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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ang Lee |
| Stars: |
Emma Thompson |
| Actors: |
Alan Rickman |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Family Interaction · Betrayal · Based On A Novel · Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Classic DVD and Book Collection |
| UPC: |
043396115934 |
| Release Date: |
1995 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 16min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Classic DVD and Book Collection, 2hr 16min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (September 28, 2004)
UPC: 043396077188 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Closed Captioned, 2hr 16min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (June 25, 1996)
UPC: 043396115934 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Emma Thompson |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/01/1995, pp.35-6, Christine Spines): "...Inspired....Wickedly irreverent sense of visual comedy..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Love is not love/ Which alters when it alteration finds/ Or bends with the remover to remove:/ O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark/ That looks on tempests and is never shaken."--Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet) quoting Shakespeare's "Sonnet 116"
"Piracy is our only option."--Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) to Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson)
"Is love a fancy or a feeling? Or a Ferrars?"--Marianne to Elinor |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Actress Emma Thompson both wrote and stars in this adaptation of Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY--a novel that perceptively examines the social manners and laws of early-19th-century Britain. Set in the English countryside, the film follows the loves and heartaches of sisters Elinor (Thompson) and Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet). The two have extremely divergent approaches to life: Elinor represents "sense" and believes in behaving with propriety and thoughtfulness, while Marianne represents "sensibility" and basks in her own emotions. Both women, however, experience confusion when their lovers, seemingly on the verge of proposing marriage, spurn them. <br> <br> For director Ang Lee, the film marks a break from his Father Knows Best trilogy, which examined the problems of the contemporary Taiwanese family. Many people questioned whether an Asian director could handle an English period film. Lee answered those questions with a gorgeous film that both captures the nuances of Austen's novel and prove... |
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