Jane Austen in Manhattan is a 1980 American romantic drama film produced by Merchant Ivory Productions for LWT, but released for theatrical exhibition in UK and USA. It was the last film appearance of Anne Baxter and the début film of Sean Young.

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Jane Austen in Manhattan
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Directed by	James Ivory
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (libretto "Sir Charles Grandison" by Jane Austen & Samuel Richardson, based on a play "Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man" by Jane Austen)
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Starring	Anne Baxter Robert Powell Michael Wager Sean Young Charles McCaughan Tim Choate
Cinematography	Ernest Vincze, Larry Pizer (opera sequence)
Edited by	David E. McKenna
Music by	Richard Robbins (arranged from Mozart's works) Katrina Hodiak (songs)
Distributed by	Contemporary Films
Release date	July 1980 (1980-07)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$450,000

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The film concerns competing theatrical productions in present-day New York, of a recently discovered early Austen work.

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old, adapted from The History of Sir Charles Grandison by Richardson. Pierre seeks to direct a avant-garde production, but Victor is unhappy about how much influence he has over his wife Ariadne, who is cast as the heroine.

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