And More Jane Austen-Related Films
Lost in Austen (2008)
Studio/Network: ITV/Grenada Television Ltd.
Producer: Kate McKerrell
Director: Dan Zeff
Screenplay by: Guy Andrews
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Not available
Run Time: 1 hr. 30 mins.
Official Site (ITV)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
Studio/Network: BBC Drama co-production with WGBH Boston
Producer: Anne Pivcevic
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Screenplay by: Gwyneth Hughes
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Not available
Run Time: 1 hr. 25 mins.
PBS Masterpiece Theatre “The Complete Jane Austen” site
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Studio/Network: Mockingbird Pictures in association with John Calley Productions; Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Robin Swicord
Screenplay by: Robin Swicord
Soundtrack: Available
DVD: Available
Blu-ray(™): Available
VHS: Not available
Run Time: 1 hr. 46 mins.
Official Site (Sony Pictures) - MySpace Page
Becoming Jane (2007)
Studio/Network: Blueprint Pictures, Ecosse Films, Octagon Films, Scion Films Limited; Distributed by Miramax Films
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenplay by: Kevin Hood, Sarah Williams
Soundtrack: Available
DVD: Available
Blu-ray(™): Available
VHS: Not available
Run Time: 2 hrs.
Official Site
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Studio/Network: Merchant Ivory Productions
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Director: James Ivory
Screenplay by: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Libretto of Sir Charles Grandison by Jane Austen, Samuel Richardson
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Not available
Official Site (Merchant Ivory Productions)
Documentaries
A&E Biography: Jane Austen (2004)
Studio/Network: Working Dog Productions
Producer: Jennifer Stromberg
Director: Jennifer Stromberg
Narrated by: Ric Spiegel
Soundtrack: Not Available
DVD: Available
VHS: Not Available
Run Time: 50 mins.
Authors and scholars, some of whom are JASNA members, explain Jane Austen’s genius and significance in this documentary. Unlike other films about the author’s life, this one attempts to explain and interpret the significance of her work and the reasons for her continued popularity.
Austen Country (2001)
Studio/Network: Delta Entertainment Corporation
Producer: Liam Dale
Director: Liam Dale
Narrated by: Liam Dale
Soundtrack: Not Available
DVD: Available
VHS: Not available
Run Time: 55 mins.
Austen Country uses some of Jane Austen’s favorite songs as background music. Scenic panoramas, historic still shots, sketches—some drawn by Austen family members—introduce Jane Austen, her family, and her novels to those unfamiliar with her.
Jane Austen: Life, Society & Works (1997)
Studio/Network: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.
Producer: Artsmagic Ltd.
Director: Liam Dale
Narrated by: Liam Dale
Soundtrack: Not Available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 2 hrs. 36 mins.
Gillray’s political cartoons, excerpts from Austen’s own letters, and family anecdotes help to paint a more detailed picture of the author, her world, and her work than other documentaries have been able to accomplish. Like several of Jane Austen’s novels, this film is a three volume set.
The Famous Authors Series: Jane Austen (1995)
Studio/Network: KULTUR
Producer: Malcolm Hossick
Director: Malcolm Hossick
Narrated by: Malcolm Hossick
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 30 mins.
Using period prints, family portraits, and still shots of the towns and cities where the Austens lived and visited, this film paints a picture of the family and its influence on Jane Austen. The film concentrates on how and where the author lived.
Jane on YouTube
The creativity of Janeites has extended to YouTube, where some exceedingly clever takes on Jane Austen’s novels can be found.
Pride and Prejudice meets Harry Potter
Further Reading
Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen and Generation-Y Janeites, by Laurie Kaplan
“Completely without Sense”: Lost in Austen, by Laurie Kaplan
Miss Austen Regrets
Miss Austen Regrets: Charles Thomas Haden, by Elizabeth Philosophos Cooper
Miss Austen Regrets: Brook Edward Bridges, by Elizabeth Philosophos Cooper
The Jane Austen Book Club
What Would Jane Cut?, by Karen Joy Fowler
“Little Women?” Karen Joy Fowler’s Adventure in Austenland, by Edward Neill
JASNA Members discuss Austen on The Jane Austen Book Club DVD
Becoming Jane
The Closeness of Sisters: Imagining Cassandra and Jane, by Juliette Wells
Becoming Shakespeare and Jane Austen in Love: An Intertextual Dialogue between Two Biopics, by Marina Cano López and Rosa María García-Periago
Becoming Jane: Sorting Fact from Fiction, by Marsha Huff
The One-Sided Romance of Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy, by Joan Klingel Ray
Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy: Stories, by Linda Robinson Walker
General
From Page to Screen: Dancing to the Altar in Recent Film Adaptations of Jane Austen’s Novels, by Nora Foster Stovel
Incarnating Jane Austen: The Role of Sound in the Recent Film Adaptations, by Ariane Hudelet
Recreating Jane Austen’s World on Film, by Elsa Solender
Music and Dancing in Jane Austen’s Novels and Film Adaptations, Student Essay Contest Winners
A la Señorita Austen: An Overview of Spanish Adaptations, by Mari Carmen Romero Sánchez