Becoming Jane (2007)

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Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Aug 3, 2007
Running Time: 112 mins.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: United States
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"Becoming Jane," is the story of the great, untold romance that inspired a young Jane Austen, played by Anne Hathaway. Willful and spirited, Jane is not ready to be tied down to anything but her writing. That is until she meets Tom Lefro, a charming rogue from London who spends more time drinking and socializing than on his law studies. The film also stars Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith. It is written by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood, and directed by Julian Jarrold.
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While Becoming Jane captures that certain romantic Jane Austen-esque spirit, it also gives a sobering look at the novelist's life and the constraints of her times.

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See Jane dance and flirt. See Jane exchange witty repartee. See Jane fall deeply in love with the wrong boy. But mostly, see Jane become the beloved Victorian romantic author we've come to know. In a "what if" scenario, Becoming Jane combines bits and pieces of the real Austen's life, gathered from letters she wrote to her… Continued