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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   25,534 votes
Director:
Ang Lee
Writers:
Jane Austen (novel)
Emma Thompson (screenplay)
Release Date:
13 December 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Lose your heart and come to your senses.
Plot:
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 27 wins & 28 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
Sydney Pollack Dies at 73 (From IMDb News. 27 May 2008, 4:12 AM, PDT)
Thompson Battles To Prevent Deportation Of 'Adopted' Son (From WENN. 11 March 2008, 9:02 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
A classic for all time. more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
Runtime:
136 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)
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Trivia:
Emma Thompson's first draft of the screenplay consisted of 350 hand-written pages. The final draft was a culmination of that and 13 other drafts which were written over four and a half years. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Elinor and the rest of the family stands when Edward comes with the news of his brother's wedding, first Elinor's hands are at her sides, then they are under her apron (presumably to hide her dirty hands), and then they are back at her sides. more
Quotes:
Mrs. Dashwood: Why so grave? You disapprove her choice?
Marianne: By no means. Edward is very amiable.
Mrs. Dashwood: Amiable? But?
Marianne: There is something wanting. He's too sedate. His reading last night...
Mrs. Dashwood: Elinor has not your feelings. His reserve suits her.
Marianne: Can he love her? Can the soul be really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise...
Mrs. Dashwood: They made rather pathetic ends, dear.
Marianne: Pathetic? To die for love? How can you say so? What could be more glorious?
Mrs. Dashwood: I think that would be taking your romantic sensibilities a little far.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Everybody Loves Raymond: Your Place or Mine? (#1.7)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Weep You No More Sad Fountains more

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How does it end?
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57 out of 60 people found the following comment useful:-
A classic for all time., 18 May 1999
10/10
Author: Hermit C-2 from Marietta, GA, USA

Whoever says they just don't make the quality of pictures today that they used to hasn't seen or is ignoring this film.

That Emma Thompson is one of the greatest actresses working is no secret. But who would have expected such a miracle from her in the screenwriting department? Some of the most dramatic moments in 'Sense and Sensibility' come from her pen, not Jane Austen's, difficult as that may be to believe. For instance, the scene in which Col. Brandon (Alan Rickman) carries in the ill Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet), echoing the earlier scene where Willoughby (Greg Wise) brought the injured young woman home was Thompson's doing. Marianne's illness also is responsible for much more drama in the movie than in the book. And I'm an Austen fan! I can't recall another writer bringing so much good of his or her own to a classic like this.

I suppose the director, cinematographer, production designer, etc. deserve to share the credit when a movie is this outstanding, but with such a super group of actors on the screen (from top to bottom) it's easy to heap all the praise on them. I had unconsciously (and unfairly) pigeonholed Alan Rickman based on the other role I'd seen him in, the villain in 'Die Hard,' so he was quite a surprise to me. The real bombshell, however, was my first exposure to Kate Winslet. After seeing this movie and Kenneth Branagh's 'Hamlet' I can say I can't remember another young actress who has impressed me so much. And she played these difficult roles by the time she was 20! Many of the other cast members are a part of an excellent group that Thompson and Branagh have often worked with in the past.

I realized that 'S&S' had become one of my all-time favorite movies when I found myself watching it every chance I got when it came on TV. I think it's bumped 'Raging Bull' off my personal top 10 list.

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