"Emma Thompson had written. Doran believed the humour and style of writing was ""exactly what [she'd] been searching for."" Thompson and Doran were already working together on Mirage's 1991 film ""Dead Again."" A week after its completion, the producer selected Thompson to adapt ""Sense and Sensibility"", although she knew that Thompson had never written a screenplay. Also a fan of Austen, Thompson first suggested they adapt ""Persuasion"" or ""Emma"" before agreeing to Doran's proposal. The actress found that ""Sense and Sensibility"" contained more action than she had remembered, and decided it would translate well to drama. Thompson spent five years"
"popular and authentic of the numerous film adaptions of Jane Austen's novels made in the 1990s. Thompson—a lifelong lover of Austen's work—was hired to write the film based on the period sketches in her series ""Thompson"". She spent five years developing the screenplay, and took the role of the spinster sister Elinor Dashwood despite, at 35, being 16 years older than the literary character. Directed by Ang Lee and co-starring Kate Winslet, ""Sense and Sensibility"" received widespread critical praise and is one of the highest-grossing films of Thompson's career. Shelly Frome remarked that she displayed a ""great affinity for Jane"
"that Americans cannot embrace in its entirety. From 1995 a large number of Austen adaptations began to appear, with Ang Lee's film of ""Sense and Sensibility"", for which screenwriter and star Emma Thompson won an Academy Award, and the BBC's immensely popular TV mini-series ""Pride and Prejudice"", starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. A 2005 British production of ""Pride and Prejudice"", directed by Joe Wright and starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, was followed in 2007 by ITV's ""Mansfield Park"", ""Northanger Abbey"" and ""Persuasion"", and in 2016 by ""Love & Friendship"", a film version of ""Lady Susan"" that borrowed the"
"discussion over accomplished women, aligned closely with the author's original dialogue, many others ""substituted instead a mixture of modern idiom and archaic-sounding sentence structure"". One alteration concerned politeness; Wright noted that while Austen's work had characters waiting before speaking, he believed that ""particularly in big families of girls, everyone tends to speak over each other, finishing each other's sentences, etc. So I felt that the Bennet family's conversations would be overlapping like that."" ""Sense and Sensibility"" actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson aided in script development, though she opted to be uncredited. She advised the nervous director about adapting Austen for"
"Dame Emma Thompson, star and writer of ""Sense and Sensibility"", since 2003. The couple had a daughter, Gaia (born in 2000). In 2003, they informally adopted a Rwandan orphan and former child soldier named Tindyebwa Agaba. They met at a Refugee Council event when he was 16, and she invited him to spend Christmas at their home. Later Agaba became a British citizen in 2009. Greg Wise Matthew Gregory Wise (born 15 May 1966) is an English actor and producer. He has appeared in many British television works, as well as several feature films (notably the role of John Willoughby"
"Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television drama adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel ""Sense and Sensibility"". The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies, who revealed that the aim of the series was to make viewers forget Ang Lee's 1995 film ""Sense and Sensibility"". The series was ""more overtly sexual"" than previous Austen adaptations, and Davies included scenes featuring a seduction and a duel that were absent from the feature film. ""Sense and Sensibility"" was directed by John Alexander and produced by Anne Pivcevic. Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield star as Elinor and"
"into the surreal. A wave of Austen adaptations began to appear around 1995, starting with Emma Thompson's adaptation of ""Sense and Sensibility"" for Columbia Pictures, a fusion production directed by Ang Lee. This star-studded film departed from the novel in many ways, but it became a commercial and critical success, and was nominated for numerous awards, including seven Oscars. The BBC produced two adaptations in 1995: ""Persuasion"" and Andrew Davies's six-episode television drama, ""Pride and Prejudice"". Starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, Davies's production ignited ""Darcymania"" in Britain. Critics praised its smart departures from the novel as well as its"
"49th British Academy Film Awards The 49th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April 1996, honoured the best films of 1995. Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility won the award for Best Film. ""Sense and Sensibility"" also won awards for Best Actress (Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet). """" of director Michael Radford won the awards for Best Film not in the English Language, Director and Film Music. Nigel Hawthorne was voted Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in ""The Madness of King George"". The same film was"
"Ciaran Madden Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden (born 27 December 1942) is a retired British stage, film, and television actress, who was professionally active from the late 1960s through the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), and is an Associate Member of the academy. Madden is best known internationally for her multiple leading Agatha Christie, Shakespeare, and Tom Stoppard roles filmed for television, and for her performance as Marianne Dashwood in the 1971 BBC miniseries adaption of Jane Austen's ""Sense and Sensibility"". She appeared in more than 30 television series, teleplays, made-for-television movies,"
"Phipps earned nominations for a BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Original Television Music and a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special. Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt was also nominated for an Emmy Award in the Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie or Special category. Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television drama adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel ""Sense and Sensibility"". The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies, who revealed that the aim of the series was to make viewers forget Ang Lee's 1995 film ""Sense and"
