| Northanger Abbey (BBC, 1986) | 
 enlarge | Director: Giles Foster
Actors: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers, Geoffrey Chater
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  121 reviews
Sales Rank: 20192
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE2273D
ISBN: 1419810626
UPC: 794051227324
EAN: 9781419810626
ASIN: B0007OY2P8
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
Release Date: April 19, 2005
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Product Description
Young catherine moreland innocent & fresh from the country enters into the depraved society of bath with dreams sparked by her love of gothic romance novels. When she meets the dashing henry tilney the young heir of the mysterious northanger abbey she has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/19/2005 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr
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Jane Austen goes Gothic in this darkly dramatic rendering of her Northanger Abbey, a novel that wasn't published until after her early and sudden death. Austen pokes fun at her peers in this story, in which her heroine, Catherine Morland (Katharine Schlesinger), is hopelessly addicted to macabre romance novels that wreak havoc on her imagination. She comes from a large, but loving family, and she's taken, as a companion, to the decadent society of Bath. There, she meets the duplicitous Thorpe siblings, Isabella (Cassie Stuart) and John (Jonathan Coy), and the kindly Tilney sister and brother, Eleanor (Ingrid Lacey) and Henry (Peter Firth). The Tilneys also have an elder brother, the snobbish soldier Frederick (Greg Hicks), and an oddly eerie father, General Tilney (Robert Hardy). Needless to say, all this provides plenty of fodder for fantasies and Catherine comes up with many, even imagining all sorts of evils on a visit to the Tilney family home, Northanger Abbey. The soundtrack is more than a little melodramatic, but it's best to think of it as a humorous touch rather than a serious, punctuating one. --N.F. Mendoza
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 Not worth the time to watch September 29, 2008
Sorry, I know this was shot in 1986, but I don't remember the rest of the films shot that year being THIS technically terrible. The bad effects and film quality are so distracting, it actually makes the movie almost laughable. Not a good quality in any film, let alone a period piece.
I'm not as familiar with this Jane Austen work as some of her others, but if her leading lady is as dreamy as portrayed here with so much internal fantasizing going on, you're going to need a special director to pull it off. I assume she was meant to be portrayed as highly creative, idealistic, unprepared for any sort of reality - instead she seems like a ridiculous, immature twit - or maybe that was the acting. I'd also be surprised if JA created her characters with so little depth or provided them with short, insipid text.
Honestly, I'd try another version. I'm glad there are some because I'd written this one off. Not worth the money, or even the time, to watch.
 See it more than once before you decide July 20, 2008
It's true that it isn't anything like what you usually seek when you get a Jane Austen film. So the first time I saw it I did find parts a bit tasteless and disturbing. But it's a movie I've watched many times. For greatest satisfaction I find it best to take it on its own terms. I think some probably give it a negative review simply because it is very, very different from what they expect. But after forgetting expectations and just watching it as any other film, you may feel very differently. Some key scenes (such as the confrontation between Henry Tilney and his father) would benefit from greater development. The end I find rushed. Overall a film I enjoy watching.
 Choose a different version! April 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I adore most BBC productions but this film was absolutely horrid! Although the casting was appropriate, the production and music make the film almost embarrassing to watch.
Avoid at all cost April 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A horrible movie of this great Austen novel. Bad performances, awful music and cliche acting. Don't buy it.
 Enjoyed this DVD April 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We enjoyed watching this version of Northanger Abbey. It takes you back to a more civilized time! Would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys period pieces.
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