Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey |
| Original title | Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jon Jones |
| script | Andrew Davies |
| production | Keith Thomson |
| music | Charlie Mole |
| camera | Ciaran Tanham |
| cut | Sue Wyatt |
| occupation | |
| |
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a British television film directed by Jon Jones from 2007. The plot is based on the novel The Abbey of Northanger by Jane Austen from 1817 and is only the second film adaptation of the material. The main roles are played by Felicity Jones and JJ Feild . The film premiered on March 25, 2007 on ITV .
action
The pastor's daughter , Catherine Morland, grows up well protected and carefree in a simple extended family. Her passions are horror novels, in which she immerses herself so much that she often confuses reality and fiction. When she was 17 years old, the wealthy, childless couple Allen took her to Bath . At a ball there, Catherine met Henry Tilney , a young clergyman who would now look after her. But at the ball, another man gets her attention. She later meets him and his sister, Isabella and John Thorpe . Isabella befriends Catherine, and then it turns out that Catherine's older brother James Morland has a crush on Isabella. The handsome John Thorpe, in turn, begins to woo Catherine.
At another ball, Catherine meets Henry Tilney again and gets to know his sister Eleanor and his father, General Tilney . Eleanor invites three for a walk the following day. Catherine happily agrees, but misses the Tilneys because she lets the Thorpes and her brother James talk her into a carriage ride. John Thorpe in particular ensures that Catherine goes with him with lies and does not stop the carriage when they pass the surprised Tilneys. At the next meeting Catherine has to apologize sincerely to the duped Tilneys and is treated with a renewed invitation.
While both John and Henry continue to strive for Catherine, Isabella also appears with Frederick Tilney , a brother of the Tilney siblings, another admirer alongside James. Only for Henry's sister Eleanor does not everything seem to be working out for the best. Her penniless admirer, a friend of Henry, does not receive the intercession of her father and therefore seeks his fortune abroad. It soon becomes clear that John is hoping for Catherine in vain: her heart belongs to Henry. Isabella Thorpe, on the other hand, feels drawn to Frederick Tilney despite her engagement to Catherine's brother James Morland, which Catherine regards with concern. In the meantime, General Tilney invites her to the family's country estate, Northanger Abbey . The property lets Catherine get away with her imagination, especially since Henry makes hints of a secret of the building on the way there. Catherine also learns that the siblings' mother, Mrs. Tilney , died some time ago under mysterious circumstances.
Catherine gives in to her fantasies and spies around the dead man's chambers at the earliest opportunity, where she is caught by Henry. When she expresses her suspicion that the general himself was to blame for his wife's death, Henry becomes angry. Meanwhile, the engagement between James and Isabella has broken off because of their preference for Frederick. Isabella worries about her reputation and asks Catherine to put in a good word for her with James so that he can marry her after all. Catherine is indignant beyond measure at Isabella's shameless behavior. Shortly thereafter, however, Catherine is expelled from the General of the House, presumably because of suspicions she has voiced towards Henry.
At home, Catherine realizes her naivety and burns her horror novels. Then Henry appears and apologizes to her. He explains that she was basically right, since his father was indirectly to blame for the mother's death. His mother had thought the general loved her, but he was only after her money. She fell ill and died, among other things, of a broken heart. Henry now also reveals to Catherine that his father had initially assumed that she would one day become a wealthy heiress. Because of her, Henry and the general had an argument about the cost of Henry's inheritance, but he is determined to marry Catherine, which makes her overjoyed. A little later, Eleanor also marries her admirer, who has still got money.
background
On May 25, 1998, CBC Infoculture announced that Austen's novel Northanger Abbey would be coproduced by Miramax Films in the fall . With a budget of nine million US dollars, the novel was to be implemented in Bath , a historic city 150 kilometers southwest of London and Austen's hometown. However, the adaptation should be almost ten years in coming. Andrew Davis had completed the screenplay for Austen's novel for the British television station ITV in 1998, which was bought by Miramax. The film production company had already made Emma (1996) and Mansfield Park (1999), so Davies was hoping for a movie. But Mansfield Park became a financial failure and all Austen projects were postponed.
In the years that followed, there was repeated speculation about the production of the film. For example that the actress Rachel Leigh Cook signed for the role of Catherine and later that Martin Amis was hired to rewrite the script. But it wasn't until the Austen film Pride and Prejudice received nominations at the Oscars and the Golden Globes in 2005 and grossed over 120 million US dollars that a wave of Austen adaptations set in, so that Northanger Abbey was also realized. Miramax was impressed with the original script by Andrew Davis, but no director could be found. ITV, meanwhile, planned to air a Jane Austen series in the spring of 2007 with new television adaptations of the Austen novels. It was agreed that Northanger Abbey would be adapted for television and broadcast along with new versions of Mansfield Park and Persuasion .
criticism
“A young woman, inspired by exuberant imagination and gifted in literature, is invited into the house of rich relatives, where she can not only pursue her talents and fall in love with the future owner, but also grapple with a dark family secret. Dignified (TV) adaptation with good actors, a touch of 'Gothic Novel' and sensitive horror quotes. "
literature
- Jane Austen : The Northanger Abbey ( Northanger Abbey ), transl. By Ursula and Christian Grawe . Reclam, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-379-20061-1 .
- The novel was written between 1798 and 1799, revised in 1802 and published posthumously in 1817 .
Web links
- Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey in the Lexicon of International Films
- Northanger Abbey at www.janeausten.co.uk
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pride and Prejudice . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
- ↑ Northanger Abbey ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.janeausten.co.uk
