Six Reasons for Janeites to Watch An Education

1. Because Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005) is said to be outstanding in this film. The role has made her a break-out star. Sensitive, clever, and intelligent films are few and far between. They save the film industry from catering primarily to young males, whose appetites for Transformers, Saw, and 2012 are insatiable.

2. Because Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility), the school's head mistress, is in it. 'Nuff said.

3. Because Olivia Williams (Emma, Miss Austen Regrets), who plays a teacher, is a beautiful and intelligent actress whose roles are few and far between.

4. Because Alfred Molina, the father, and Peter Sarsgaard, the older suitor, are always excellent.

5. Because Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility, 2008) is becoming a reliable staple in good films.

6. Because Rosamund Pike's (Pride and Prejudice, 2005) appearances on the big screen, like Olivia Williams', are all too rare.

Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World

The Buzz On Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan's first role was as Kitty Bennet (l) in 2005's Pride and Prejudice. Young and raw, you could detect a glimmer of her talent. Four short years later, she's become tabloid fodder and has been linked romantically to Shia LeBeouf. More importantly, she is poised on the threshold of stardom. The on dit is that her latest role as a naive 16-year-old girl in An Education has put her in line for an oscar nomination. Janeites can say proudly: we saw her first.

• Carey Mulligan Gets an Education in Movie Stardom

Carey Mulligan in a New York Times interview.

Carey Mulligan in the News

Isabella Thorpe would be very pleased with all the attention she is receiving this week in the form of actress Carey Mulligan who portrayed her in the 2007 movie adaptation of Northanger Abbey. Recently, Carey was a sensation at the Sundance Film Festival for her role in the movie An Education in which she played Jenny, a 16-year old schoolgirl in 1960’s London who falls for a much older man. She was also featured in a glitzy five cover spread in the New York Times special feature Womens’ Fashion Fall 2009 Issue where five leading fashion designers dressed her up in designer duds and high fashion photographers captured five fantasy covers.



As if that was not enough to send the 24 year-old British actress in a publicity swoon, this week she has been romantically linked to her co-star Shia LaBeouf during their filming of producer-director Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel, Money Never Sleeps, now shooting in New York. We are quite certain that Isabella would rebuff any gossip by adding “Psha! My dear creature, do not think me such a simpleton as to be always wanting to confine him to my elbow.”

Oh Carey. Life does not get much better.

Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose