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2009's Emma, the BBC Mini Series. I love it.
Also, you could read Pride, Prejudice and Zombies. Good stuff! |
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Middlemarch -- same producer (or maybe it was writer?) as the BBC P&P plus Rufus Sewall. Mmmmmm.
The BBC Jane Eyre from a few years ago with Toby Stephens as Mr. Rochester. Another mmmmmm. (And this is the same director as Bleak House.) I also love the BBC Northanger Abbey that came out four or five years ago -- fun and silly and another side of Austen. Alas, the actor who plays Henry Tilney is not even close to Colin Firth/Toby Stephens/Rufus Sewall. Although a lovely actor. And you might try The Importance of Being Earnest -- I think there was a film version with Colin Firth (well, I know it was Colin Firth ... it's the others I'm a little hazy on), Jeremy Northam and someone incongruous, maybe Reece Witherspoon. Which brings to mind the Victorian parts of Possession, with Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle. Not the awful modern-day parts with Gweneth Paltrow, etc. |
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OP here. Thanks everyone for the great recs....especially re: the 80's P&P adaptation...will be checking this out on Netflix.
This is one of the reasons why I liked the 2005 version better...the characters. I found the 2005 characters of Elizabeth (so spunky), Jane (so delicately beautiful), Darcy (so brooding and handsome) and Bingley (so handsome and innocent!) so much more believable. Preferred the Dad, Mom, Mr. Collins and other sisters from the BBC version. My one (and major) beef with the 2005 version is that the story didn't really have time to develop. They should have added another 30-45 minutes to the film...it seemed to move along too quickly. On the other hand, the BBC version ran a bit too long, especially re: Kitty's marriage. I lost a bit of the Elizabeth/Darcy suspense. Overall, loved both versions, but that darn Matthew Macfadyen...absolutely love him..especially the scene when he declares his love. Thanks again everyone. I think I'm gonna watch a few scenes tonight! |
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| OP here. Sorry, meant Lydia's marriage. |
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I was beginning to think I was the only person in this state that loves that movie. So funny. |
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| It's a little different from Jane Austen, but I loved The Forsyte Saga, bot the book and BBC miniseries (10, 2hr episodes I think). Also the BBC masterpice classics Tess of the D'urburvilles is great. |
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Yes! That was great. Also seconding an earlier mention of the miniseries "North and South" (with Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage). |
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North and South.
Lark Rise to Candleford. |
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| Thanks for the various recs. My 4 y/o DD would be bored and my wife would start to doubt my heterosexuality. But how many straight males not in academia have made it a point to read all of Jane's works? |
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Never saw the movie but I remember the Masterpiece Theater series from many years ago. It was hilarious! |
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| There's no book to go with it but Gosford Park is a wonderful period movie. |
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Don't forget that Charlotte was supposed to be extremely plain, but I didn't see that in the 1995 version either. Other than that, 1995 is my fave! I also loved the 1995 Persuasion. Emma Thompson's sister played Mary Musgrove, and I thought the portrayal was comic genius. Other favorites that I haven't seen mentioned are An Ideal Husband and the early 2000's BBC version of Northanger Abbey. |
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| I have Persuasion on DVD and have probably watched it 20 times. LOVE IT! |
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What is it about period movies and the men who star in them? They are so...earnest. And dramatic. And brooding.
My DH is about to get a call home for a nooner! |
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Little Dorrit (Clare Foy and Matthew Macfadyen) - excellent
Far from the Madding Crowd (Nathaniel Parker, Paloma Baeza) - excellent Pillars of the Earth (ensemble cast) - very good Wives and Daughters (ensemble cast) - very very good Under the Greenwood Tree (Keeley Hawes, James Murray)-excellent Perfect Strangers (Michael Gambon, Matthew Macfadyen) - excellent Our Mutual Friend (Paul McGann, Keeley Hawes, David Morrissey) - excellent The Importance of Being Earnest (Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon) - excellent and funny Middlemarch (Juliet Aubrey, Robert Hardy, Rufus Sewell) - good Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne) - excellent The Way We Live Now (David Suchet) - good Middletown (Irish film, Matthew Macfadfadyen) - excellent Warriors (miniseries-Ioan Gryffudd, Matthew Macfadyen, ensemble) - excellent Anna Karenina (Sean Bean and others) - very good The Richard Sharpe series of films (Sean Bean and others) - excellent series taking place in Napoleonic Wars based on Cornwell books Brother Cadfael series (if you like medieval) - very very good, based on novels of Ellis Peters I could go on... and agree with many already mentioned... |