Persuasion
(DVD)

Based on the novel by Jane Austen; originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Special features include interactive menus, bonus trailers, production notes and scene selections.

Director of photography, John Daly ; editor, Kate Evans ; original music by Jeremy Sams.

Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds.

When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, she allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family's conviction of his unworthiness. But now, after a separation of eight years, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth are to meet again and the tables have turned. Her former lover's fortunes have prospered and he is now returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent. Anne's father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall, has been forced to lease their home and move the family into a rather small abode in Bath. Just as Anne now recognizes the false values that persuaded her to reject Captain Wentworth, so she must accept that his heart now seems set upon the youth and beauty of the impetuous Louisa Musgrove.

Anne and Wentworth's "passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight years later, when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is on the verge of bankruptcy, Wentworth returns. Will their second chance at love be ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once? Or will the heart be persuaded by rules of its own?"--Container.

DVD format, Dolby surround stereo.

Dialogue in English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.