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	Billie Piper Michelle Ryan Blake Ritson
Theme music composer	John E. Keane
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	1
Production
Producer(s)	Suzan Harrison
Cinematography	Nick Dance
Editor(s)	Melanie Oliver
Running time	90 minutes
Production company(s)	Company Pictures
Distributor	ITV (UK) Granada Ventures (UK) PBS (USA) Masterpiece Theatre (USA)
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.

Cast

Hayley Atwell and Joseph Beattie star as Mary Crawford and Henry Crawford

• Billie Piper as Fanny Price
• Michelle Ryan as Maria Bertram
• Blake Ritson as Edmund Bertram
• James D'Arcy as Thomas Bertram
• Catherine Steadman as Julia Bertram
• Jemma Redgrave as Lady Bertram
• Douglas Hodge as Sir Thomas Bertram
• Hayley Atwell as Mary Crawford
• Joseph Beattie as Henry Crawford
• Maggie O'Neill as Mrs. Norris
• Joseph Morgan as William Price
• Rory Kinnear as James Rushworth
• Julia Joyce as Young Fanny Price
• Lucy Hurst as Young Julia Bertram
• Tara Berwin as Young Maria Bertram

External links

• Mansfield Park at the Internet Movie Database
• Mansfield Park at pbs.org.

Jane Austen's Mansfield Park
Characters	Fanny Price Edmund Bertram Mary Crawford Henry Crawford Tom Bertram Maria Bertram Mr. Rushworth
Films	Mansfield Park (1999) Mansfield Park (2007)
Miniseries	Mansfield Park (1983)
Opera	Mansfield Park (2011)
See also	Jane Austen in popular culture
Jane Austen Portal