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Mansfield Park (Original title)
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 31 March 2000 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Patricia Rozema

Synopsis: Based on the classic novel by Jane Austen, which tells the tale of a young girl, Fanny, who is sent at the age of ten to live with her aunts at Mansfield Park, a country mansion. Treated as little more than a servant, Fanny eventually grows up a rather tomboyish young woman with aspirations to be a writer. When she meets brother and sister Henry and Mary Crawford, a match is agreed between the handsome Henry and Fanny, although Fanny is in love with childhood friend Edmund, one of the children she has grown up with.

Genres:
Period drama, Romance
Releases
Date: 25 December 1999Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 112 mins Length: 10094 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 31 March 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 112 mins 10 secs - Length: 10094 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 25 September 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (24)
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v32 n4 2004  Pages: 255-260
Title: Mansfield Park and Film: An Interview with Patricia RozemaAuthor: MOUSSA, Hiba Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Patricia Rozema talks about her version of MANSFIELD PARK.

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v31 n3 2003  Pages: 177-185
Title: Possessing Jane Austen: Fidelity, Authorship, and Patricia..Author: ARAGAY, Mireia Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the fidelity of MANSFIELD PARK (1999) to the original Austen novel. Article title ends "...Rozema's Mansfield Park (1999)".

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v31 n3 2003  Pages: 186-192
Title: Not the Bluebird of Happiness: Bird Imagery in the Film...Author: PARRILL, Sue Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Suggests that through the use of the image of a captive bird the enslavement of Black Africans is linked to the restrictions of marriage, paternal tyranny, drug and alcohol abuse and the bondage of poverty. "...Mansfield Park".

In: Film Review vSpec. n34 Year book 2001  Page: 88
Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: CAMERON-WILSON, James Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n131 May 2000  Page: 148
Title: SoundtracksAuthor: [IF] Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Soundtrack review.

In: Film Review n598 October 2000  Page: 48
Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: KEMPSTER, Grant Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English

In: Inside Film n22 April 2000  Page: 23
Title: MANSFIELD PARKAuthor: JENNER, Stephen Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Film Review n592 April 2000  Page: 29
Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: CAMERON-WILSON, James Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short review.

In: Empire n136 October 2000  Page: 126
Title: Video to rentAuthor: [CW] Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Score Monthly v5 n1 January 2000  Pages: 16-17
Title: DownbeatAuthor: [J.F.] Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On composer Lesley Barber's work on the score for MANSFIELD PARK, directed by Patricia Rozema.

In: Film Ireland n75 Apr/May 2000  Page: 45
Title: reviewsAuthor: SHEEHY, Ted Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Total Film n39 April 2000  Page: 146
Title: ReelDiaries: FOLEY ARTISTAuthor: DERRICK, Andie Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Andie Derrick talks about how she became a foley artist and her work on MANSFIELD PARK and KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE.

In: Cinema Papers n132 May 2000  Page: 45
Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: CRIMMINGS, Emma Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v10 n4 April 2000  Pages: 58-59
Title: ReviewsAuthor: RICHARDS, Andy Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Film Tutti i Film della Stagione n47 Sep/Oct 2000  Pages: 36-37
Title: [Film Tutti i Film della Stagione - n47 Sep/Oct 2000: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian

In: Empire n130 April 2000  Page: 26
Title: New filmsAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Variety 06 Sep 1999  Pages: 66-67
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Premiere v13 n3 November 1999  Page: 30
Title: Mansfield ParkArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English

In: Entertainment Weekly n513 19 Nov 1999  Page: 108
Title: A novel romanceAuthor: GLEIBERMAN, Owen Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Cinema Scope n1 1999  Page: 74
Title: Cinema Scope reviewAuthor: KAZAMIA, Nicolas Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Reviews of films shown in 1999 Toronto International Film Festival.

In: Screen International n1228 01 Oct 1999  Page: 32
Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: CUTHBERT, Pamela Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Eyepiece v19 n6 Dec/Jan 1998/99  Page: 9
Title: Who's crewArticle type: Prod. DetailsLanguage: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v353 n47 18 Aug 1998  Page: 31
Title: FILMS IN PRODUCTIONAuthor: FUSON, Brian Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1180 16 Oct 1998  Page: 9
Title: [Screen International - n1180 16 Oct 1998: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: On MANSFIELD PARK wrapping soon.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Race, nation and cultural power in film adaptation
Author: ROBERTS, Gillian  Pages: viii, 271 pages

Title: Janespotting and beyond: British heritage retrovisions since the mid-1990s
Author: Voigts-Virchow, Eckart  Pages: 212 pages