Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
- Directed by
- James Ivory
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two theater groups in New York City compete to stage a newly found play by Jane Austen. The story follows the rival directors and actors as they prepare their productions.
theatricalwhimsicalplayfulcerebralquirkylightheartednostalgiccompetitive
What happens
Jane Austen in Manhattan is a 1980 American romantic drama film produced by Merchant Ivory Productions for LWT, but released for theatrical exhibition in UK and USA. It was the last film appearance of Anne Baxter and the debut film of Sean Young. The film concerns competing theatrical productions in present-day New York, of a recently discovered early Austen work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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