Jane Austen in Manhattan

Jane Austen in Manhattan
DVD cover
Directed byJames Ivory
Screenplay byRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Based onSir Charles Grandison
by Jane Austen
Samuel Richardson
Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man
by Jane Austen
The History of Sir Charles Grandison
by Samuel Richardson
Produced byIsmail Merchant
Starring
CinematographyErnest Vincze
Larry Pizer (opera sequence)
Edited byDavid E. McKenna
Music byRichard Robbins (arranged from the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Katrina Hodiak (songs)
Distributed byContemporary Films
Release date
  • July 1980 (1980-07)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$450,000

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 debut film of Sean Young.

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