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Jane Austen in Manhattan

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Two avant-garde New York producers (Anne Baxter, Robert Powell) fight over an obscure Jane Austen play.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 22, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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G M I thought at first this film was made in the 60's, it seemed so dated, and I say this as someone who lived through the 80's. This was awful! I was looking for films to show at my Jane Austen Film Fest, but would never include this. It was uneven, confusing, dull. The only bright spot was seeing a young Sean Young, pre-Blade Runner. But that's it. Not worth 5 minutes of watching. Sad, how women just allowed men to walk all over them and...hmmm. And has anything changed? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/26/24 Full Review Steve D I love Baxter. I love Austen. There wasn't enough here. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/13/23 Full Review Audience Member The film was an interesting re-visit to the 80's, and in that respect it was fun to watch, but the unswerving devotion of his acolytes to Pierre was hard to believe. I watched the film as I love Jane Austen's novels, and expected to find some of her themes and ideas in the film, but mostly the film explored power and manipulation without Austen's wry humour. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member UNEVEN AND SOMEWHAT DATED AT LEAST IT SEEMED 2 ME IN 2013. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member At the end, you get to say "what the hell was THAT?" Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member seems a little dated but was great to see anne baxter and sean young(the year b4 rockin it in "blade runner") a behind the scenes look at (based on a true story) of a found jane austin play and 2 director rivals who each want to put the newly discovered play but each in a different style-one sticking true to the time and costumes the other 'modernizing' it to avant garde theater all about eve+a chorus line= this one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Two avant-garde New York producers (Anne Baxter, Robert Powell) fight over an obscure Jane Austen play.
Director
James Ivory
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 48m