For this month’s JANE AUSTEN MOVIE CLUB, we have an election!!!
Okay, not exactly. But we are voting! So fulfill your patriotic duty (to the great nation of Austenland) and vote on the following issues:
With which Austen adaptation heroine would you most like to share a pot of tea?
Which is your favorite performance?
Are there any Austen heroines who you don’t feel have ever been well-portrayed on screen?
Are there any Austen heroines whom you like more in the book than the film, or vice versa?
All answers welcome!
(And here are a bunch of pictures to jog your memory!)
Cara
Cara King, who votes that movie theaters start serving tea
Welcome to a surprise meeting of the Risky Regencies JANE AUSTEN MOVIE CLUB!
(Janet, I hope you feel better soon!!!)
Today we’re discussing the new movie THE DUCHESS.
Based on the Amanda Foreman biography of Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, who lived from 1757 – 1806, THE DUCHESS tells her story from just before her marriage until several years in.
The movie is visually sumptuous, as these pictures show. (By the way, if you want to see any of the pictures bigger, you can just click on them!)
Here’s some useful background info on the movie itself:
DIRECTOR: Saul Dibb
SCREENPLAY: Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, and Saul Dibb
Jeffrey Hatcher, by the way, wrote the play and screenplay for the Restoration theatre drama STAGE BEAUTY, and co-wrote the screenplay for the Heath Ledger CASANOVA.
CAST:
Keira Knightley: Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire
Knightley, of course, played Lizzy Bennet in the recent film of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
Ralph Fiennes: Duke of Devonshire
Charlotte Rampling: Lady Spencer
Dominic Cooper: Charles Grey
Cooper played Willoughby in the most recent TV version of SENSE & SENSIBILITY.
Hayley Atwell : Bess Foster
Atwell played Mary Crawford in the recent TV attempt at MANSFIELD PARK.
Simon McBurney: Charles Fox
Aidan McArdle: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
So…have you seen it?
If so, what did you think?
How did you like the script, the casting, the performances?
What did you think of the costumes and the stately homes?
All answers welcome!
Cara
Cara King, who wouldn’t mind living in Somerset House herself
Welcome to the October meeting of the Risky Regencies JANE AUSTEN MOVIE CLUB!
Today we’ll be talking about BRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
So please, chime in a say what you liked, what you didn’t like, and how much you enjoyed seeing Naveen Andrews dance.
And if you haven’t seen it, let us know if you want to!
To aid the discussion, here are the major credits:
DIRECTOR: Gurinder Chadha
SCREENPLAY: Paul Mayeda Berges
and Gurinder Chadha
CAST:
Aishwarya Rai: Lalita Bakshi
[Lizzy Bennet]
Martin Henderson: William Darcy
Nadira Babbar: Mrs. Manorama ChjamanBakshi
[Mrs. Bennet]
Anupam Kher: Mr. Chaman Bakshi
[Mr. Bennet]
Naveen Andrews: Balraj Bingley
Namrata Shirodkar: Jaya Bakshi
[Jane Bennet]
Daniel Gillies: Johnny Wickham
Indira Varma: Kiran Bingley
[Miss Bingley]
Sonali Kulkarni: Chandra Lamba
[Charlotte]
Nitin Ganatra: Mr. Kohli
[Mr. Collins]
Meghnaa Kothari: Maya Bakshi
[Mary Bennet]
Peeya Rai Choudhuri: Lakhi Bakshi
[Lydia]
Alexis Bledel: Georgina ‘Georgie’ Darcy
Marsha Mason: Catherine Darcy
[Lady Catherine]
And if you need some questions to get you started, how about:
If you had to marry either Mr. Collins or Mr. Kohli, which would you choose?
All answers welcome!
Cara
Cara King, drinker of tea and typer of words
Welcome to the September meeting of the Risky Regencies Jane Austen Movie Club!
(And I apologize for our last-minute cancellation last month — I’ll blame it on my cat, as soon as I think how.)
Today, we’re discussing the feature film MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD.
Have you seen it?
If so, what did you think?
For those of you who’ve read some or all of the O’Brian books, did the movie satisfy you? Annoy you? How?
For those who aren’t familiar with the Aubrey/Maturin books, how did the movie work for you? Did it make sense?
To aid the discussion, the major credits follow, with some “you may have seen this actor before in this” in italics…
DIRECTOR: Peter Weir
SCREENPLAY: Peter Weir and John Collee
Based on the novels of Patrick O’Brian
CAST:
Russell Crowe: Capt. Jack Aubrey
Paul Bettany: Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon
Bettany will play Lord Melbourne in the upcoming THE YOUNG VICTORIA. He was also Prince William of Orange in SHARPE’S WATERLOO.
James D’Arcy: 1st Lt. Tom Pullings
Does the handsome first lieutenant look familiar? James D’Arcy played Tom Bertram in the most recent MANSFIELD PARK adaptation, and Nicholas Nickleby for television in 2001.
Edward Woodall: 2nd Lt. William Mowett
Woodall played Robert Martin in the Gwyneth Paltrow EMMA.
Chris Larkin: Capt. Howard, Royal Marines
Max Pirkis: Blakeney, Midshipman
Jack Randall: Boyle, Midshipman
Max Benitz: Calamy, Midshipman
Lee Ingleby: Hollom, Midshipman
Richard Pates: Williamson, Midshipman
Robert Pugh: Mr. Allen, Master
Richard McCabe: Mr. Higgins, Surgeon’s Mate
McCabe also played a naval man in the Root/Hinds PERSUASION — he was Captain Benwick. He was also Mr. Brocklehurst in the 2006 JANE EYRE, and will appear as Sir James Hare in the upcoming THE DUCHESS.
Ian Mercer: Mr. Hollar, Boatswain
Tony Dolan: Mr. Lamb, Carpenter
David Threlfall: Preserved Killick, Captain’s Steward
Billy Boyd: Barrett Bonden, Coxswain
Boyd, of course, was Pippin in the LORD OF THE RINGS movies.
Bryan Dick: Joseph Nagle, Carpenter’s Mate
Joseph Morgan: William Warley, Cpt. of Mizzentop
Morgan was William Price in the recent MANSFIELD PARK.
George Innes: Joe Plaice, Able Seaman
William Mannering: Faster Doudle, Able Seaman
Patrick Gallagher: Awkward Davies, Able Seaman
Alex Palmer: Nehemiah Slade, Able Seaman
Mark Lewis Jones: Mr. Hogg, Whaler
John DeSantis: Padeen, Loblolly Boy
Ousmane Thiam: Black Bill, Killick’s Mate
Thierry Segall: French Captain
So . . . what did you think???
All answers welcome!
Cara
Cara King, who isn’t even master and commander of her cat