Cheap Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition) (DVD) (Ang Lee) Price

Emma Thompson scores a double bull's-eye with this marvelous adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Not only does Thompson turn in a strong (and gently humorous) performance as one of the Dashwood sisters--the one with "sense"--she also wrote the witty, wise screenplay. Austen's tale of 19th-century manners and morals provides a large cast with a feast of possibilities, notably Kate Winslet, in her pre-Titanic flowering, as Thompson's deeply romantic sister. Winslet attracts the wooing of shy Alan Rickman (a nice change of pace from his bad-guy roles) and dashing Greg Wise, while Thompson must endure an incredibly roundabout courtship with Hugh Grant, here in fine and funny form. All of this is doled out with the usual eye-filling English countryside and handsome costumes, yet the film always seems to be about the careful interior lives of its characters. The director, an inspired choice, is Taiwan-born Ang Lee, who brings the same exquisite taste and discreet touch he displayed in his previous Asian films (such as Eat Drink Man Woman). Thompson's script won an Oscar, and 1995 was a fine year for Jane Austen all around: Persuasion was made into an excellent picture, and Emma became the spritzy high school comedy Clueless. --Robert Horton

CATEGORY:	DVD
DIRECTOR:	Ang Lee
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE:	13 December, 1995
MANUFACTURER:	Sony Pictures
MPAA RATING:	PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
FEATURES:	Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
TYPE:	Bright, Class Differences, Color, Comedies, Comedy Drama, Comedy Video, Comedy of Manners, Drama, Elegant, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, High Artistic Quality, High Production Values, Intimate, Lyrical, Movie, Period Film, Reflective
MEDIA:	DVD
MPN:	D11599D
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	043396115996