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A Year with Jane Austen

Emma (1996)

***WINNER*** - Academy Award® - Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Purchase “A Year with Austen” Series Pass to see all four films for just $40!

Welcome to a time where Empire-waisted wit is sharp, and love is found in the most unexpected of places! Where the art of conversation is as important as the plot itself—often more so—and the pursuit of happiness is a delicate dance of propriety and passion. With our special “A Year with Austen” Badge you can see all 4 of our Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Celebration films for one discounted price.  Now, sit back, sip your tea, and enjoy a romp through a pastoral landscape, where everyone may be too proud or too prejudiced, but they’re always too fabulous to resist!

Emma:

In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, pretty socialite Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) entertains herself by playing matchmaker for those around her. Her latest “project” is Harriet Smith, an unpretentious debutant, while Emma herself receives the attentions of the dashing Frank Churchill (Ewan McGregor). However, Emma’s attempts at matchmaking cause more problems than solutions and may ultimately jeopardize her own chance at love and happiness.

With an all-star cast including Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Jeremy Northam and Greta Scacchi, Academy Award®–nominee Douglas McGrath (Bullets Over Broadway) has crafted, along with Sense and Sensibility the greatest Austen adaptation of the 1990s.

2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. In honor of this literary giant, Enzian Theater and the Winter Park Library will celebrate with “A Year with Jane Austen”. Scheduled throughout the year, The Winter Park Library will read each of Austen’s six novels as well as screen various adaptations of the accompanying films and miniseries at both the Library and at Enzian Theater. Purchase “A Year with Austen” Series Pass to see all four films for just $40!

1996, 120 minutes, UK/USA, Directed by Douglas McGrath, Rated PG

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  • “Emma is the peak of the recent Austen pack and a star-maker, too!”

    – Mike Clark, USA TODAY
  • “Despite my lack of Austen education, I found the film to be thoroughly engaging and surprisingly touching, so I can only imagine how pleased a true Austen-ite may be with Emma.”

    – Alison Macor, THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE
  • “Yet in its high spirits and wicked good humor, Emma is a delightful film--second only to "Persuasion" among the modern Austen movies, and funnier!”

    – Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
  • “As the only Austen work to be named after its heroine, Emma must have an engaging performance in the title role to succeed at all, and fortunately Gwyneth Paltrow, completely wins us over.”

    – Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
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