Emma (1996)

Director:

Douglas McGrath

Writers (WGA):

Jane Austen (novel)
Douglas McGrath (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Cupid is armed and dangerous!

Plot:

In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman.

Plot Keywords:

Love | England | Matchmaker | Jane Austen | Matchmaking

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Emma Woodhouse
James Cosmo	...	Mr. Weston
Greta Scacchi	...	Mrs. Weston
Alan Cumming	...	Mr. Elton
Denys Hawthorne	...	Mr. Woodhouse
Sophie Thompson	...	Miss Bates
Jeremy Northam	...	Mr. Knightley
Toni Collette	...	Harriet Smith
Kathleen Byron	...	Mrs. Goddard
Phyllida Law	...	Mrs. Bates
Edward Woodall	...	Mr. Robert Martin
Brett Miley	...	Little Boy
Brian Capron	...	John Knightley
Karen Westwood	...	Isabella Knightley
Paul Williamson	...	Footman
Polly Walker	...	Jane Fairfax
Rebecca Craig	...	Miss Martin
Ewan McGregor	...	Frank Churchill
Angela Down	...	Mrs. Cole
John Franklyn-Robbins	...	Mr. Cole (as John Franklyn Robbins)
Juliet Stevenson	...	Mrs. Elton
Ruth Jones	...	Bates' Maid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Boardman	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Douglas McGrath

Writing credits (WGA)
Jane Austen		(novel)
Douglas McGrath		(screenplay)

Produced by
Patrick Cassavetti	....	producer
Donna Gigliotti	....	executive producer
Donna Grey	....	associate producer
Steven Haft	....	producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman

Cinematography by
Ian Wilson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lesley Walker

Casting by
Mary Selway
Sarah Trevis

Production Design by
Michael Howells

Art Direction by
Joshua Meath-Baker		(as Joshua Meath Baker)
Sam Riley

Set Decoration by
Totty Whately

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Susie Adams	....	chief makeup designer
Polly Earnshaw	....	makeup runner
Tina Earnshaw	....	chief makeup designer
Kay Georgiou	....	assistant hair stylist
Sian Grigg	....	assistant makeup artist
Simon Thompson	....	chief hair designer
Sara Raeburn	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alison Begg	....	second assistant director
Russell Channon	....	third assistant director
Caleb Menges	....	third assistant director
Davina Nicholson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Graham Barford	....	stand-by carpenter
Clive Brown	....	stand-by prop
Carlo Bulley	....	art department trainee
Dempsey Cook	....	dressing propman
Danny Euston	....	property master
Gary Evans	....	stand-by stagehand
Andrew Golding	....	construction manager
Jason Line	....	scenic artist
Brian Lofthouse	....	storeman
David Meeking	....	stand-by painter (as Dave Meeking)
Ray Morgan	....	dressing propman
Ian Newton	....	chargehand stand-by prop
Stephen Scott	....	scenic artist
Philip Shaw	....	carpenter
Lucinda Sturgis	....	production buyer
Harry Van Rooij	....	carpenter
James Winby	....	carpenter
Roger Holden	....	key greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brian Blamey	....	footsteps editor
Mike Bleach	....	sound assistant
Geoff R. Brown	....	assistant sound editor (as Geoff Brown)
Paul Carr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Farr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Holding	....	dialogue editor
Colin Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Munro	....	sound mixer
Lionel Selwyn	....	foley artist
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
Colin Wood	....	sound maintenance

Visual Effects by
David Smith	....	optical cameraman (uncredited)
John Swinnerton	....	motion control camerman (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Appleby	....	still photographer
James Bloom	....	clapper loader
Richard Broome	....	grip
David Bruce	....	electrician (as Dave Bruce)
Mark Evans	....	electrician
Wayne Leach	....	electrician
Roz Naylor	....	focus puller
Ricky Pattenden	....	electrician
Ray Potter	....	best boy
Steven Spud Slater	....	stand-by rigger (as Stephen Slater)
Norman Smith	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Emma Buckley	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Samantha Crouch	....	wardrobe assistant
Lou Durkin	....	wardrobe assistant
Morgan Elliott	....	costume design assistant
Magot Forster	....	costume maker
Sharon Long	....	costume design assistant
Michael O'Connor	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Martin Corbett	....	second assistant editor
Jeremy Hume	....	assistant editor
Peter Hunt	....	color grader
Sylvia Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Keith Grant	....	music recordist
George Hamer	....	orchestral contractor
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Brian Baverstock	....	transport department (as Bryan Baverstock)
Fred Brown	....	transport department
John Critch	....	transport department
John Dawson	....	transport department
Terry Dorchester	....	transport department
Ravi Dube	....	transport department (as Ravi Dubi)
Terry English	....	unit driver
John Fisher	....	transport department
Gerry Floyd	....	unit driver
Townsley Knott	....	transport department (as Townley Knott)
Jim Magill	....	unit driver
Enyo Mortty	....	unit driver
Terry Reece	....	unit driver
Vanessa Smiles	....	unit driver
John Tiny Topping	....	transport department (as Tiny Topping)
Gerry Turner	....	transport department (as Jerry Turner)
Keith West	....	transport department

