Emma (1996) (TV)

Director:

Diarmuid Lawrence

Writers:

Jane Austen (novel)
Andrew Davies (writer)

Release Date:

16 February 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend...

Plot Keywords:

Gentleman | Comedy Of Manners | Georgian | Prejudice | Meddling

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kate Beckinsale	...	Emma Woodhouse
Bernard Hepton	...	Mr. Woodhouse
Mark Strong	...	Mr. Knightley
Samantha Bond	...	Mrs. Weston
James Hazeldine	...	Mr. Weston
Dominic Rowan	...	Mr. Elton
Samantha Morton	...	Harriet Smith
Prunella Scales	...	Miss Bates
Sylvia Barter	...	Mrs. Bates
Guy Henry	...	John Knightley
Dido Miles	...	Isabella Knightley
Raymond Coulthard	...	Frank Churchill
Olivia Williams	...	Jane Fairfax
Lucy Robinson	...	Mrs. Elton
Peter Howell	...	Mr. Perry

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:TV-G | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Trivia:

The beige v-neck gown with brown trim Samantha Bond as Mrs. Weston wears during the scene in which Emma sings with Frank at Randalls is the same gown worn by Susannah Harker as Jane Bennet in _"Pride and Prejudice" (1995)_ . Harker wears it during the Meryton Assembly ball scene.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The year is approximately 1815, yet Jane Fairfax sings an Italian song composed in 1857.

Quotes:

Mr. Knightley: [Knightley speaks of Frank Churchill who will be going to London] To get his hair cut?

Movie Connections:

Version of Emma (2010)

Soundtrack:

The First of April

The best Emma yet

While I adore Jeremy Northam in the Winslow boy, Mark Strong is outstanding as Mr. Knightley in this much more human version of Emma. She is, as Jane Austen rightly stated, not our favourite character, and in the Gwyneth Paltrow version she is even more vain and manipulative. In this version, Kate B makes her very young and yet willing to learn. I liked it very much and hope the two main characters get picked up very quickly for more movies so that we in Canada can see them more often.