ITV Jane Austen season trailer (2007)

This is the trailer that was aired to advertise ITV's Jane Austen season in the Spring of 2007.

Northanger Abbey was easily the best of the bunch, starring the beautiful Felicity Jones and Carey Mulligan.

Persuasion with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones was alright, but left a lot to be desired (what was up with Anne running that half-marathon!?)

Mansfield Park was awful - arguably, along with ITV's 2007 The Old Curiosity Shop, the worst adap ever.

Music: 'Crystallised Beauty' by Philip Sheppard
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[RasMajnouni]

So, you were referring to the books as a comparison. Of course then I rarely saw a movie which was better than the original book. Growing up I saw war movies,cowboys.I read liturature non-stop but not until age 30 did I realize that women authors are so great and 27 years later mainly read them modern or past ages.

[wessexuality]

All good points, Ras! :)

Thanks for watching!

[RasMajnouni]

Maybe (as a woman )you don't understand romance. I watched them 3 times AND the other versions.All have their good points but I loved Persuasion by Sally Hawkins best.

[wessexuality]

I've read all three books extensively; I understand plenty enough. The adaptations (aside from Northanger Abbey) were not very good. They were each done on the cheap by ITV and it showed - they chopped and changed loads from the respective source material; they even mucked up Anne's wonderful speech on constancy!

This trailer was the high point in the ITV Austen season.

However, I do appreciate your comments. :)

[jessicalilac]

@wessexuality You can see the cheapness of ITV in their choice of actors. Note how unattractive they are.

[ApplesGoBannanas]

pursuasion was the best so far!!