Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane is a 2007 film based on the life of Jane Austen and her posited relationship with Thomas Langlois Lefroy.


 * Directed by Julian Jarrold. Written by Kevin Hood and Sarah Williams.

Becoming a woman. Becoming a legend. (taglines)

Jane Austen

 * A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
 * My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

Tom Lefroy

 * If you wish to practice the art of fiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital. Your horizons must be…widened.
 * What value will there ever be in life, if we are not together?

Others

 * Eliza de Feuillide: Flirting is a woman's trade. One must keep in practice.
 * Mrs. Austen: Affection is desirable. Money is absolutely indispensable!
 * Reverend Austen: Nothing destroys the spirit like poverty.

Dialogue

 * Mrs. Austen: Jane!
 * Lady Gresham: What is she doing?
 * Mr. Wisley: Writing.
 * Lady Gresham: Can anything be done about it?


 * John Warren: [expressing his love for Jane] You cannot begin to imagine...
 * Jane: Thank you for your kind attention... but... ARE THERE NO OTHER WOMEN IN HAMPSHIRE?!


 * Tom: How can you of all people dispose of yourself without affection?
 * Jane: How can I dispose of myself with it?

Taglines

 * Becoming a woman. Becoming a legend.
 * Her own life is her greatest inspiration.
 * Between sense and sensibility and pride and prejudice was a life worth writing about.
 * Jane Austen's Greatest Love Story Was Her Own

Cast

 * Anne Hathaway - Jane Austen
 * James McAvoy - Tom Lefroy
 * Julie Walters - Mrs. Austen
 * James Cromwell - Rev. Austen
 * Maggie Smith - Lady Gresham
 * Lucy Cohu - Eliza De Feuillide