And More Jane Austen-Related Films
Lost in Austen (2008)
Will be broadcast in the U.K. sometime this year
Studio/Network: ITV/Grenada Television Ltd.
Producer: Kate McKerrell
Director: Dan Zeff
Screenplay by: Guy Andrews
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Not 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 Theater "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, starring Barbie and Friends
Pride and Prejudice meets Harry Potter
Further Reading
Miss Austen Regrets: Brook Edward Bridges, by Elizabeth Philosophos Cooper
A la Señorita Austen: An Overview of Spanish Adaptations, by Mari Carmen Romero Sánchez
The One-Sided Romance of Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy, by Joan Klingel Ray
Becoming Jane: Sorting Fact from Fiction, by Marsha Huff
Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy: Stories, by Linda Robinson Walker
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
"Little Women?" Karen Joy Fowler's Adventure in Austenland, by Edward Neill
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
Silver-Screen Austen, a review by Victor Mather of Jane Austen on Screen and Eighteenth-Century Fiction on Screen
Pop Goes Jane Austen, a review by Victor Mather of Jane Austen in Hollywood and Recreating Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Show, a review by Sayre Greenfield and Linda Troost of Jane Austen on Film and Television: A Critical Study of the Adaptations
When Austen Was Cool, a review by Bruce Stovel of Jane Austen in Hollywood
Archetypical Austen, a review by Michele M. Cooper of By a Lady: Jane Austen's Female Archetypes in Fiction and Film