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Sense and Sensibility (Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD Set)
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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Dubbed, Color, Dolby, Limited Edition, Widescreen, Subtitled See more |
Contributor | Columbia Pictures, Hugh Grant, Ang Lee, Gemma Jones, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Emilie Francois, Alan Rickman, Lindsay Doran, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 16 minutes |
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Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best Lists and was named the Best Picture of the Year by the Golden Globes(r). Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Thompson) and passionate Marianne (Winslet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. Rickman, Grant and Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Package Dimensions : 7.6 x 5.47 x 1.18 inches; 14.08 ounces
- Director : Ang Lee
- Media Format : Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Dubbed, Color, Dolby, Limited Edition, Widescreen, Subtitled
- Run time : 2 hours and 16 minutes
- Release date : August 24, 1999
- Actors : Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, James Fleet
- Dubbed: : French, Portuguese
- Subtitles: : English, French, Portuguese
- Producers : Lindsay Doran
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B0002O7Y8A
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #172,674 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #17,731 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
- #26,652 in Drama DVDs
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After watching the film again I focus on three particular points, which I think best reveal the strength of Thompson's script. First, the entire introductory sequence, which induces us to like the Dashwood sisters because we are introduced first to their step-brother and his shrewish wife (credit for this particular sequence also goes to Film Editor Tim Squyres, who recut the scene so that we get all of one side and then the other instead of alternating back and forth as in the original script). Our sympathies cannot help but be with the plight of Elinor and Marianne. Second, the use of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not the marriage of true minds"), which Marianne and Willoughby share to their great mutual delight (except he gets a word wrong, in an elegant little bit of foreshadowing) and which Marianne repeats standing in the rain looking at Willoughby's new estate. Third, Austen has Elinor bolt from the room to cry outside during the happy ending but Thompson creates a wonderful moment by having her stay in the room and having the rest of her family flee. There are not too many scenes where you are crying and laughing at the same time, but Thompson certainly created one (and has the added virtue of relying on herself as an actress to nail the performance as well). All of these are marvelous examples of playing to the strength of the cinema to bring Austen's novel to the screen.
The performances are first-rate, especially Kate Winslet as the passionate Marianne, Gemma Jones as Mrs. Dashwood and Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon (the look on his face when Marianne thanks him for rescuing her is so wondrously touching). Hugh Grant does find a way of slowing the delivery of his dialogue more than usual, but it does fit the overall pace of the film. The supporting cast is exactly what you come to expect from a British production with Elizabeth Spriggs stealing every scene she is in as Mrs. Jennings, Robert Hardy as Sir John Middleton, Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer, Oliver Ford Davies as Doctor Harris, and the enchanting young Emilie Francois as Margaret Dashwood ("They always kneel down"). On the darker side of the ledger we have Greg Wise as the less than honorable John Willoughby, and Imogene Stubbs as Lucy Steele and Harriet Walter as Fanny Dashwood vying for the main villainess role in the proceedings. No wonder Emma Thompson's performance as Elinor is almost lost in the proceedings, but she is the center around which everything resolves who has to keep it together when everybody around her is losing it (even when she first confesses her broken heart, she ends up consoling Marianne instead of the other way around).
Ang Lee had already proven he could handle a tale of sisters in love when he directed "Eat Drink Man Woman." In "Sense and Sensibility" he has the script, the actors and the set design all working in his favor to create a sense of 19th century England. But there are a few moments when he uses the camera to great advantage; in particular the overhead shot of Marianne on her sick bed achieves a painting like quality and the tracking shot of Mrs. Jennings running down the street bearing the latest gossip.
I first saw this film when visiting England and I was so caught up in the story that I had no idea who was going to end up with who. Actually, I was sort of rooting for Elinor to end up with Colonel Brandon since they were obviously the two finest members of their respective sexes in the proceedings. So the ending was as much of a surprise to me as it was to the Dashwoods, which is certainly something to be cherished. Obviously if you love this film it will lead you to other Austen adaptations (the film versions of "Emma" and "Persuasion" along with the BBC mini-series "Pride & Prejudice" immediately leap to mind), but hopefully it will also lead you to the original novels as well. Finally, Thompson published "The Sense and Sensibility: Screenplay & Diaries," which I would highly recommend after you have done both the film and the novel.
It has many things you would think a Jane Austen book would have. It starts out with a mother and three daughters having to move from their home, because their father has died, but kindness is shown to them, and they are given a nice place to live. Then it has all the twists of “ I loved him. I thought he loved me, but he loved somebody else and then also I loved him and I didn’t think he loved me, but he did love me and it makes me cry now that I found out that he loves me” and that kind of thing. It’s wonderful I highly recommend.
