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Of the vast landscape of Jane Austen adaptations, it doesn’t get much better than Ang Lee’s SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Fresh from EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN & THE WEDDING BANQUET, Lee’s 1995 classic dramatic rendition of Austen’s 1811 novel stars Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson as odd-couple sisters forced to fast-track their marriage plans in the wake of financial loss after their father’s death. Hugh Grant and Greg Wise co-star as the girls’ would-be suitors, and as the sisters glissando toward the altar, with minor Georgian Era altercations, the film conspires to, as the NYT wrote in its review: “Here’s a film in which sense and intelligence not only prevail but also create the most gratifying of happy endings.” SENSE AND SENSIBILITY was nominated for seven Oscars, and won for Emma’s Thompon’s Best Adapted Screenplay.

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