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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: A&E EAN: 9780767020305 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0767020308 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 26, 1999 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 1997 Sales Rank: 819 MPN: AAED70027D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Emma woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend harriet and so causes her to come to grief. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/29/2000 Starring: Kate Beckinsale Mark Strong Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Diarmuid Lawrence Amazon.com: Similar to the equally excellent Valmont, this version of Jane Austen's classic novel had the misfortune of following a sumptuous big-star version with Gwyneth Paltrow, which was released the summer before. And, just as 1989's Valmont suffered comparisons with Dangerous Liaisons, inevitably these Emmas were held up next to one another. This delicious Emma concerns a young woman of financial substance (Kate Beckinsale), who fancies herself a matchmaker, especially with shy Miss Harriet Smith (Samantha Morton, who also appears in A&E's Jane Eyre). In Emma's swirling world of social activity and social consciousness, one's position and stature is a constant preoccupation. But to her credit, Emma, albeit a busybody, has compassion for all classes, and for her kindly but hypochondriacal father (Bernard Hepton). This miniseries is more subtle than the grand theatrical release, is truer to the novel, and gives a richer explanation of the relationship between Emma associates Jane Fairfax (beautiful Olivia Williams of Rushmore) and the duplicitous Frank Churchill (Raymond Coulthard). Of course, at the center, as in all Austen stories, is the romance between the unsuspecting leading lady and an unlikely, but wholly suitable gentleman. In this case, it's Emma and her brother-in-law, the righteous (as played here) Mr. Knightley (Mark Strong). Strong's Mr. Knightley is more reserved, less coy than Jeremy Northam's; he plays Knightley more like Mr. Darcy (the leading man in Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which A&E also offers in a wonderful miniseries). Beckinsale proves to be utterly delightful and in no way should this excellent adaptation be ignored. --N.F. Mendoza Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fun version of Emma!This is a fun version of Emma. The actors are well selected for the parts and the version is well written. It goes into more depth than the other version and Kate B. is delightful and not irritating as Emma. Rating: - The Best Adaptation of Emma...This movie, although not my favorite of Jane Austin's work, was still a wonderful movie! Compared to the other Emma adaptation, this one was more historically correct. In the one with Paltrow, some of the costumes looked very ridiculous and some of them you wouldn't wear in the regency era. True to some posts I did feel as if Mr. Knightly was a little hard to get to know, but besides that, I thought all the actors did very well. All in all, this is the best adaptation of Emma so far! ... Read More Rating: - EMMA DVDI loved the movie and the story in it. It was very well written and directed. I watched it over and over. And I will recommend it to all those who love drama and romance. Great story! Rating: - JANE DOES IT AGAINTHIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A LITTLE BUSY BODY...WE ALL KNOW THEM AND JANE AUSTIN'S TALES ARE HAPPENING STILL TODAY WE JUST DON'T TAKE NOTICE UNTIL WE SIT AND WATCH A MOVIE SUCH AS EMMA..THEN WE REALIZE WE KNOW SOME ONE JUST LIKE HER..GREAT MOVIE Rating: - Not The Everyman's EmmaI think, to a certain degree, comparison with Douglas McGrath's 1996 movie featuring Gwyneth Paltrow is inevitable. However, I must alert my reader to the fact that - when I praise this alternate version from Diarmuid Lawrence - I do so with the original novel in mind. This mini-series has not a movie's glamour, nor does Kate Beckinsale match Paltrow in beauty. However, with regards to Jane Austen's beloved work, this is undoubtedly the more faithful adaptation. Beckinsale's portrayal is less flighty ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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