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Release Date
• USA: Dec 13, 1995
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 24, 1999
• R2: 9 Sep 2002
Budget $16,500,000
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
Running Time
2 hours, 16 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Columbia Pictures
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• Sense and Sensibility
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Period Piece, Betrayal, Love, Love Triangle, Gore
Tagline: Lose your heart and come to your senses.
Plot: 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. 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 proves that Lee is a first-rate director capable of tackling any material. Featuring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, among others, the stellar cast inspired Lee to flatteringly exclaim, "Can everyone in England act?"
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| Directed by |
Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk |
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| Written by |
Emma Thompson
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| Cast |
Tom Wilkinson
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 | Kate Winslet
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 | Emma Thompson
Love Actually, Much Ado About Nothing, The Remains of the Day |
| Hugh Grant
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 | Alan Rickman
Die Hard, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Dogma |
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 | Imogen Stubbs
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Patrick Doyle
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