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Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet
The recipient of seven Oscar® nominations, this film version of Jane Austen's classic 1811 novel stars Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood. With her mother and sisters, Elinor struggles financially after the death of her father, who bequeathed the Dashwood estate to his oafish son by an earlier marriage. While sorting out the family's affairs, the shy, self-sacrificing Elinor secretly falls for her stepbrother-in-law, Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant), a sensitive, well-educated bachelor who cannot court her because of his foolhardy youthful engagement to the greedy Lucy Steele (Imogen Stubbs). The grateful Dashwoods are offered a modest country home by family friends, which they accept. Once relocated, Elinor's brash, spirited sister Marianne (Kate Winslet) falls for a dashing local, John Willoughby (Greg Wise), a womanizer who nevertheless seems to share her affections. A prominent neighbor, Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman), also falls in love with Marianne, but she is oblivious to the older man's affections. Eventually, Willoughby fails Marianne, breaking her heart, until she realizes Brandon's feelings. When Edward's family disowns him, Lucy marries his brother instead, leaving him free to pursue an exultant Elinor. Thompson won the film's sole Oscar® for her screenplay adaptation of Austen's novel. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/13/95
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
135 mins.
Locations
- Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Yeovil, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$42,012,569
Awards
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1995 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1995 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1995 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1995 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1995 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 1995 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Dramatic Score award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1995 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1995 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1995 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1995 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 1995 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 1995 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1995 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1995 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1995 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1995 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Golden Bear award at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1995 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 1995 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
