Two sisters of opposing temperaments find love and some heartbreak in Jane Austen's 18th century classic.Two sisters of opposing temperaments find love and some heartbreak in Jane Austen's 18th century classic.Two sisters of opposing temperaments find love and some heartbreak in Jane Austen's 18th century classic.
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- GoofsThe fine mesh diffusing filter is very clearly visible in many exterior and interior scenes.
- Quotes
Marianne Dashwood: Elinor, where are your feelings?
Elinor Dashwood: I govern them.
- ConnectionsReferenced in What's Up Doc?: Episode #2.21 (1994)
- SoundtracksPiano Sonatina in G Major: II. Rondo - Allegro
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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The advantage this television version has over the later 1995 film version directed by Ang Lee is that due to its length it allows more important scenes to be shown. This good BBC version keeps in the visit of Edward Ferrers to Barton Cottage and of Willoughby to see Marianne when she is ill. It also deletes the third sister Margaret, which I think is to the good.
It is important when doing Jane Austen not to over act, as suppression makes for tension, and in this the actors do a fine job. The scenes between Elinor Dashwood and Lucy Steele are excellent, seething and polite at the same time. Julia Chambers as Lucy Steele is excellent and equally as good as Imogen Stubbs in the 1995 film.
The male actors are not all bland, Donald Douglas gives a jolly performance and Peter Gale is perfectly unctuous as John Dashwood, but also sympathetic, caught as he is between a domineering wife and mother in law. Bosco Hogan and Robert Swann are a bit dull however.
This is not a sumptuous Hollywood version but fine on its own terms.
It is important when doing Jane Austen not to over act, as suppression makes for tension, and in this the actors do a fine job. The scenes between Elinor Dashwood and Lucy Steele are excellent, seething and polite at the same time. Julia Chambers as Lucy Steele is excellent and equally as good as Imogen Stubbs in the 1995 film.
The male actors are not all bland, Donald Douglas gives a jolly performance and Peter Gale is perfectly unctuous as John Dashwood, but also sympathetic, caught as he is between a domineering wife and mother in law. Bosco Hogan and Robert Swann are a bit dull however.
This is not a sumptuous Hollywood version but fine on its own terms.
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