Mansfield Park (1999)

More of an interpretation this film is loosely based  on the novel by the same title and also some of Jane Austen's letters and juvenilia works.

My Note: This film not for children, and isn't really worth looking at if you want to see Jane Austen's real story. Many modern social themes and inappropriate scenes were added which are not in the novel! 

Summary: At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.

Script: Patricia Rozema
Directed by: Patricia Rozema
Produced by: Sarah Curtis
Length: Approximately 112 minutes
Release Date: 19 November 1999
Hair & Make Up Designers: Tamsin Dorling
Costume Designers: Andrea Galer
Soundtrack Composer: Lesley Barber

Cast:
  
Frances O'Connor as Fanny Price

 
Jonny Lee Miller as Edmund Bertram

 
Lindsay Duncan as Mrs. Price & Lady Bertram

 
Harold Pinter as Sir Thomas Bertram

 
Sheila Gish as Mrs. Norris

 
James Purefoy as Tom Bertram

 
Victoria Hamilton as Maria Bertram

 
Hugh Bonneville as Mr. Rushworth

 
Justine Waddell as Julia Bertram

 
Embeth Davidtz as Mary Crawford

 
Alessandro Nivola as Henry Crawford

 
Charles Edwards as Yates

 
Sophia Myles as Susan Price


Hilton McRae as Mr. Price


Anna Popplewell as Betsey Price

 
Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Young Fanny Price


Talya Gordon as Young Susan Price


Elizabeth Eaton as Young Maria Bertram


Elizabeth Earl as Young Julia Bertram


Philip Sarson as Young Edmund Bertram


Amelia Warner as Teenage Fanny Price

Quotes:

• Edmund Bertram: Surely you and I are beyond speaking when words are clearly not enough. 
• Fanny Price: Beware of fainting fits. Beware of swoons. (Quote from Jane Austen's Juvenalia)
• Edmund Bertram: Your entire person is entirely agreeable.
  Fanny Price: Yes, well, tonight I agree with everyone. 
• Mary Crawford: Gentlemen, please. Fanny Price is as fearful of praise and notice as other women are of neglect. 
• Mary Crawford: Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope for a cure. 
• Fanny Price: I often wonder that history should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention.  (Quoted from Northanger Abbey)
• Mary Crawford: But what I am keen to know is which gentleman among you am I to have the pleasure of making love to? 
• Fanny Price: Run mad as often as you choose but do not faint. (Quoted from Jane Austen's Juvenalia)
• Edmund Bertram: Fanny, I've loved you my whole life.
  Fanny Price: I know, Edmund.
  Edmund Bertram: No... I've loved you as a man loves a woman. As a hero loves a heroine. As I have never loved anyone.
• Lady Bertram: [to Fanny Price] And I'll tell you one thing, which is more than I did for Maria. The next time my pug has a litter, you shall have a puppy. 

Links of Interest:

• IMDb's MP Page
• Film Trivia
• Filming Goofs
• A Review at OffOffOff.com
• Alessandro Nikovla Interview
• Mansfield Gallery
• Buy DVD at Amazon.com

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Soundtrack:

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Trailers & Clips:


Official Trailer