And More
An American in Austen (2024)
Studio/Network: Hallmark Channel
Director: Clare Niederpruem
Screenplay: Cameron Johann
Cast
Harriet: Eliza Bennett
Elizabeth Bennet: Nell Barlow
Fitzwilliam Darcy: Nicholas Bishop
Jane Bennet: Catherine Hannay
Charles Bingley: Toby-Alexander Smith
George Wickham: Dominic Andersen
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Harriet, who thinks that no real man compares to Mr. Darcy, is
transported into Pride & Prejudice and gets an unexpected chance to find out.
Love & Jane (2024)
Studio/Network: Hallmark Channel
Director: David Weaver
Screenplay: David Weaver
Cast
Lilly: Alison Sweeney
Trevor: Benjamin Ayres
Jane Austen: Kendra Anderson
Alisha: Aadila Dosani
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A hopeless romantic having trouble finding love in the tech era is surprised when her wish to get dating advice from her favorite author, Jane Austen, comes true.
Paging Mr. Darcy (2024)
Studio/Network: Hallmark Channel
Director: Peter Wellington
Screenplay: Reina Hardy
Cast
Eloise Cavendish: Mallory Jansen
Sam Lee: Will Kemp
Mia Cavendish: Lillian Doucet-Roche
Dr. Victoria Jennings: Carolyn Scott
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When a serious scholar attends a Jane Austen annual conference, she strikes a deal with the man playing Mr. Darcy and finds her perspective, and her heart, changed.
Sanditon (2019-2023)
Studio/Network: Red Planet Pictures, ITV Studios, PBS (USA)
Director: Olly Blackburn, Lisa Clarke, Charles Sturridge
Screenplay: Andrew Davies
Cast
Charlotte Heywood: Rose Williams
Miss Lambe: Crystal Clarke
Sidney Parker: Theo James
Tom Parker: Kris Marshall
Arthur Parker: Turlough Convery
Lady Denham: Anne Reid
Sir Edward Denham: Jack Fox
Alexander Colbourne: Ben Lloyd-Hughes
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Love & Friendship (2016)
Studio/Network: Westerly Films
Director: Whit Stillman
Screenplay: Whit Stillman
Soundtrack: Available
Cast
Lady Susan Vernon: Kate Beckinsale
Frederica Vernon: Morfydd Clark
Alicia Johnson: Chloë Sevigny
Reginald DeCourcy: Xavier Samuel
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Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)
Studio/Network: BBC Drama Productions
Director: Daniel Percival
Screenplay: P.D. James, Juliette Towhidi
Cast
Fitzwilliam Darcy: Matthew Rhys
Elizabeth Darcy: Anna Maxwell Martin
George Wickham: Matthew Goode
Lydia Wickham: Jenna Coleman
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Welcome to Sanditon (2013)
Find it on YouTube
Director: Joshua Caldwell
Writers: Tracy Bitterolf, Tamara Krinsky,
Kate Rorick, Bernie Su, et al.
Cast
Georgiana “Gigi” Darcy: Allison Paige
Clara Breton: Lenne Klingaman
Edward Denham: Kyle Walters
Tom Parker: Joel Bryant
Letitia “Griff” Griffiths: Vanessa Chester
Beau Griffiths: Vaughn Wilkinson
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Austenland (2013)
Studio/Network: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Jerusha Hess
Screenplay: Shannon Hale, Jerusha Hess
Soundtrack: Available
Cast
Jane Hayes: Keri Russell
Henry Nobley: JJ Feild
Elizabeth Charming: Jennifer Coolidge
Martin: Bret McKenzie
Mrs. Wattlesbrook: Jane Seymour
Captain George East: Ricky Whittle
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Lost in Austen (2008)
Studio/Network: ITV/Grenada Television Ltd.
Director: Dan Zeff
Screenplay: Guy Andrews
Cast
Amanda Price: Jemima Rooper
Fitzwilliam Darcy: Elliot Cowan
Mr. Bennet: Hugh Bonneville
Jane Bennet: Morven Christie
Charles Bingley: Tom Mison
Mr. Wickham: Tom Riley
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Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
Studio/Network: BBC Drama co-production with WGBH Boston
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Screenplay: Gwyneth Hughes
Cast
Harris Bigg: Samuel Roukin
Jane Austen: Olivia Williams
Cassandra Austen: Greta Scacchi
Fanny Knight: Imogen Poots
Edward Austen Knight: Pip Torrens
Mr. John Plumptre: Tom Hiddlestone
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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: Robin Swicord
Soundtrack: Available
Cast
Jocelyn: Maria Bello
Prudie: Emily Blunt
Bernadette: Kathy Baker
Sylvia: Amy Brenneman
Allegra: Maggie Grace
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Becoming Jane (2007)
Studio/Network: Blueprint Pictures, Ecosse Films, Octagon Films, Scion Films Limited; Distributed by Miramax Films
Director: Julian Jarrold
Screenplay: Kevin Hood, Sarah Williams
Soundtrack: Available
Cast
Jane Austen: Anne Hathaway
Tom Lefroy: James McAvoy
Mrs. Austen: Julie Walters
Reverend Austen: James Cromwell
Cassandra Austen: Anna Maxwell Martin
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Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Studio/Network: Merchant Ivory Productions
Director: James Ivory
Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Libretto of Sir Charles Grandison by Jane Austen, Samuel Richardson
Cast
Lilianna Zorska: Anne Baxter
Pierre: Robert Powell
George Midash: Michael Wager
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Documentaries
Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball (2013)
Studio/Network: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Narration: Alastair Sooke, Amanda Vickery
Writers: Alastair Sooke, Amanda Vickery, et. al.
