter), strives to produce its own version of the play. In her first film role, Sean Young costars as a young actress being manipulated by Pierre to leave her husband and to dedicate herself to join his financially strapped company. But when Lilianna decides to match wits with Pierre and steal the young woman herself, events begin to mirror those occurring within the play. A brilliant ensemble cast, a witty screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and an inventive score by Richard Robbins all contribute to make Jane Austen in Manhattan elegant entertainment.


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.24 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 111 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main feature): English DD DD2.0

Subtitles: optional English


DISC FEATURES:

# High-definition digital transfer.
# Venice: Theme and Variations, director James Ivory?s first film, a short documentary about the history of Venice presented through works of art about the city.
# English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.



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