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Sense and Sensibility 1995 Directed by Ang Lee

Lose your heart and come to your senses.

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Romance
Budget $16,000,000
Revenue $134,582,776
Release Date 13 December 1995
136 mins
Cast
Emma Thompson Elinor Dashwood
Kate Winslet Marianne Dashwood
Alan Rickman Colonel Christopher Brandon
Hugh Grant Edward Ferrars
Gemma Jones Mrs. Dashwood
Greg Wise John Willoughby
Elizabeth Spriggs Mrs. Jennings
Imogen Stubbs Lucy Steele
Harriet Walter Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
James Fleet John Dashwood
Imelda Staunton Charlotte Jennings Palmer
Hugh Laurie Mr. Palmer
Emilie François Margaret Dashwood
Robert Hardy Sir John Middleton
Richard Lumsden Robert Ferrars
Tom Wilkinson Mr. Dashwood
Ian Brimble Thomas
Josephine Gradwell Maid to Mrs. Jennings
Lone Madsen Miss Grey
Oliver Ford Davies Doctor Harris
Eleanor McCready Mrs. Bunting
Lindsay Doran Maid Admitting Col. Brandon (uncredited)