Mansfield Park
Synopsis
When a highly desirable and well-established young man, Henry Crawford, seeks her hand in marriage, the family is overjoyed. But she refuses him and is consequently sent back to her achingly poor and overcrowded "home" in Portsmouth. She longs for the one person who is forbidden to her: Edmund, the idealistic second son who has been her ally and soulmate since she first arrived at Mansfield Park as a little girl. But he is on the verge of marriage to Henry's teasingly enticing sister, Mary. Henry follows Fanny to Portsmouth. If she continues to refuse her wealthy and not unattractive suitor, she risks certain poverty and isolation.
The ensuing ardent entanglements are played out against the subtle backdrop of the slave trade which we are reminded is "paying for the party" at Mansfield Park.
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of project
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Patricia Rozema
- Producer
- David Aukin, Trea Hoving, Colin Leventhal, David M. Thompson, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein
- Director of Photography
- Michael Coulter BSc
- Principal cast
- Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alesandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz, Harold Pinter
- Executive Screen Writer
- Patricia Rozema
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Miramax/Hal and BBC Films c/o Miramax International Elsley House 24-30 Great Titchfield Street London W1P 7AD Tel: 020 7735 8333 Fax: 020 7735 8334
Sales Company
Miramax International as Production Company
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