Other crew
Barbara Berkery	....	voice coach
Jane Biro	....	assistant to producers
Anna Bourdon-Smith	....	food stylist
Jean Bourne	....	script supervisor
Keith Bryant	....	laboratory contact: Technicolor
Bill Darby	....	location manager
Teresa Darby	....	location assistant (as Teresa Hidalgo)
Karen Firestone	....	assistant to producers
Rachelle Gryn	....	assistant to producers
Hugo Hedley	....	production runner
Jenny Hilton	....	unit nurse
Polly Jefferies	....	assistant to producers
Luke Jones	....	production runner
Debbie Kaye	....	horses and carriages
Sara Keene	....	unit publicist: Corbett and Keene
Sue Lefton	....	choreographer
Louise Mansfield	....	production runner
Joshua Meath-Baker	....	title backgrounds: Peerless Camera Co. (as Joshua Meath Baker)
Gary Nixon	....	accounting assistant
Tony Stanton	....	copyist
Simon Steele	....	unit nurse
Kevin Trehy	....	production accountant
Fran Triefus	....	production coordinator
Christopher Gambale	....	assistant to Harvey Weinstein (uncredited)

Thanks
Isabel Begg	....	thanks
John Hadity	....	thanks
Mrs. R. MacGregor	....	thanks
R. MacGregor	....	thanks (as Captain R. MacGregor)
Laura Madden	....	thanks
Jennifer McAlear	....	thanks
George Sheanshang	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Miramax Films (presents) (copyright owners)
• Matchmaker Films (copyright owners)
• Haft Entertainment

Distributors

• Kinowelt Filmverleih (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Gativideo (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Krause & Schneider Multimedia (KSM) (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lumière (Brazil) (VHS)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Touchstone Home Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates (special effects)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance (as AON/Albert G. Ruben)
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at (as Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall)
• Corbett & Keene  publicity consultants (as Corbett and Keene)
• Cosprop  costume supplier (as Cosprop, London)
• Domaine de Chevalier  thanks
• Estée Lauder  thanks
• Finchcocks Living Museum of Music  thanks
• Giorgio Armani  thanks
• Goldcrest Post Production London  post-production facilities (as Goldcrest)
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound post-production
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound re-recorded at (as Goldcrest)
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack (uncredited)
• Isis Ceramics  thanks
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment (as J Dunton & Co Ltd.)
• Kodak  Eastman color film supplied by
• Lee Lighting  lighting equipment
• Limolux Transportation  transport and facilities
• Miramax Records  soundtrack published by (uncredited)
• Mobile Mouthful  catering
• Movietech  camera equipment provided by
• Olswang  legal services
• Paul Mitchell International  thanks
• Peerless Camera Company  titles and opticals (as Peerless Camera Co.)
• Rare Poultry Pig & Plant Centre  thanks
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Spode U.S.A.  thanks (as Spode)
• Technicolor  laboratory
• The Creek Music studios - Sunbury, England  music mixed at (as The Creek Music Studios, Sunbury)
• William Yeoward Crystal  thanks (as William Yeoward)
• Willie's Wheels  transport and facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language

Runtime:

121 min | Canada:94 min (Ontario)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Belgium:KT | Brazil:12 | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Australia:PG (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Breakspear House, Harefield, London, England, UK

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

The blue striped dress with long sleeves Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma Woodhouse) wears at Hartfield is the same gown worn by a guest at the Towers in the opening scene of "Wives and Daughters" (1999), and by Mali Harries (Ann Rood) for her wedding in Byron (2003) (TV). The same costume is also worn by one of the maids at Chawton Cottage in Miss Austen Regrets (2008) (TV), and by Laura Pyper (Jane Fairfax) while reading a letter in "Emma" (2009).

Goofs:

Continuity: Mr. Knightly's hairstyle and collar change during his proposal to Emma.

Quotes:

Emma Woodhouse:Now I need not call you Mr. Knightley. I may call you *my* Mr. Knightley.

Movie Connections:

References Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Soundtrack:

Auretti's Dutch Skipper

Jeremy Northam - a delectable Mr. Knightley

Emma is a true romance. If you love the soppy stuff, charged with wit and folly, you will love this movie! Its true to the novel, which is very important, with a few twists added for pleasure. Gwen is not one of my fave actreesess but she does justice to a role that required everything that she had to offer in spades. She shines in a role i think no other actress could have done proper justice to.

Jeremy Northam, as the hero. how shocked are you? I never looked upon him as overtly handsome but heck! What the right role can do for you! He looks so good as the sensible, regal Mr. K, that i am literally looking at him in a new light. He makes and excellent romantic lead. The charm and character that he brings to his role is wonderful!

Ewan McGregor, Greta Sacchi brings in the rest. a good cast. A good movie. If you are a fan of Jane Austen, see this movie, along with Pride and Prejudice - AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, buy the books. It enhances the movie to heights that are extraordinary