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Lost in Austen Cover Image DVD DVD

Lost in Austen [videorecording] / a Mammoth Screen production for ITV1 supported by the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund ; producer, Kate McKerrell ; written by Guy Andrews ; director, Dan Zeff.

Andrews, Guy. (Added Author). Arterton, Gemma. (Added Author). Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Pride and prejudice. Videorecording. (Added Author). Bonneville, Hugh. (Added Author). Cowan, Elliot, 1976- (Added Author). Duncan, Lindsay. (Added Author). Henson, Christian, 1971- (Added Author). Kingston, Alex. (Added Author). McKerrell, Kate. (Added Author). Rooper, Jemima. (Added Author). Whiteside, Simon. (Added Author). Zeff, Dan. (Added Author). ITV1 (Firm) (Added Author). Image Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Mammoth Screen (Firm) (Added Author). Screen Yorkshire Production Fund (Firm) (Added Author). Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Elliot Cowan, Hugh Bonneville, Gemma Arterton, Lindsay Duncan. (Cast).

Summary:

Amanda Price gets propelled into the scheming 19th century world of Pride and Prejudice while the book's Elizabeth Bennet is hurled into hers. As the plot unfolds, Amanda triggers new romantic twists and turns as she tries to help the Bennet sisters nab husbands and even manages to captivate the tantalizing Mr. Darcy. But what about Elizabeth, and what will become of one of the world's greatest love stories?

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel "Pride and prejudice" by Jane Austen.
Contains all four episodes.
Originally released as a television mini-series in 2008.
Special features: "Lost in Austen: behind the scenes:" featurette documenting the reinvention of Jane Austen's 'Pride and prejudice' and the making of the popular TV series (ca. 43 min.); cast & crew interviews; behind-the-scenes footage.
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Composer, Christian Henson ; additional music, Simon Whiteside.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Elliot Cowan, Hugh Bonneville, Gemma Arterton, Lindsay Duncan.
Target Audience Note:
PG.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
English dialogue; optional Spanish subtitles, optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice > Film adaptations.
Action and adventure television programs.
Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Fantasy television programs.
Man-woman relationships > England > Fiction.
Romantic comedy television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women heroes > England > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • Alert
    Amanda Price is sick of the modern world. She yearns for the romance and elegance found in the books by her favorite author, Jane Austen. But she's about to get a rude awakening as one fateful evening, she is propelled into the scheming 19th century world of Pride and Prejudice while that book's Elizabeth Bennet is hurled into hers. As the book's familiar plot unfolds, Amanda triggers new romantic twists and turns within the Bennet family circle as she clumsily tries to help the sisters nab husbands and even captivates the tantalizing Mr. Darcy herself. But what about Elizabeth...and what will become of one of the world's greatest love stories?
  • Baker & Taylor
    Yearning for the romance in the books by her favorite author, Jane Austen, Amanda Price suddenly finds herself thrown into the nineteenth-century world of "Pride and prejudice," while Elizabeth Bennet is transported to Amanda's modern-day London.

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