TY - ADVS AU - Austen,Jane AU - Dear,Nick AU - Findlay,Fiona AU - Hinds,Ciarán AU - Michell,Roger AU - Root,Amanda ED - BBC Films. ED - Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) ED - Millésime Productions. ED - Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) TI - Persuasion SN - 0767836634 PY - 1999/// CY - Culver City, Calif. PB - Columbia Tristar Home Video, Sony Pictures Classics KW - England KW - Social life and customs KW - 19th century KW - Drama KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films N1 - Based on the novel by Jane Austen; originally released as a motion picture in 1995; Special features include interactive menus, bonus trailers, production notes and scene selections; Special features: Widescreen version -- Interactive menus -- Bonus trailers -- Scene selections -- Production notes -- Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video -- Language: English 2-channel Dolby surround -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; Director of photography, John Daly ; editor, Kate Evans ; original music by Jeremy Sams; Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds N2 - When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, she allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family's conviction of his unworthiness. But now, after a separation of eight years, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth are to meet again and the tables have turned. Her former lover's fortunes have prospered and he is now returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent. Anne's father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall, has been forced to lease their home and move the family into a rather small abode in Bath. Just as Anne now recognizes the false values that persuaded her to reject Captain Wentworth, so she must accept that his heart now seems set upon the youth and beauty of the impetuous Louisa Musgrove ER -