"""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995) and ""Steve Jobs"" (2016). She has also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries for ""Mildred Pierce"" (2011), and the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for narrating the children's audiobook ""Listen to the Storyteller"" (1999). She is among the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Kate Winslet Kate Elizabeth Winslet, (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. She is particularly known for her work in period dramas and tragedies, and is often drawn to portraying troubled women. Winslet is"
"Best Television Short-Form Drama, this time at the 2010 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards. Williams adapted a novel by Sophie Hannah into the 2012 two-part series ""Case Sensitive"", starring Olivia Williams. Sarah Williams (screenwriter) Sarah Williams is a producer and screenwriter perhaps best known for co-writing the scripts to the 2005 television film ""Wallis & Edward"" and the 2007 feature film ""Becoming Jane"". For her work adapting the novels ""Poppy Shakespeare"" and ""Small Island"" for television, Williams received two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award nominations. She voiced Macaron, Lychee, Fern, and Sweetie in the Palace Pets App, and"
"Elizabeth Spriggs Elizabeth Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English character actress. Sprigg's roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in ""Romeo and Juliet"", Gertrude in ""Hamlet"" and Beatrice in ""Much Ado About Nothing"". In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's ""Love Letters on Blue Paper"". She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film ""Sense and Sensibility"". Her other films included ""Richard's Things"" (1980), ""Impromptu"" (1991), ""Paradise Road"" (1997) and ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" (2001). Born in Buxton, Derbyshire in 1929,"
"1980, she played the role of Portia in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of ""The Merchant of Venice"", opposite Warren Mitchell's Shylock. Jones played Mrs. Dashwood alongside Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson in the Academy Award-winning period drama ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995). Her other notable roles include Mrs. Fairfax in Jane Eyre (1997) Lady Queensbury in ""Wilde"" (1997), Grace Winslow in ""The Winslow Boy"" (1999), Bridget's mother Pam Jones in ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (2001) and Poppy Pomfrey in ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" (2002), reprising her role in ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2009) and"
"Austen’s feminist satire on Regency gender economics,"" drawing attention not only to the financial plight of the Dashwoods but also to eighteenth-century women in general. In the United States, Sony and Columbia Pictures released ""Sense and Sensibility"" on a slow schedule compared to mainstream films, first premiering it on 13 December 1995. Believing that a limited release would position the film both as an ""exclusive quality picture"" and increase its chances of winning Academy Awards, Columbia dictated that its first weekend involve only seventy cinemas in the US; it opened in eleventh place in terms of box office takings and"
"for services to drama. Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author and comedian. One of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, she is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she"
"a dromedary."" However, many other major critics such as LaSalle, Roger Ebert, James Berardinelli and Janet Maslin praised Grant's performance. Maslin wrote, Grant ""rises touchingly to the film's most straightforward and meaningful encounters."" In ""The Mail on Sunday"", William Leith found ""Sense and Sensibility"" to be ""an extremely sharp, subtle, clever, lovely looking film"" that was superior to the serial ""Pride and Prejudice"". Leith especially saved praise for the cast, writing that Grant plays his role ""masterfully"" and Harriet Walter ""conveys sour bitchiness like you never thought she could."" Jarr Carr of ""The Boston Globe"" thought that Lee ""nail[ed] Austen's"
"scenes involving Marianne, after she falls sick. Other filming locations included Dorney Court, Hall Barn, Lincoln's Inn and Clovelly Pier. The costume designer for ""Sense and Sensibility"" was Michele Clapton. She and assistant costume designer Alex Fordham undertook a large amount of research looking for inspiration. They spent hours looking at paintings and books from the time period, while also visiting art galleries and the Victoria and Albert Museum. During an interview for the drama's BBC Online website, Fordham revealed that they tried to find references from every area, including eighteenth-century cartoons. Clapton stated that the team wanted to make"
"voted Best British Film of the Year. Tim Roth won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as ""Archibald Cunningham"" in ""Rob Roy"". Winners Losers 49th British Academy Film Awards The 49th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 23 April 1996, honoured the best films of 1995. Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility won the award for Best Film. ""Sense and Sensibility"" also won awards for Best Actress (Emma Thompson) and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet). """" of director Michael Radford won the awards for Best Film not in the English Language,"
"songs sung by the character of Marianne Dashwood, which Doyle adapted from two poems. His musical score earned the composer his first nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He lost both awards to Luis Enríquez Bacalov's score of the Italian film """". Sony Music Entertainment released the soundtrack to ""Sense and Sensibility"" on 12 December 1995. Due to his work in ""Sense and Sensibility"" and other films based on novels, Doyle has become best known for his work composing literary adaptations. The film's original score was written by the"
"Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author and comedian. One of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, she is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she became a member of"
"often cried. The film was a critical breakthrough for Winslet; ""The Washington Post"" writer Desson Thomson called her ""a bright-eyed ball of fire, lighting up every scene she's in"". Winslet recorded ""Juliet's Aria"" for the film's soundtrack. Also that year, she appeared as Geraldine Barclay, a prospective secretary, in the Royal Exchange Theatre production of Joe Orton's farce ""What the Butler Saw"". While promoting ""Heavenly Creatures"" in Los Angeles, Winslet auditioned for the minor part of Lucy Steele for a 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ""Sense and Sensibility"", starring and written by Emma Thompson. Impressed by her reading,"
