If you're a Jane Austen fan (I am! I am! Look at me madly waving my hand - I AM!), the 2007 production of 'Persuasion' is positively dreamy. I say Captain Wentworth - be still my beating heart - ba-boom! Being a late bloomer, I've just discovered that Rupert Penry-Jones is in 'Spooks'. Now I'm going to have to watch that.
I was captive to this film, and if you're in for a bit of old-school Austen romance, I definitely recommend it. Especially Penry-Jones for the eye candy. Swooning!
I am on particularly good terms with our local video store (should I be calling it the DVD store - they don't do videos anymore), just in case you were wondering. It's like going to the Cheers bar - though they don't really know my name, we know each others faces, and we recommend films to one another. I'm very friendly like that. Nice, innit?
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You cant have Rupert - he's mine I tell ya - MINE. I am totally in love with him - I only watch Spooks for a glimpse of him running around saving the world (cause I sure as hell dont know what else is going on in that confounding show). Swoon - now I will have to rent Persuasion!
Ahhhh, the lovely Rupert. Yes. Now I will also have to rent Persuasion. I love Austen too, but the Rupert thing pushes it over the edge.
I LOVE this production of Persuasion! and Rupert... hmmm... Do you know, it's usually the tall dark brooding thing I go for but I have to confess he's the only blond man I find attractive - that has to be meaningful! (Well, it is for me!) Thanks for great post - love it. K
Ohhhhhhhh Austen. It's raining outside at the moment, if I go for a walk I might just happen upon a handsome stranger lol. Check out the earlier version too, I liked it better than this one. But any Austen is a good Austen.
I dunno what it is, but I've never been able to get into Austen...and I read A LOT of her at school and uni.
Charlotte Bronte, though, that's another story...
and if you ever want to read a spooky austen book try the new Pride and Prejudice and Zombies hehe. I just got it for my birthday and it is amazing! 70% of the original text with a zombie plot thrown in. for girls and boys in love
That scene at the end when she's running after him in the rain, that amazing street, (is it Bath?) I LOVE it, just brilliant....sigh
Love it, and also the older version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds.
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