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This program re-creates the Netherfield ball in Pride and Prejudice, in the beautiful setting of Chawton House Library, Chawton, Hampshire. Experts and professionals guided the dancing, music, food, and fashion to assure authenticity. Professor John Mullan provides literary commentary.
A&E Biography: Jane Austen (2004)
Studio/Network: Working Dog Productions
Director: Jennifer Stromberg
Narration: Ric Spiegel
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 (2002)
Studio/Network: Delta Entertainment Corporation
Director: Liam Dale
Narration: Liam Dale
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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.
Director: Liam Dale
Narration: Liam Dale
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 (1996)
Studio/Network: KULTUR
Director: Malcolm Hossick
Narration: Malcolm Hossick
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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 clever homages to Jane Austen can be found. Links to some of those short videos are listed here. For information on YouTube-based adaptations of Austen's works, refer to the film lists compiled for each novel.
- Meet Elizabeth Bennet
- The Real Housewives of Jane Austen
- Thug Notes Analysis of Emma*
- Thug Notes Analysis of Pride and Prejudice*
- Jane Austen Drinking Game
- Pride and Prejudice Meets Harry Potter
- A Different Kind of “Pride”
- Jane Austen Old Spice Parody
*Language included in this video may be considered offensive by some viewers.
Further Reading
Sanditon
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Un-silencing Miss Lambe: Masterpiece Considers Race in Jane Austen’s Sanditon, by Robin Runia. Persuasions On-Line 43.1 (2022).
- Fleecing Miss Lambe: Exploitation, Tourism, and the New National Narrative in Sanditon, by Nancy Marck Cantwell. Persuasions On-Line 41.2 (2021).
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Sanditon and the Pineapple Emoji Craze: Why This Jane Austen Fan Is Offended, and Why You Should Be Too!, by Damianne Candice Scott. Persuasions On-Line 41.2 (2021).
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“So Far We Are Equal”: People of Color in Screen Adaptations of Austen, by Sharmini Kumar. Persuasions On-Line 41.2 (2021).
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Filming/Filling in the Gaps: Sanditon on Screen, by Linda V. Troost and Sayre N. Greenfield. Persuasions On-Line 41.1 (2020).
Love & Friendship
- Letters from Page to Screen and Back Again: Jane Austen’s Lady Susan and Whit Stillman’s Two Versions of Love and Friendship, by Suzanne Speidel. Persuasions On-Line 40.2 (2020).
- “I Want to Be a Scavenger”: A Conversation with Whit Stillman, by Peter W. Graham. Persuasions On-Line 38.1 (2017).
Lost in Austen
- Replacing Jane: Fandom and Fidelity in Dan Zeff’s Lost in Austen, by Paige Pinto. Persuasions On-Line 37.1 (2016).
- Lost in Austen and Generation-Y Janeites, by Laurie Kaplan. Persuasions On-Line 30.2 (2010).
- “Completely without Sense”: Lost in Austen, by Laurie Kaplan. Persuasions 30 (2008).
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. Persuasions 29 (2007).
- “Little Women?” Karen Joy Fowler’s Adventure in Austenland, by Edward Neill. Persuasions 26 (2004).
Becoming Jane
- The Closeness of Sisters: Imagining Cassandra and Jane, by Juliette Wells. Persuasions On-Line 30.1 (2009).
- Becoming Shakespeare and Jane Austen in Love: An Intertextual Dialogue between Two Biopics, by Marina Cano López and Rosa María García-Periago. Persuasions On-Line 29.1 (2008).
- Becoming Jane: Sorting Fact from Fiction, by Marsha Huff
- The One-Sided Romance of Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy, by Joan Klingel Ray. Persuasions On-Line 28.1 (2007).
- Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy: Stories, by Linda Robinson Walker. Persuasions On-Line 27.1 (2006).
General
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Dressing Jane Austen: The Development of Period Costume Design in Film, by Isabelle Kim-Sherman. Persuasions On-Line 43.1 (2022).
- (De)Constructing Jane: Converting “Austen” in Film Responses, by Karen B. Gevirtz. Persuasions On-Line 31.1 (2010).
- A la Señorita Austen: An Overview of Spanish Adaptations, by Mari Carmen Romero Sánchez. Persuasions On-Line 28.2 (2008).
- From Page to Screen: Dancing to the Altar in Recent Film Adaptations of Jane Austen’s Novels, by Nora Foster Stovel. Persuasions 28 (2006).
- Incarnating Jane Austen: The Role of Sound in the Recent Film Adaptations, by Ariane Hudelet. Persuasions 27 (2005).
- Recreating Jane Austen’s World on Film, by Elsa Solender. Persuasions 24 (2002).
- Music and Dancing in Jane Austen’s Novels and Film Adaptations, Student Essay Contest Winners (2001).
- “—a very elegant looking instrument—” Musical Symbols and Substance in Films of Jane Austen’s Novels, by Kathryn L. Shanks Libin. Persuasions 19 (1997).
