Sense and Sensibility (1995)
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A Year with Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
***WINNER*** Emma Thompson – Academy Award® Best Adapted Screenplay
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!
Sense and Sensibility:
30th Anniversary! Featuring an introduction from the Jane Austen Society of North America!
When Mr. Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson, The Grand Budapest Hotel) dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and their three daughters Elinor (Emma Thompson, Love Actually), Marianne (Kate Winslet, Titanic), and Margaret (Emilie François), in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant, Four Weddings and a Funeral), his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings (Elizabeth Spriggs) tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman, Harry Potter) to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery John Willoughby (Greg Wise) more to her taste.
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!
1995, 136 minutes, UK/USA, In English and French with English subtitles, Directed by Ang Lee, Rated PG
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“Unlike so many other movies of literary provenance, it is clear from the start that this one is going to be entertainment, not homework. Lee serves up this sweetmeat without fuss, without the super-seriousness of filmmakers awed by their literary material.”
– Barbara Shulgasser, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER -
“It is a gem. Miss Austen’s sly humor is everywhere present but never caricatured.”
– Quentin Crisp, CHRISTOPHER STREET -
“This movie, made with love and wit, reminds us how much charm, liveliness, passion, good sense--and sensibility--Jane Austen provides.”
– MICHAEL WILMINGTON, CHICAGO TRIBUNE -
“This exquisite endeavor remains the finest Jane Austen adaptation to date.”
– Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
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