AUSTENTATIOUSLY FUNNY AUSTENLAND OPENS IN LA AND NY TODAY!!!

The austentatiously funny Austenland comes out today in limited release. If you are in or near LA or NYC, please make the effort to see this movie. It is a play on the Austen movies which have been on television primarily, here on PBS or in the UK. Austenland stars Keri Russell as Jane Hayes, a woman utterly obsessed with the 1995 production of Pride & Prejudice. (It starred Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.) Jane spends her savings to attend a castle resort right out of a production of P&P. Jennifer Coolidge is the hysterically funny scene stealer, Miss Elizabeth Charming. The cast of "actors" within the setting are: JJ Feild as Mr. Knobley, Bret McKenzie as Martin, Georgia King as Lady Amelia Heartwright, and the irrespresible Jane Seymour as the mistress of ceremony, Mrs. Wattlesbrook. Amelia seems to hop a bit in the movie which the Austen-ites will understand. It is refreshing to see Jane Seymour poke fun at her past period piece productions. And she does it with such ease. I sincerely hope this movie gets a wide release because it is this year's Moonrise Kingdom, IMHO. A second viewing is in order! Enjoy with some tea and crumpets;}