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The Jane Austen BBC Collection : Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Emma / Persuasion (9 Disc Box Set)
RRP: £99.99
Our Price: £79.94 (subject to change)
Some of these adaptations are older than I am (and I'm no longer in my 20s)
Review date: 2007-08-05 Rating: 2 out of 10
After eagerly anticipating the arrival of my birthday present, I was horrified on opening this to find that the adaptations date back as far as 1972 (Emma) and the most recent are 1995 (Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion). I'm a huge fan of the '95 version of P&P starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, but could have bought the 10th anniversary edition and saved myself money and a whole lot of disappointment. The older adaptations haven't stood up to the test of time; the acting style has dated, the sound quality is terrible, the colours washed out, and the camera work distracting. A further annoyance is that it wasn't possible to tell from the packaging that the versions were so old - I had to take the shrink-wrapping off (and thereby void my right to return) to find this out. Grrr.
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Reviews
Fantastic!
Review date: 2007-04-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
I agree with the second review that is fantastic, although I don't own this particular boxset yet I have watched all of these exact films which this boxset contains and I think they are great to watch. I have watched some of the newer versions and I feel that the nes in this boxset are far better and this is coming from a 22 year old, however I do have a thing for history and especially period fashion and of course period dramas. I think this boxset would be a great buy for anyone interested in period drama.
Don't buy this unless you know you already love it
Review date: 2006-10-14 Rating: 4 out of 10
I bought this for my wife based purely on the Pride and Prejudice series on the BBC which is excellent and the only reason it got a 2 star rating. How bad was this purchase!?! The other adaptations are so dull to be true. Even my mother, who loves this type of programme, described them as "awful". Unless you have seen the previous and old adaptations do not buy this. The acting is terrible. The sound quality awful. Avoid at all costs unless you already know you love these programmes. Most of them from the 1970's!! Not worth the money. Buy the modern adaptations instead.
EXCELLENT!!!!
Review date: 2006-04-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
The finest adaptations of Austen's work. A collection of the finest British talent both in front of and behind the camera. The most popular film in the collection is, of course, Pride and Prejudice [Colin Firth ;)] however the other films are just as good. I am a big Austen fan, though never too fond of Persuasion, and this collection is the perfect companion to the novels themselves (as of course they could never be better than the novels!) This is not the Emma Thompson Sense & Sensiblity or the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma in case you are planning on purchasing this item expecting these films to arrive.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jennifer Ehle
Alison Steadman
Colin Firth
Creators:
Colin Firth (Primary Contributor)
Jennifer Ehle (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503174828
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 9
Format: Box set, Colour, PAL,
Release date: 2005-11-07
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Language: English (Original Language)