--- product_id: 52107527 title: "Persuasion : Complete ITV Adaptation [2007] [DVD]" price: "₹ 1710" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/52107527-persuasion-complete-itv-adaptation-2007-dvd store_origin: IN region: India --- # Persuasion : Complete ITV Adaptation [2007] [DVD] **Price:** ₹ 1710 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Persuasion : Complete ITV Adaptation [2007] [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 1710 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/52107527-persuasion-complete-itv-adaptation-2007-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description ITV adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Anne Elliott (Sally Hawkins) has spent years regretting her rejection of Captain Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones)'s proposal of marriage, her family having been against the match on grounds of class. When he returns from sea they meet but, instead of finding romance, are kept apart through a series of misunderstandings. Anne is being pursued by her cousin, Mr Elliott (Tobias Menzies), while Captain Wentworth is regarded as a very eligible bachelor and has a stream of young women with marriage in mind beating a path to his door. desertcart.co.uk Review The work of Jane Austen is being confidently mined by filmmakers at the moment, and Persuasion is the latest to be visited. And while there are some fair issues raised about just how faithful the film is to the source material, it’s nonetheless a lavish and enjoyable take on Austen’s story, with much to admire. Much of the reason as to why this version of Persuasion works well lies with its talented cast. Rupert Penry-Jones, for instance, tackles the role of Captain Wentworth with skill, and Sally Hawkins too gives a performance to be admired. Backed by a primarily good supporting cast, the romantic drama is both watchable and engaging. Inevitably, parallels are going to be drawn with the similarly strong 1995 television adaptation, and the truth is that some will favour one, some will favour the other. For our money, the earlier version just about nudges it, but the two takes on Persuasion both have enough ideas of their own to make them suitable companion pieces. Diligently directed and suitably lavish to look at, Persuasion then shows little sign of dampening the enthusiasm for bringing Austen to screens of all sizes. And on the basis of the charming 93 minutes on offer here, that’s no bad thing at all. --Jon Foster Review: Loved the new adaptation with Rupert Penry Jones / Sally Hawkins - SPOILER ALERT: I'm from the U.S. and being an Austen fan, last week, I stumbled into the Jane Austen ITV season on YouTube. The next day (9/11/07) I ordered Persuasion online because I was falling in love with the fanvideos I was seeing. To prepare myself for the new adaptation, I watched Persuasion (1995) over the weekend like 4 times. I tend to do this to get every detail of the film and emotions of the characters. Well, my DVD of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey arrived 9/17th and that same evening, I watched it 4x!! I must say that "I LOVE THIS MOVIE MORE THAN THE 1995 VERSION AND PRIDE & PREJUDICE (BOTH VERSIONS)!! As someone previosly mentioned, I loved how Anne narrates her journal so that we can understand her feelings towards Cpt. Frederick Wentworth more, as well as her regrets (her narration is part of the novel). I feel for her when she cries alone and then tries to be strong when Frederick is near, talks, and shows affection towards another (or so it seems). Sally Hawkins did a superb job when emotions really needed to be shown! As for Frederick, I loved that the writers decided to consolidate and reserved some of the dialogues spoken by characters in the 1995 version FOR FREDERICK (some as spoken from the novel by Frederick that was not included in the 1995 version!). Excellent idea because we get to see and hear Frederick in more scenes. Austen fans can not complain about that because Rupert Penry Jones (RPJ) as Frederick was excellent! RPJ did a great job as Frederick as a man who held so much bitterness and constraint from the past that in the end, he realized how foolish he was at the present because he realized that he still could not deny himself from always loving Anne. . .**sigh** Also, both scenes with Frederick and Captain Harville was a breath of fresh air because we get to know Frederick more of a person than just a handsome bachelor. We get to know his own thoughts and feelings of a man who is indeed in agony over the possibility of losing Anne AGAIN - this time, to fault all his own(information noted at the end of the novel BUT not included in the 1995 version)! I can play those scenes over and over again. For the 1995 version, I thought that there were not enough scenes with Frederick to fully know him. We only got to know him through the "letter". Thus, my review on Frederick is longer. Yes, I agree that Anne running at the end was a bit "odd" for a woman during that period BUT she was on a mission to get her man - it has been 8 years after all :) The kiss that followed took forever so I didn't like it at all. However, I LOVED THE ENDING! I was happy that Frederick bought Kellynch as a wedding present for Anne because he knew how much Anne loved Kellynch! Besides, in the novel, Mr. Elliot was going to put it up for auction anyway! Anne overwhelmed with happines that she jumps Frederick for a hug and then the kiss, that was AWESOME!! Both laughing and giggling (and a slight slow dance) is how happiness should be portrayed for this adaptation! That's way better than Anne and Frederick smiling at each other on a boat without holding hands as directed from 1995's version! This is a NEW adaptation and I think that it would of been ridiculous to completely copy the 1995 version so I am FULLY SATISFIED! I commend the writers for going this route! Sally Hawkins was brilliant and RPJ was execellent. Plus, RPJ is simply gorgeous!! 