Mansfield Park (2007 film)

Mansfield Park

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Genre
  • Drama
  • Romance
Based on Mansfield Park 
by Jane Austen
Screenplay by Maggie Wadey
Directed by Iain B. MacDonald
Starring
Theme music composer John E. Keane
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 1
Production
Producer(s) Suzan Harrison
Editor(s) Melanie Oliver
Cinematography Nick Dance
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) Company Pictures
Distributor
Release
Original network WGBH-TV
Original release
  • 18 March 2007 (2007-03-18) (UK)
  • 27 January 2008 (2008-01-27) (USA)
18 March 2007 (2007-03-18)

Mansfield Park is a 2007 British television film directed by Iain B. MacDonald and starring Billie Piper, Michelle Ryan, and Blake Ritson. Adaptated of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name, the film is about a young girl who is sent by her poor mother to live with wealthy relatives at their Mansfield estate. By the age of eighteen, the young woman falls in love with her sensitive cousin who is studying to be a clergyman. Her feelings for him prevent her from accepting a marriage proposal from a much wealthier suitor.

Mansfield Park premiered on 18 March 2007 on the United Kingdom network ITV at 9:00 p.m., as part of The Jane Austen Season. It was filmed at Newby Hall, North Yorkshire, England. It made its TV debut in Canada on 23 December 2007 and in the United States on 27 January 2008. The drama ran for two hours (including advertisement breaks) in the United Kingdom, 90 minutes without the breaks.

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