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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ang Lee |
| Stars: |
Emma Thompson |
| Actors: |
Hugh Grant |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Romances · Family Interaction · Period Piece · Betrayal · Based On A Novel |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Subtitled Spanish Version |
| UPC: |
043396115996 |
| 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: Multiple Languages, 2hr 17min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (August 24, 1999) UPC: 043396115996 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Collector's Giftset, 2hr 16min Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (April 22, 1997) UPC: 043396948709 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Emma Thompson |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/13/1995, p.F1, Kenneth Turan): "...Proof to any doubters of the resilience and continuing emotional power of an author who began writing 200 years ago..." |
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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 |
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| 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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