Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 08/24/2004
Run Time: 312 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: BBC Warner
Adapted from the novel by
Jane Austen, the British miniseries
Mansfield Park starred
Sylvestra La Touzel as
Fanny Price, a "poor relation" deposited at the doorstep of the titular country estate at age ten. Raised by her cynical uncle,
Sir Thomas Bertram (
Bernard Hepton), the ugly-duckling
Fanny was ignored or rebuffed by everyone on the estate except for her cousin,
Edmund (
Nicholas Farrell). Eventually blossoming into a beautiful woman,
Fanny found herself the romantic bone of contention between
Edmund and neighboring aristocrat
Henry Crawford (
Robert Burbage). Though fond of both men,
Fanny was not about to make an impulsive choice between them; both
Edward and
Henry would have to prove their mettle to her before either man could claim her hand in marriage. Telecast in six hour-long installments by the
BBC in 1986,
Mansfield Park was remade 13 years later as a theatrical feature film.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide