Austenland (2013)
Keri Russell as a woman obsessed with the 1995 Mr. Darcy, on holiday at a Regency theme resort.
The adaptations made their own fans, with their own fantasy. Make a comedy about one of them.
You have watched the 1995 series more times than you would admit.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: no plot from the novel. It keeps the 1995 series’ Darcy, as the thing its heroine is in love with.
Changes: the subject: this is a story about a fan, Jane Hayes, who spends her savings on a resort where actors play Regency suitors.
From Shannon Hale’s novel, directed by Jerusha Hess. A fan of Colin Firth’s Darcy spends her savings at an English resort where actors play Regency suitors.
Whose story is it?
Jane Hayes’s, a modern American fan, played by Keri Russell.
How much time does it ask?
A feature, 97 minutes. Directed by Jerusha Hess, from Shannon Hale’s novel.
Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Blu-ray — Amazon · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
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