Becoming Jane
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| Becoming Jane | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Julian Jarrold |
| Produced by | Jeff Abberley Nicole Finnan Julia Blackman Tim Haslam |
| Written by | Kevin Hood Sarah Williams |
| Starring | Anne Hathaway James McAvoy Maggie Smith |
| Music by | Adrian Johnston |
| Cinematography | Eigil Bryld |
| Editing by | Emma E. Hickox |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) |  March 9 March 16 March 29 March 30 June 29 August 3 October 19 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | UK/U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €12,500,000 (estimate) |
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Becoming Jane is a Miramax film that was released in 2007. The film is based on the early life of author Jane Austen, who is portrayed by Anne Hathaway, and her possible flirtations with Thomas Langlois Lefroy. Dame Maggie Smith and Julie Walters also appear in this picture, produced by an Irish production company.
Although the film goes well beyond what is proven fact in assuming a real relationship between Austen and Lefroy, the speculative original screenplay was inspired by real events, which were chronicled in a book by Jon Spence, a historical consultant on the film.
Spence's book, titled Becoming Jane Austen, was published by Hambledon & London in hardback in 2003 (ISBN 1852853948) and as a paperback in 2006 (ISBN 1-84725046-7).
[edit] Cast
- Anne Hathaway... Jane Austen
- James McAvoy... Thomas Lefroy
- Maggie Smith... Lady Gresham
- Julie Walters... Mrs. Austen
- Joe Anderson... Henry Austen
- Lucy Cohu ... Eliza de Feuillude
- James Cromwell... Mr. Austen
- Laurence Fox...Mr Wisley
- Anna Maxwell Martin... Cassandra
- Leo Bill... John Warren
- Jessica Ashworth.. Lucy Lefroy
- Chris McHallem... Mr. Curtis
- Ian Richardson..Judge Langlois
- Alan Smyth... The Showman
- Sophie Vavasseur... Jane Lefroy
[edit] External links
- Becoming Jane at the Internet Movie Database
- UK website
- Becoming Jane at BeentoTheMovies.com (Preview, Trailer, Gallery)
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