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Jane Austen in Manhattan

1980 film by James Ivory

Anne Baxter
Robert Powell
Michael Wager
Sean Young
Charles McCaughan
Tim Choate

CinematographyErnest Vincze, Larry Pizer (opera sequence)Edited byDavid E. McKennaMusic by

Richard Robbins (arranged from Mozart's works)
Katrina Hodiak (songs)

Distributed byContemporary Films

Release date

July 1980 (1980-07)

Running time

111 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$450,000

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 début film of Sean Young.

The film concerns competing theatrical productions in present-day New York, of a recently discovered early Austen work.

Plot

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old, adapted from The History of Sir Charles Grandison by Richardson. Pierre seeks to direct a avant-garde production, but Victor is unhappy about how much influence he has over his wife Ariadne, who is cast as the heroine.

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

External links

Merchant Ivory Productions
Jane Austen in Manhattan at IMDb

Merchant Ivory Productions

The Householder (1963)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
The Guru (1969)
The Night of Counting the Years (1969)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Savages (1972)
The Wild Party (1975)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
Roseland (1977)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
The Five Forty-Eight (1978)
The Europeans (1979)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Quartet (1981)
The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)
Heat and Dust (1983)
The Bostonians (1984)
A Room with a View (1985)
Maurice (1987)
The Deceivers (1988)
The Perfect Murder (1988)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
In Custody (1994)
Feast of July (1995)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
The Proprietor (1996)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
Side Streets (1998)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Cotton Mary (1999)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Le Divorce (2003)
Heights (2005)
The White Countess (2005)
Before the Rains (2008)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

v t e Films directed by James Ivory
The Householder (1963) The Delhi Way (1964) Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The Guru (1969) Bombay Talkie (1970) Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972) Savages (1972) Autobiography of a Princess (1975) The Wild Party (1975) Roseland (1977) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) The Five Forty-Eight (1978) The Europeans (1979) Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) Quartet (1981) Heat and Dust (1983) The Bostonians (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Maurice (1987) Slaves of New York (1989) Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) Howards End (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) Jefferson in Paris (1995) Lumière and Company (1995) Surviving Picasso (1996) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) The Golden Bowl (2000) Le Divorce (2003) The White Countess (2005) The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

Films directed by James Ivory