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Des images de très belles qualitées.
Entre le DVD et le Blu-Ray il n'y a pas à hésiter car la différence est bien visible (je possède les 2 versions).
Ce n'est pas le meilleur blu-ray que j'ai visionné mais il y a eu un beau travail de restauration.
Les vues en extérieurs sont beaucoup plus belles et nettes. Pour l'intérieur je peux citer l'exemple de l'escalier où l'on voit bien maintenant la couleur bleu des murs de celui-ci.
Les langues disponibles :
-Français 5,0
-Anglais 5,0 DTS-HD Master audio
-Allemand 5,0
-Espagnol castillan 5,0
-Espagnol Amérique latine Dolby Surround
-Russe 5,0
Japonais Dolby surround
Les sous-titres :
Anglais
Anglais pour sourds et malentendants
Français
Chinois traditionnel
Arabe
tchèque (Cesky)
Danois (Dansk)
Néerlandais
Finnois (Swoni)
Allemand
Grec
Hébreu
Hindi
Japonais
Coréen
Norvégien (Norsk)
Polonais (Polski)
Portugais
russe
espagnol castillan
Espagnol Amérique latine
Suédois (Svensk)
Thaïlandais
Les bonus nommés interactivités :
-Adapter Austen : 11mn18 en vost. Cela commence dans le Dorset en 1995 avec la productrice.
-Le sens des personnages : 8mn14 en vost. Les acteurs principaux répondent aux questions.
-Un homme très tranquille : 12mn03 en vost
-Les extérieurs de raisons et sentiments 5mn42 en vost
-Elégance et simplicité, les costumes de Raisons et sentiments : 3mn57 en vost
-Scénes complémentaires :
il y en a 2 seulement. Elles sont en vost et durent 1mn35 et 1mn08
She *translated* Jane Austen's book so very well , creating a great movie, with much humor and intelligence.
Loved it!
Elenor verliebt sich in ihren Schwager Edward Farras, der wie man leicht erkennen kann, sich auch zu ihr stark hingezogen fühlt. Seine boshafte Schwester lässt, gegenüber Elinors Mutter jedoch sofort durchblicken das er enterbt werden würde wenn er eine arme Kirchenmaus ohne Geld und Verbindungen heiraten würde. Edward reist mit dem Versprechen ab die Dashwood Damen in ihrem neuen zu Hause, einem Cottage in Devonshire das einem Cousin Mrs Dashwoods, Sir John, gehört bald zu besuchen. Sir John und seine Schwiegermutter Mrs. Jennings versuchen nun die beiden Dashwoodschwestern zu verkuppeln. Col. Brandon und Mr. Willoughby werben um Marianne's Gunst und Elinor die immer noch auf Edward hofft erfährt unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit, das dieser bereits mit Miss Steel verlobt ist. Was weiter passiert ansehen!!!!
Es gibt nicht oft Filme die so gut gemacht sind wie Sinn und Sinnlichkeit vom Ambiente, dem Drehbuch und dem Zusammenspiel und der Qualität der Schauspieler! Die Verfilmung des Buches von Jane Austin ist wirklich gelungen auch wenn der Film Naturgemäß von der Handlung des Buches etwas abweicht. So sind im Film die Dashwoods am Beginn etwas reicher dargestellt. Die Frau von Sir John lebt im Buch noch, etc,etc. Das tut jedoch dem Film keinen Abbruch und es ist kein Wunder das dieser Film für 7 Oscars nominiert war und Emma Thompson für das Drehbuch den Oscar erhielt!
Besonders zu Emfpehlen sind auch die Extras. Mindestens einmal sollten man sich den Audiokommentar von Emma Thompson und der Produzentin Lindsey Doran anhören, der sehr sehr lustig aber auch informativ ist! Eindeutige Kaufemfpehlung!
Jane Austens Geschichte "Verstand und Gefühl", welche diese schon um 1795 verfasste, erblickte 1811 als Roman das Licht der Welt, landete "Äonen" später auf Emma Thompsons Nachttisch, und schließlich als deren Drehbuch-Adaption auf der Oscar-Liste - erfolgreich.
Auch wenn man Elinor (Emma Thompson) manchmal auf einem Baum "aussetzen" könnte, hat man sie doch gern.
Emma "Years and Years" Thompson, Kate "Beautiful Creatures" Winslet, Hugh Grant und Alan Rickman spielen wunderbar. Ach, alle natürlich.
Die Kulissen muss ich ja wohl nicht extra erwähnen...
Für alle, die solche romantischen Filme (aus vergangenen Tagen) nur ansatzweise mögen, ist "Sinn und Sinnlichkeit" (USA/UK 1995) ein absolutes Highlight.