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7.3/10   1,751 votes
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Writers:
Jane Austen (novel)
Andrew Davies (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 February 1997 (USA) more
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Plot:
Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
The best Emma yet more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The blue striped cotton day dress Kate Beckinsale (Emma Woodhouse) wears while telling Mr. Knightley about Harriet's reply to Mr. Martin is the same costume Victoria Hamilton (Miss Granham) wears in "To the Ends of the Earth" (2005), Julie Cox (Annabella Milbanke) wears while writing to Byron in Byron (2003) (TV), and Amanda Lawrence (Poyner) wears working for the Meagleses in "Little Dorrit" (2008). more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The year is approximately 1815, yet Jane Fairfax sings an Italian song composed in 1857. more
Quotes:
Mr. Knightley: [Knightley speaks of Frank Churchill who will be going to London] To get his hair cut? more
Movie Connections:
Version of Emma (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron more

FAQ

Why does Mrs. Elton have such an unusual accent?
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18 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
The best Emma yet, 23 October 1999
Author: cooper-24 from Ottawa, Canada

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.

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This adaption is a mess...especially casting sietz
A nice movie steffi_nor
Age differences. jjones-43
kate beckinsale was so ugly infatuated_11
Doran Goodwin is a much much better Emma janemddunn
Perfect Cast Combined liss17
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