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Sense and Sensibility
Original movie poster
Directed by	Ang Lee
Produced by	Laurie Borg Lindsay Doran Sydney Pollack James Schamus Geoff Stier
Written by	Emma Thompson
Starring	Emma Thompson Kate Winslet Hugh Grant Alan Rickman Greg Wise Gemma Jones Emilie François Elizabeth Spriggs Harriet Walter Imelda Staunton Imogen Stubbs Hugh Laurie Robert Hardy Tom Wilkinson
Music by	Patrick Doyle
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	13 December 1995 13 December 1995 23 February 1996 29 February 1996
Running time	136 min.
IMDb profile

Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 film adaptation of the 1811 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. The screenplay was adapted by Emma Thompson, and the film was directed by Ang Lee. It was filmed at several locations in Devon: at Saltram House, the village church in Berry Pomeroy, Compton Castle, Mothecombe and the cobbled streets of Plymouth's Barbican.[1]

The adaptation is relatively faithful to the novel, although some changes are made.

• James Fleet as John Dashwood
• Tom Wilkinson as Mr. Dashwood
• Harriet Walter as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
• Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood
• Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood
• Gemma Jones as Mrs. Dashwood
• Hugh Grant as Edward Ferrars
• Emilie François as Margaret Dashwood
• Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs. Jennings
• Robert Hardy as Sir John Middleton
• Ian Brimble as Thomas
• Isabelle Amyes as Betsy Steele
• Alan Rickman as Col. Christopher Brandon
• Greg Wise as John Willoughby
• Alexander John as Curate
• Imelda Staunton as Charlotte Jennings Palmer
• Imogen Stubbs as Lucy Steele
• Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer
• Allan Mitchell as Pigeon
• Josephine Gradwell as Maid to Mrs. Jennings
• Richard Lumsden as Robert Ferrars
• Lone Vidahl as Miss Grey
• Oliver Ford Davies as Doctor Harris
• Eleanor McCready as Mrs. Bunting

Sense and Sensibility won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Thompson won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as the 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. The film was also nominated for the following Academy Awards:

• Best Picture
• Best Actress in a Leading Role — Emma Thompson
• Best Supporting Actress — Kate Winslet
• Best Cinematography
• Best Costume Design
• Best Music, Original Dramatic Score — Patrick Doyle

• Academy Awards
  • Best Adapted Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
• BAFTA Awards
  • Best Film (Lindsay Doran and Ang Lee)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Thompson)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Kate Winslet)
• Boston Film Critics
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director (Ang Lee)
  • Best Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
• Broadcast Film Critics
  • Best Picture
  • Best Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
• Golden Globe Awards
  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Emma Thompson)
• Los Angeles Film Critics
  • Best Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
• National Board of Review
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director (Ang Lee)
  • Best Actress (Emma Thompson)
• New York Film Critics
  • Best Director (Ang Lee)
  • Best Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
• Screen Actors Guild
  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Kate Winslet)
• USC Scripter Award
  • Jane Austen (author) and Emma Thompson (screenwriter)
• Writers Guild of America
  • Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Emma Thompson)

• Sense and Sensibility at the Internet Movie Database