"Emmy in a key dramatic category. She has also appeared in television series such as ""Heartland"" (2008–2010), ""The Nativity"" (2010), and ""Being Erica"" (2009–2011). In 2013, she won an ACTRA Award for her lead role in the film ""Picture Day"" and the Phillip Borsos Award for her performance in the film ""Cas and Dylan"". Her other notable films include ""Diary of the Dead"" (2007), ""Eastern Promises"" (2007), ""The Vow"" (2012), ""Woman in Gold"" (2015), and ""Stronger"" (2017). Maslany was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Dan, a woodworker, and Renate, a translator. She has two younger brothers, Daniel (an"
"Kate Hamill Kate Hamill is an American actress and playwright. Hamill is known for her innovative, contemporary adaptations of classic novels for the stage. The Wall Street Journal named her ""Playwright of the Year"" in 2017. Hamill grew up in a farmhouse in Lansing, New York. Hamill's """"Sense and Sensibility"" premiered in a short run at New York City's Bedlam theater Company in November 2014. It had a longer run in 2016 directed by Eric Tucker, also at Bedlam. Hamill played Marianne Dashwood. ""Vanity Fair"" was produced by Manhattan's Pearl Theater in 2017, with Ms. Hamill playing Becky Sharp. Hamill's"
"Jane Austen's most endearing character, the disastrously self-assured matchmaker Emma Woodhouse. A fine cast, speedy pacing and playful direction make this a solid contender for the Austen sweepstakes."" Emma (1996 theatrical film) Emma is a 1996 period film based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath, the film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam. The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse, a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in"
"for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Emma Donoghue Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel ""Room"" was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel ""Hood"" won the Stonewall Book Award. and ""Slammerkin"" (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. ""Room"" was adapted into a film of the same name, for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay which was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Donoghue was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969. The youngest of eight children, she is"
"their son Dylan in 2009. They live in Greenwich, London. Her mother fell ill with encephalitis shortly before filming commenced on ""Oranges and Sunshine"". Watson returned to London but arrived just after her death. Emily Watson Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as Bess McNeil in Lars von Trier's ""Breaking the Waves"" (1996) and for her role as Jacqueline du Pré in ""Hilary and Jackie"" (1998), winning the BIFA Award for Best Actress for the latter. She won the BAFTA"
"Elinor Dashwood Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of Jane Austen's novel ""Sense and Sensibility"". In this novel, Austen analyses the conflict between the opposing temperaments of sense (logic, propriety, and thoughtfulness, as expressed in Austen's time by neo-classicists), and sensibility (emotion, passion, unthinking action, as expressed in Austen's time by romantics). In this conflict, Elinor, a reserved, practical, and thoughtful young woman who embodies the ""sense"" of the title, is juxtaposed to her flighty younger sister Marianne who embodies ""sensibility"". Elinor is described as possessing a coolness of judgement and strength of understanding which qualifies her"
"and Prejudice"" to more recent productions like ""Sense and Sensibility"" (1995), ""Emma"" (1996), ""Mansfield Park"" (1999), ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005), and ""Love & Friendship"" (2016). There is little biographical information about Jane Austen's life except the few letters that survive and the biographical notes her family members wrote. During her lifetime, Austen may have written as many as 3,000 letters but only 161 survived. Many of the letters were written to Austen's older sister Cassandra, who in 1843 burned the greater part of them and cut pieces out of those she kept. Ostensibly, Cassandra destroyed or censored her sister's letters"
"the novel was named Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the UK's annual Galaxy National Book Awards ceremony, and was later granted the accolade of Galaxy Book of the Year. At the time of the book's publication, Nicholls wrote that he was adapting his novel as a film script. He acknowledged the difficulties in casting people who ""could be both students and middle-aged! But I think we've found a way."" The film was directed by Lone Scherfig for Random House Films and Focus Features, with a theatrical release in August 2011. Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess portrayed Emma and"
"of the year in 2016 for “her fearlessness, leadership, innovation and bravery”. Emma Rice Emma Juliet Rice (born August 1967) is an English actress, director and theatre professional. In January 2016 she was appointed to be the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London. Just a few months into the role, in October 2016, it was announced that Rice would be leaving it in April 2018; the announcement followed a decision by the theatre's board, which cited concerns over authenticity and her use of lighting technology. Formerly, Rice was artistic director of the Kneehigh Theatre in Cornwall, England. Rice was"
"Best British Actress of the Year at the London Film Critics Circle Awards for ""Anonymous"" and ""Coriolanus"". The film also received a nomination from the Art Directors Guild for Period Film, honouring Production designer Sebastian T. Krawinkel and two nominations from the Visual Effects Society in the categories of Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture and Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture. In a trailer for the movie, Emmerich lists ten reasons why in his view Shakespeare of Stratford did not write the plays attributed to him. Other plans envisaged the release of"
"Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; ""By A Lady"" appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16 1/2) as they come of age. They have an older, stingy half-brother, John, and a younger sister, Margaret, 13. The novel follows the three Dashwood sisters as they must move with their widowed mother from the estate on which they grew up, Norland Park. Because Norland is passed down to John,"