90 minutes was not enough for me. I wanted more Anne Elliot & Cpt. Wentworth - in the same scenes that is :) Review: Keeps getting better! - I had read the book many years ago and when I heard that there was to be a new Jane Austen series, I re-read it and the others and Persuasion took a very definite first place. As to this TV version, first time round I loved it and I have found, on repeat viewing only very recently, that it was even better than I remembered. I thoroughly enjoyed the settings, the music and particularly, the two lead performances which I think were thoroughly convincing. Of the supporting roles, I thought Anthony Head was magnificently arch and enjoyable shallow and horrible as Sir Walter, Sam Hazeldine bumbling, delightful and sweet (especially in his relations with Anne which are so kind and redolent, on his part, of what might have been) and I must be the only person who thought that Mary Musgrove was just exactly as she should have been! Peter White is a great favourite of mine so I loved his bluff yet gentle Admiral. The pacing was odd, I admit, presumably because of the time constraints and like everyone else, I would have liked all of the letter-not just because the written version is so beautiful but because I thought Rupert Penry-Jones' voice-over was absolutely perfect. There's a little subtle break in his voice half way through that gets me every time. The scene in the shop was also wonderful-he, in particular, showed so much by doing so little. There was a real feeling of strong feelings ruthlessly repressed because he was so afraid of being hurt again. I think Anne was beautifully played by Sally Hawkins and she looked just right. At the start she was obviously depressed but determined to live the best life she could. Then, at the end, she realised she had another chance to live the life she really wanted and gathered every ounce of strength of character she had to grab it with both hands. That was the symbolism of the running for me. As to RPJ looking too young and unweathered for a sea captain, in reality, that's probably true but the whole point about Austen's description of him is that he had lost none of what she called his (this may be in the wrong order!) "open, glowing, manly" look in the eight years he and Anne had been apart. And even her vain, looks-obsessed father who castigated all sailors because they supposedly looked rough, had to admit eventually that Captain Wentworth was an exception. RPJ had that in spades, as well as the depth of feeling for a role where so much is under the surface. I thought he was wonderful in it and that he and Sally Hawkins created something touching to the contemporary mind, yet absolutely in keeping with the original, of a relationship that nearly didn't make it. As to "the kiss", it wasn't the chocolate-box romanticism that many accuse modern visual productions of overlaying on Austen-it was hesitant, full of both fear and longing, human, messy and completely believable. The sunlit ending at Kellynch, I think, was symbolic of pent-up longing fulfilled in every way, which is really the point of the entire book, and I loved it. I've even loved writing this about it! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000N6U0VU | | Actors | Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Rupert Penry-Jones, Sally Hawkins, Tobias Menzies | | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 - 1.78:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 4,100 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 202 in Romance (DVD & Blu-ray) 622 in Television (DVD & Blu-ray) 1,440 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Country of origin | Czech Republic | | Customer reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (4,112) | | Director | Adrian Shergold | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Language | English | | Manufacturer reference | 5014138601560 | | Media Format | PAL | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 19 x 13.5 x 1.4 cm; 80 g | | Release date | 2 April 2007 | | Run time | 1 hour and 33 minutes | | Studio | 2entertain | | Subtitles: | English | ## Product Details - **Format:** PAL - **Genre:** Romance - **Language:** English - **Number of discs:** 1 ## Images ![Persuasion : Complete ITV Adaptation [2007] [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71hqjzp7PnL.jpg) ![Persuasion : Complete ITV Adaptation [2007] [DVD] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7107lEhRnaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved the new adaptation with Rupert Penry Jones / Sally Hawkins *by J***L on 17 September 2007* SPOILER ALERT: I'm from the U.S. and being an Austen fan, last week, I stumbled into the Jane Austen ITV season on YouTube. The next day (9/11/07) I ordered Persuasion online because I was falling in love with the fanvideos I was seeing. To prepare myself for the new adaptation, I watched Persuasion (1995) over the weekend like 4 times. I tend to do this to get every detail of the film and emotions of the characters. Well, my DVD of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey arrived 9/17th and that same evening, I watched it 4x!! I must say that "I LOVE THIS MOVIE MORE THAN THE 1995 VERSION AND PRIDE & PREJUDICE (BOTH VERSIONS)!! As someone previosly mentioned, I loved how Anne narrates her journal so that we can understand her feelings towards Cpt. Frederick Wentworth more, as well as her regrets (her narration is part of the novel). I feel for her when she cries alone and then tries to be strong when Frederick is near, talks, and shows affection towards another (or so it seems). Sally Hawkins did a superb job when emotions really needed to be shown! As for Frederick, I loved that the writers decided to consolidate and reserved some of the dialogues spoken by characters in the 1995 version FOR FREDERICK (some as spoken from the novel by Frederick that was not included in the 1995 version!). Excellent idea because we get to see and hear Frederick in more scenes. Austen fans can not complain about that because Rupert Penry Jones (RPJ) as Frederick was excellent! RPJ did a great job as Frederick as a man who held so much bitterness and constraint from the past that in the end, he realized how foolish he was at the present because he realized that he still could not deny himself from always loving Anne. . .