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Sense and Sensibility (1995) -- Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
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Overview

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7.7/10   29,182 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jane Austen (novel)
Emma Thompson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 December 1995 (USA) more
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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
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 27 wins & 28 nominations more
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A subtle masterpiece more (168 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
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136 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)

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The wine-colored muslin dress, beige pelisse and matching bonnet Kate Winslet (Marianne Dashwood) wears for the Dashwoods' arrival at Barton Cottage is the same costume Cesca Martin wears for her arrival at Regency House in "The Regency House Party" (2004). The dress is also worn by an extra at the Meryton Assembly Ball in Pride & Prejudice (2005). more
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Factual errors: In the wedding scene, Colonel Brandon wears a military coat - but it has only a single epaulette, which was the mark of a junior officer, no higher rank than captain! And it has gold buttons and silver lace loops on the lapels, which is an impossibility in British military uniform where buttons and lace are always the same colour, either both silver or both gold. (Mixed metals colours were known in French military uniforms, but never British ones.) more
Quotes:
Mrs. Dashwood: You must miss him Elinor.
Elinor Dashwood: We are not engaged Mamma.
Mrs. Dashwood: But he loves you dearest, of that I am sure.
Elinor Dashwood: I am by no means assured of his regard and even were he to feel such a preference I think we should both be very foolish to assume that there would not be many obstacles to his marrying a woman of no rank who cannot afford to buy sugar.
Mrs. Dashwood: But Elinor, your heart must tell you...
Elinor Dashwood: In such a case it is perhaps better to use one's head.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Adam and Joe Show: (#1.3)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
The Dreame more

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78 out of 89 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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