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Jane Austen in Manhattan / Merchant Ivory Productions, a film by James Ivory ; producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; directed by James Ivory.
LIBRA DVD 004 140
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Merchant Ivory collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Sir Charles Grandison--Drama.
- Austen, Jane.
- Actors--Drama.
- Actors.
- Manuscripts.
- Theatrical companies.
- Theatrical companies--Drama.
- Manuscripts--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Show business films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Chicago, IL : Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, [2004]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Rival theater companies compete to produce their own unique versions of Jane Austen's childhood play, 'Sir Charles Grandison'. George Midash buys the plays manuscript at Sotheby's for Pierre, the head of the avant-garde theater troupe. Another troupe, headed by the traditional Lilianna Zorska, strives to produce their own version of the play. In her first role, a young actress is manipulated by Pierre to join his company. When Lilianna decides to match wits with Pierre, events begin to mirror those that occur with the play itself.
- Participant:
- Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Sean Young, Tim Choate, John Guerrasio, Katrina Hodiak, Kurt Johnson, Philip Lenkowsky.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Ernest Vincze ; editor, David E. McKenna ; music score, Richard Robbins ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; production designer, Jeremiah Rusconi.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- ISBN:
- 0780029143
- 9780780029149
- OCLC:
- 55859320
- Publisher Number:
- 037429198322
- JAN010 Criterion Collection
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