Northanger Abbey (2007)

Directed by

Jon Jones

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 319 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl named Catherine Morland goes to Bath with family friends. There she meets a charming young man named Henry Tilney and a boastful suitor named John Thorpe. She gets invited to stay at the grand Northanger Abbey, where her love of Gothic novels makes her imagine dark secrets that are not really there.

lightheartedplayfulromanticcomedy-of-mannersslightly satiricalwarmgently suspenseful

What happens

Northanger Abbey is a 2007 British television film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name. It was directed by British television director Jon Jones and the screenplay was written by Andrew Davies. Felicity Jones stars as the protagonist Catherine Morland and JJ Feild plays her love interest Henry Tilney. The story unfolds as the teenaged Catherine is invited to Bath to accompany some family friends. There she finds herself the object of Henry Tilney's and John Thorpe's (William Beck) affections. When she is asked to stay at Northanger Abbey, Catherine's youthful and naive imagination takes hold and she begins to confuse real life with the Gothic romance of her favourite novels. Northanger Abbey was one of three novels adapted for ITV's Jane Austen season. It was shot on location in Ireland from late August 2006 on a budget of £2 million. The drama was co-produced by Granada Productions and American studio WGBH Boston. Northanger Abbey premiered on 25 March 2007 in the United Kingdom and on 16 December 2007 in Canada. It was broadcast in the United States and Australia in 2008. The drama was viewed by 5.6 million people in the UK, making it the second most watched of the 2007 adaptations. Northanger Abbey garnered mostly positive reviews from television critics, with many praising the cast's performances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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