Tag Archives: 1800s

Bright Star (2009)

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writer: Jane Campion (Based on the book “Keats” by Andrew Motion)

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1800s, 2009, abbie cornish, adaptation, alexandre de franceschi, andrew motion, ben whishaw, biography, bright star, caroline hewitt, death, drama, edie martin, england, greig fraser, jan chapman, jane campion, john keats, keats, kerry fox, london, love, mark bradshaw, paul schneider, poem, poet, poetry, romance, sick, thomas brodie-sangster, true story, valentine | Leave a comment

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis (Based on the story by Charles Dickens) Bad!

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Drama, Fantasy | Tagged 1800s, 2009, a christmas carol, adventure, alan silvestri, animated, animation, bank, banker, bob hoskins, candle, cary elwes, chains, charles dickens, christmas, christmas carol, christmas eve, colin firth, drama, family, fantasy, future, gary oldman, ghost, greed, holiday, holidays, jack rapke, jim carrey, lesley manville, leslie zemeckis, money, past, present, robert presley, robert zemeckis, robin wright, robin wright penn, scrooge, spirit, steve starkey, victorian | Leave a comment

Kate & Leopold (2001)

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Mangold Writers: James Mangold and Steven Rogers (Story by Steven Rogers) Horror movie sequel where Kate realizes it was a horrible mistake for a modern woman to go back in time and live in the 1800s.

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Tagged 1800s, 2001, actor, bradley whitford, breckin meyer, bridge, brooklyn, brooklyn bridge, butter, cathy konrad, comedy, commercial, craig bierko, david brenner, duke, elevator, fantasy, hugh jackman, james mangold, Kate & Leopold, kristen schaal, Liev Schreiber, marketing, meg ryan, natasha lyonne, new york, new york city, nyc, paxton whitehead, rolfe kent, romance, romantic comedy, spalding gray, stuart dryburgh, television, time travel, tv, viola davis | Leave a comment

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Armando Iannucci Writers: Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci (Based on the novel “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1800s, 2020, adaptation, armando iannucci, author, ben whishaw, benedict wong, book, charles dickens, christopher willis, david copperfield, dev patel, england, family, gwendoline christie, hugh laurie, london, mick audsley, orphan, peter capaldi, peter lambert, poor, poverty, school, simon blackwell, The Personal History of David Copperfield, tilda swinton, writer, zac nicholson | Leave a comment

Emma. (2020)

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Autumn de Wilde Writer: Eleanor Catton (Based on the novel by Jane Austen) Cute!

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 1800s, 2020, adaptation, anya taylor-joy, autumn de wilde, bill nighy, britain, british, callum turner, comedy, drama, eleanor catton, emma, england, eric fellner, graham groadbent, jane austen, johnny flynn, josh o'connor, love, matchmaker, mia goth, miranda hart, peter czernin, romance, tim bevan | Leave a comment