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One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other
This SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY, coming to a TV near me (and maybe you, if you're lucky!) is the three-month Jane Austenpalooza on Masterpiece Theatre. In case this is the first you're hearing of the loveliness that PBS is providing in our hour of television need, here's the program:
- January 13: Persuasion
The Amanda Root-Ciaran Hinds version is probably my favorite film version of a Jane Austen novel, so I'm a bit hesitant about this one. Can it be anywhere near as good? - January 20: Northanger Abbey
I've never seen a film version of Northanger Abbey, but it's the novel that I've read most recently, so it's freshest in my mind. I'm looking forward to seeing how they pull off saddling such a great male protagonist with such a silly female one. - January 27: Mansfield Park
I'm not a huge Mansfield Park fan, but I'm really looking forward to this one, mostly because I'm intrigued by the cast. A time traveler and the son of a mad scientist are in it! - February 3: Miss Austen Regrets
Don't know much of anything about this, except that it seems to be a film about Jane Austen helping her niece find a husband. - February 10: Pride and Prejudice part 1
February 17: Pride and Prejudice part 2
February 24: Pride and Prejudice part 3
Delightful. I will probably skip these weeks and watch it on DVD, so I can rewatch the wet-Darcy scene over and over againifwhen I choose. - March 23: Emma
This one came out in 1996 but I've never seen it. Not sure why they did TV remakes of only four of the films. - March 30: Sense and Sensibility part 1
April 5: Sense and Sensibility part 2
I took a quiz this week that said the Jane Austen heroine I most resembled was Elinor Dashwood. I think I'm part Elinor and part Marianne, but I mostly keep the crazy Marianne parts inside my head. - April 20: My Boy Jack
(Unrelated to Jane Austen, but starring Harry Potter in a Terrible Moustache)
srah - Thursday, 10 January 2008 - 9:53 PM
Tags: daniel radcliffe, emma, jane austen, mansfield park, movies, northanger abbey, persuasion, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility, tv, writers' strike
Comments (7)
Cherri - January 11, 2008 - 7:20 AM - ℓ
Hurrah, my quiz result was Elizabeth Bennet!
The cast for that production of Sense and Sensibility is very, very strange. Also, I realized that I'm familiar with at least one cast member of each of those movies. This is what happens when you watch a bunch of British television.
I am going to try and erase that horrid picture of Daniel Radcliffe from my brain.
tiff - January 11, 2008 - 8:13 AM - ℓ
Did you watch Jane Eyre? It's been a long time since I've read that, but MT's interpretation definitely made me want to pick up the book again.
So excited for this Jane Austenpalooza! Finally something good to watch.
Fraulein N - January 15, 2008 - 2:28 PM - ℓ
Damn! Can't believe I missed the first night! (I think I thought it started on January 19...)
Also, that picture of Daniel Radcliffe is DAMN funny. Like I think I need to bookmark it in case I need something to cheer myself up later.
I was Elizabeth Bennet. It was pretty easy to figure out what you need to pick to rig the results though :D