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Sense and Sensibility (1995)
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Release Date:
13 December 1995 (USA)
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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
Plot Keywords:
Heartbreak
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Love
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Colonel
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Inheritance
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Sword Fighting
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 27 wins
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28 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(39 articles)
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets a Sequel
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets a Sequel
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A classic for all time.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Fleet | ... | John Dashwood |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Mr. Dashwood |
| Harriet Walter | ... | Fanny Ferrars Dashwood |
 | Kate Winslet | ... | Marianne Dashwood |
 | Emma Thompson | ... | Elinor Dashwood |
| Gemma Jones | ... | Mrs. Dashwood |
 | Hugh Grant | ... | Edward Ferrars |
| Emilie François | ... | Margaret Dashwood |
| Elizabeth Spriggs | ... | Mrs. Jennings |
| Robert Hardy | ... | Sir John Middleton |
| Ian Brimble | ... | Thomas |
| Isabelle Amyes | ... | Betsy |
 | Alan Rickman | ... | Col. Christopher Brandon |
| Greg Wise | ... | John Willoughby |
| Alexander John | ... | Curate |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
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Runtime:
136 min
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:G |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Taiwan:GP |
Argentina:Atp |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Chile:TE |
Denmark:A |
Finland:S |
Germany:6 (w) |
Netherlands:AL |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
USA:PG
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Emma Thompson, Robert Hardy, Alan Rickman, and Imelda Staunton also all appear together in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) as Sybil Trelawney, Cornelius Fudge, Severus Snapem and Dolores Umbridge respectively.
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Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the film, as Edward is coming up the road, Elinor is working in the garden; her hands grimy up to the wrists. As the women rush into the cottage just seconds later, the amount of dirt on her apron doesn't match the dirt that was on her hands, and her hands are practically clean.
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Quotes:
Elinor Dashwood:
John and Fanny are in town. I think we shall be forced to see them.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pieniadze to nie wszystko (2001)
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Soundtrack:
Weep You No More Sad Fountains
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Whoever says they just don't make the quality of pictures today that they used to hasn't seen or is ignoring this film.
That Emma Thompson is one of the greatest actresses working is no secret. But who would have expected such a miracle from her in the screenwriting department? Some of the most dramatic moments in 'Sense and Sensibility' come from her pen, not Jane Austen's, difficult as that may be to believe. For instance, the scene in which Col. Brandon (Alan Rickman) carries in the ill Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet), echoing the earlier scene where Willoughby (Greg Wise) brought the injured young woman home was Thompson's doing. Marianne's illness also is responsible for much more drama in the movie than in the book. And I'm an Austen fan! I can't recall another writer bringing so much good of his or her own to a classic like this.
I suppose the director, cinematographer, production designer, etc. deserve to share the credit when a movie is this outstanding, but with such a super group of actors on the screen (from top to bottom) it's easy to heap all the praise on them. I had unconsciously (and unfairly) pigeonholed Alan Rickman based on the other role I'd seen him in, the villain in 'Die Hard,' so he was quite a surprise to me. The real bombshell, however, was my first exposure to Kate Winslet. After seeing this movie and Kenneth Branagh's 'Hamlet' I can say I can't remember another young actress who has impressed me so much. And she played these difficult roles by the time she was 20! Many of the other cast members are a part of an excellent group that Thompson and Branagh have often worked with in the past.
I realized that 'S&S' had become one of my all-time favorite movies when I found myself watching it every chance I got when it came on TV. I think it's bumped 'Raging Bull' off my personal top 10 list.