Persuasion is a movie directed by Adrian Shergold in 2007 and based on the book of the same name by Jane Austen, first published in 1817. The movie features Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis, Michael Fenton Stevens, 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
2007
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Year
1817
Pages
249
Book Rate
8.28
S: Goodreads
Book
Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Country: UK
First published in: 1817
Length: 249 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
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Movie by Roger Michell
TV Series by Ayelen Barrios, Jessamyn Leigh, Anya Steiner, Hazel Jeffs
Movie by Alex Appel, Jonathan Lisecki
Movie by Allison Calloway
Movie by Carrie Cracknell
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve adapted all three of my novels and it’s been difficult. You can’t objectively make the rational decisions that are needed.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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