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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   29,048 votes
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Director:
Ang Lee
Writers:
Jane Austen (novel)
Emma Thompson (screenplay)
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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
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 27 wins & 28 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(39 articles)
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A subtle masterpiece more (168 total)

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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:
The dark purple velvet and silk gown Harriet Walter (Fanny Dashwood) wears to dinner at Norland Park is the same costume worn by the theatre guest seated next to deSade's wife in Quills (2000), and by Jane How (Lady Holland) at the London party in Byron (2003) (TV). more
Goofs:
Continuity: The scene in which Lucy Steele reveals to Fanny Dashwood that she (Lucy) and Fanny's brother (Edward) have been secretly engaged initially shows Lucy stroking a dog. When Fanny realizes what Lucy is saying, she becomes hysterical and sends everything flying, but the dog is no longer there. more
Quotes:
Lucy: We were talking of London, ma'am, and all its diversions. more
Soundtrack:
Weep You No More Sad Fountains more

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How does it end?
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77 out of 88 people found the following comment useful.
A subtle masterpiece, 27 February 2001
10/10
Author: amadore80 from Copenhagen, Denmark

I saw this movie in a cinema back in 1996 and since that June I have seen it about a dozen times. It is true, that being an ardent lover of the so-called Romantic (as if the 13th century couldn't be Romantic or 17th, but these things are academic nonsense) period I can enjoy even minor pieces of period cinema, however this is most probably the best film set in the early 19th century. Although it centers on the relationship of the two sisters and their respective romantic relationships, it also seems to be a salute to the period itself in its precise description of the English country society. It is truthful to Jane Austen's novel, but Emma Thompson's script is fine in its own right, with many omissions and additions to the novel. The acting is superb, Kate Winslet as the typical Romantic dreamer (sensibility) is breathtaking (try not to be moved when her character wanders in the rain to see the house of her beloved and when she whispers half-deranged: 'Willoughby, Willoughby, Willoughby.') is perfect as is Emma Thompson as the rational but equally tormented older sister(sense). Greg Wise is perfect as the dashing semi-Byronic hero Willoughby and Allan Rickman as the mellow Brandon. To say nothing of the art direction, the music or the fantastic image composition. I would recommend everyone with some sort of emotional subtlety to see this film, for the story, the wit, the period and the imagery.

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