Sense & Sensibility (1995)

This adaptation by Emma Thompson though it takes several liberties with the novel is just as passionate and witty as Miss Austen's original novel!

Summary: When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak, true love and a happy ending will find their way for both the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility.

Script: Emma Thompson
Directed by: Ang Lee
Length: Approximately 136 minutes
Release Date: 13 December 1995
Hair & Make Up Designers: Jan Archibald & Morag Ross
Costume Designers: Jenny Beaven & John Bright
Soundtrack Composer: Patrick Doyle

Cast:
  
Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood

 
Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood

 
Emilie François as Margaret Dashwood


Gemma Jones as Mrs. Dashwood

 
Tom Wilkinson as Mr. Henry Dashwood

 
James Fleet as John Dashwood

 
Harriet Walter as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

 
Hugh Grant as Edward Ferrars

 
Imogen Stubbs as Lucy Steele


Richard Lumsden as Robert Ferrars


Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs. Jennings

 
Robert Hardy as Sir John Middleton


Alan Rickman as Col. Christopher Brandon

 
Greg Wise as John Willoughby

 
Imelda Staunton as Charlotte Jennings Palmer

 
Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer


Allan Mitchell as Pigeon


Lone Vidahl as Miss Grey


Oliver Ford Davies as Doctor Harris


Eleanor McCready as Mrs. Bunting

Quotes:

• Elinor Dashwood: I do not attempt to deny that I think very highly of him - that I greatly esteem him... I like him.
  Marianne: Esteem him? Like him? Use those insipid words again and I shall leave the room this instant. 
• Edward Ferrars: Perhaps Margaret is right. Piracy is our only option. 
• Fanny: I am the soul of discretion. 
• Fanny: People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them. 
• Marianne: Are we never to have a moment's peace? The rent here may be low but I believe we have it on very hard terms. 
  Elinor Dashwood: Mrs Jennings is a wealthy woman with a married daughter, she has nothing to do but marry off everyone else's. 
• Fanny: Ooh, a cottage! How charming. A little cottage is always very snug. 
• Elinor Dashwood: Did he tell you he loved you?
  Marianne: Yes... no. Never absolutely. It was everyday implied but never declared. 
• Edward Ferrars: My heart is, and always will be, yours. 
• Marianne: And as for you, you have no right, no right at all, to parade your ignorant assumptions...
  Margaret: They're not assumptions, you told me.
  Marianne: I told you nothing. 
• Sir John Middleton: You know what they're saying. That you've developed a taste for certain company. And why not, say I. A man like you in your prime... she'd be a very fortunate young lady.
  Colonel Brandon: Marianne Dashwood would no sooner think of me than she would of you John.
  Sir John Middleton: Brandon my boy do not think of yourself so meanly.
  Colonel Brandon: And all the better for her. 
• Marianne: Come, I'm taking you on a walk.
  Margaret: No, I've been on a walk.
  Marianne: You need another.
  Margaret: It's going to rain.
  Marianne: It is NOT going to rain.
  Margaret: You ALWAYS say that, and then it ALWAYS does. 
• Marianne: Is there any felicity in the world superior to this?
  Margaret: I told you it would rain.
  Marianne: There is some blue sky, let us chase it! 

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• IMDb's S&S Page
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• Lilycup's Screencaps
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• Barbara's S&S Picture Page
• Susan's S&S Screensavers and Wallpapers
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• Buy at Amazon.com - Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay and Diaries
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Soundtrack:

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Trailers & Clips:



Official Trailer



Emma Thompson Golden Globe 1996 - Emma Thompson got her Golden Globe for Sense & Sensibility screenplay in 1996. Emma gives her speech as if she were Jane Austen. Text of her speech can be found in the Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay and Diaries.


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