Persuasion is a movie directed by Roger Michell in 1995 and based on the book of the same name by Jane Austen, first published in 1817. The movie features Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, and others.
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Storyline
The Elliot family faces financial difficulties from the imprudent spending of Sir Walter Elliot and his eldest daughter, Elizabeth. An advisor proposes the family estate of Kellynch Hall be leased to Admiral Croft, home from the Napoleonic Wars; Anne Elliot is distraught at the prospect. The admiral is married to the sister of Captain Frederick Wentworth, to whom Anne was engaged eight years earlier.
Movie vs Book
Year
1995
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Persuasion
Original title: Screen Two: Persuasion
Director: Roger Michell
Country: UK
Year: 1995
Length: 1h47m
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Year
1817
Pages
249
Book Rate
8.28
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Book
Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Country: UK
First published in: 1817
Length: 249 pages
Genre: Fiction
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