Jane Austen in Manhattan
| Jane Austen in Manhattan | |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Libretto "Sir Charles Grandison" by Jane Austen & Samuel Richardson, based on a play "Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man" by Jane Austen) |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Starring | Anne Baxter Robert Powell Michael Wager Sean Young Charles McCaughan Tim Choate |
| Cinematography | Ernest Vincze, Larry Pizer (opera sequence) |
| Edited by | David E. McKenna |
| Music by | Richard Robbins (arranged from Mozart's works) Katrina Hodiak (songs) |
| Distributed by | Contemporary Films |
Release date | July 1980 |
Running time | 111 minutes |
| Language | English |
Jane Austen in Manhattan is a Merchant Ivory Film made for LWT in 1980, but released for theatrical in UK and USA. It was the last film appearance of Anne Baxter and the début film of Sean Young.
The film concerns competing theatrical productions in present-day New York, of a recently discovered early Austen work.
Cast
Starring
- Anne Baxter - Lilliana Zorska
- Robert Powell - Pierre
- Michael Wager - George Midash
- Tim Choate - Jamie
- John Guerrasio - Gregory
- Katrina Hodiak - Katya
- Kurt Johnson - Victor Charlton
- Philip Lenkowsky - Fritz
- Charles McCaughan - Billie
- Nancy New - Jenny
- Sean Young - Ariadne Charlton
- Iman - Sufi Leader
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