![]() Indeed, the film was in development for a long time: at the beginning of the 90s, five major studios all turned down Sense and Sensibility (one executive claiming to have heard of neither Emma Thompson or Jane Austen). Thompson studied Jane Austen as part of her degree at Cambridge and worked on the adaptation over a number of years. It was no surprise that it went on to become the most popular British film of the year (just pipping Trainspotting, which was released on the same day in the UK). Film adaptations of Emma and Persuasion and the phenomenonal success of TV series Pride and Prejudice had already paved the way for Emma Thompson's adaptation of Austen's first novel (written in 1795 and published in 1811). ![]() ![]() Jane Austen mania was in full swing when Ang Lee's film reached cinema screens in 1996. Writer: Emma Thompson, based on the novel by Jane AustenĬast: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, James Fleet, Harriet Walter ![]() Among their suitors are Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman and Greg Wise. Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet star as the two impoverished sisters cast out into the cruel world in search of husbands. ![]() Ang Lee's Oscar-winning adaptation of Jane Austen's novel is an enjoyable costume drama that stays faithful to the classic. ![]()
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