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Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

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Key Information
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
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Multiple Languages, 2hr 17min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (August 24, 1999)
UPC: 043396115996
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS: Collector's Giftset, 2hr 16min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (April 22, 1997)
UPC: 043396948709
Credits
Screenwriter: Emma Thompson
Professional Reviews
: (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..."
Quotes from the Movie
: "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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