**sigh** Also, both scenes with Frederick and Captain Harville was a breath of fresh air because we get to know Frederick more of a person than just a handsome bachelor. We get to know his own thoughts and feelings of a man who is indeed in agony over the possibility of losing Anne AGAIN - this time, to fault all his own(information noted at the end of the novel BUT not included in the 1995 version)! I can play those scenes over and over again. For the 1995 version, I thought that there were not enough scenes with Frederick to fully know him. We only got to know him through the "letter". Thus, my review on Frederick is longer. Yes, I agree that Anne running at the end was a bit "odd" for a woman during that period BUT she was on a mission to get her man - it has been 8 years after all :) The kiss that followed took forever so I didn't like it at all. However, I LOVED THE ENDING! I was happy that Frederick bought Kellynch as a wedding present for Anne because he knew how much Anne loved Kellynch! Besides, in the novel, Mr. Elliot was going to put it up for auction anyway! Anne overwhelmed with happines that she jumps Frederick for a hug and then the kiss, that was AWESOME!! Both laughing and giggling (and a slight slow dance) is how happiness should be portrayed for this adaptation! That's way better than Anne and Frederick smiling at each other on a boat without holding hands as directed from 1995's version! This is a NEW adaptation and I think that it would of been ridiculous to completely copy the 1995 version so I am FULLY SATISFIED! I commend the writers for going this route! Sally Hawkins was brilliant and RPJ was execellent. Plus, RPJ is simply gorgeous!! 90 minutes was not enough for me. I wanted more Anne Elliot & Cpt. Wentworth - in the same scenes that is :) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Keeps getting better! *by A***T on 30 September 2008* I had read the book many years ago and when I heard that there was to be a new Jane Austen series, I re-read it and the others and Persuasion took a very definite first place. As to this TV version, first time round I loved it and I have found, on repeat viewing only very recently, that it was even better than I remembered. I thoroughly enjoyed the settings, the music and particularly, the two lead performances which I think were thoroughly convincing. Of the supporting roles, I thought Anthony Head was magnificently arch and enjoyable shallow and horrible as Sir Walter, Sam Hazeldine bumbling, delightful and sweet (especially in his relations with Anne which are so kind and redolent, on his part, of what might have been) and I must be the only person who thought that Mary Musgrove was just exactly as she should have been! Peter White is a great favourite of mine so I loved his bluff yet gentle Admiral. The pacing was odd, I admit, presumably because of the time constraints and like everyone else, I would have liked all of the letter-not just because the written version is so beautiful but because I thought Rupert Penry-Jones' voice-over was absolutely perfect. There's a little subtle break in his voice half way through that gets me every time. The scene in the shop was also wonderful-he, in particular, showed so much by doing so little. There was a real feeling of strong feelings ruthlessly repressed because he was so afraid of being hurt again. I think Anne was beautifully played by Sally Hawkins and she looked just right. At the start she was obviously depressed but determined to live the best life she could. Then, at the end, she realised she had another chance to live the life she really wanted and gathered every ounce of strength of character she had to grab it with both hands. That was the symbolism of the running for me. As to RPJ looking too young and unweathered for a sea captain, in reality, that's probably true but the whole point about Austen's description of him is that he had lost none of what she called his (this may be in the wrong order!) "open, glowing, manly" look in the eight years he and Anne had been apart. And even her vain, looks-obsessed father who castigated all sailors because they supposedly looked rough, had to admit eventually that Captain Wentworth was an exception. RPJ had that in spades, as well as the depth of feeling for a role where so much is under the surface. I thought he was wonderful in it and that he and Sally Hawkins created something touching to the contemporary mind, yet absolutely in keeping with the original, of a relationship that nearly didn't make it. As to "the kiss", it wasn't the chocolate-box romanticism that many accuse modern visual productions of overlaying on Austen-it was hesitant, full of both fear and longing, human, messy and completely believable. The sunlit ending at Kellynch, I think, was symbolic of pent-up longing fulfilled in every way, which is really the point of the entire book, and I loved it. I've even loved writing this about it! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by Y***N on 23 October 2024* Very good quality, good price --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/52107527-persuasion-complete-itv-adaptation-2007-dvd](https://www.desertcart.in/products/52107527-persuasion-complete-itv-adaptation-2007-dvd) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-05*