Emjy (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} emjy) wrote,@ 2007-12-30 00:10:00 |
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Welcome to Austenland !
Beware ! This is a post only about one of my favorite writer, Jane Austen :)
I can't wait to see the new fiction drama about Jane Austen, called Miss Austen Regrets. I hope I will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Becoming Jane. I know it's not based on biographical facts but I don't care. I'll like it if it captures the Jane Austen' s spirit, wit and charm :)
BBC doesn't give a lof of informations about this new television film. It must have been broadcast during the Christmas holiday but finally, it won't be ...
You can view how actress Olivia Williams looks like as Jane Austen behind the cut. I found only 3 promo pics.
Fanny (Imogen Poots), Jane's niece
And some infos :
Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville, Phyllida Law and Adrian Edmondson star in Gwyneth Hughes's Miss Austen Regrets. Based on the life and letters of Jane Austen, it tells the story of the novelist's final years examining why, despite setting the standard for romantic fiction, she died having never married or met her own Mr Darcy.
As she approaches her 40th birthday Jane appears happily unmarried, displaying all the assured wit and charm of her novels' young heroines. Yet, when asked by her young niece, Fanny, to help her vet potential husbands, Jane's confident composure is threatened as she finds herself looking back on her own potential suitors and the choices she has made.
A chance meeting with a former acquaintance, Rev Brook Bridges, sees her reflect on a marriage that never was, while, when her family faces financial ruin, it is revealed that it all could have been very different had she only accepted a marriage proposal from a wealthy landowner. And when her brother, Henry, is taken ill Jane's passions are ignited by his handsome young physician.
The cast also features Imogen Poots and Jack Huston.
In other news, I'm also interested in Lost in Austen, a ITV modern fiction dealing with the Jane Austen's world
Lost in Austen, made by Mammoth Screen, hopes to capitalise on the appeal of the Jane Austen adaptations lined up for spring on ITV. The light-hearted drama follows an Austen fan as she magically switches places with Pride and Prejudice character Elizabeth Bennett, and has to survive in late 18th century England.
I hope the script will be good and entertaining
Behind the cut, you'll se who will be the "new" Lizzy and the "new" Darcy :)
Elliot Cowan
Gemma Aterton
I can't wait !
