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Country
USA
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Year
1995
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Genre
Period drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“Easily the most enjoyable – and, more significantly, the least complacent – of the recent rash of Jane Austen adaptations.”
Claire Monk, Sight & Sound, 1996
Following his shrewd and understated observation of social and familial codes in his films The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Taiwan’s Ang Lee was a bold but inspired choice of director for this adaptation of Jane Austen’s tale of the Dashwood sisters – sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) and the more romantically inclined Marianne (Kate Winslet) – looking for love in reduced circumstances after losing their country estate on the death of their father.
Emma Thompson, whose Oscar-winning screenplay gives a mildly feminist spin to the sisters’ plight, provides the film’s quiet and wistful heart amidst more eye-catching performances from a gallery of British acting talent, including Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman and the young Kate Winslet, Oscar-nominated in only her third film role.
The 1990s saw a spate of Austen adaptations, including Roger Michell’s Persuasion (1995), Douglas McGrath’s Emma (1996), Patricia Rozema’s Mansfield Park (1999) and the BBC’s six-part Pride and Prejudice (1995).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Elinor Dashwood
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Colonel Brandon
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Marianne Dashwood
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Edward Ferrars
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John Dashwood
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Mr Dashwood
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Fanny Dashwood
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Mrs Dashwood
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Margaret Dashwood
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Mrs Jennings
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Sir John Middleton
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Thomas
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Betsy
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John Willoughby
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curate
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Charlotte Palmer
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Lucy Steele
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Mr Palmer
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Pigeon
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maid to Mrs Jennings
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Robert Ferrars
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Miss Grey
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Doctor Harris
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Mrs Bunting
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Credits
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Direction:
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Assistant Director (2nd 2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Script Supervisor
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Location Manager
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Screenplay
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Based on the novel by
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2nd Unit Photographer
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Chief Hairdresser
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Music Supervisor
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Production Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Dialogue Editor
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Consultant:
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Movement Consultant
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Food Stylist
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Horse/Carriage Co-ordinator
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Animal Co-ordinator
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