Sense and Sensibility Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

December 13, 1995

Distributor

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Genre

Drama

Rating

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$43,182,776 + $91,400,000 = $134,582,776

Cast

Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Robert Hardy, Tom Wilkinson, Gemma Jones, Elizabeth Spriggs, Greg Wise, Harriet Walter

1946-2016

Alan Rickman

as Colonel Brandon

Kate Winslet

as Marianne Dashwood

Hugh Grant

as Edward Ferrars

Emma Thompson

as Elinor Dashwood

1925-2017

Robert Hardy

as Sir John Middleton

Tom Wilkinson

as Mr. Dashwood

Gemma Jones

as Mrs. Dashwood

1929-2008

Elizabeth Spriggs

as Mrs. Jennings

Greg Wise

as John Willoughby

Harriet Walter

as Fanny Dashwood

About Sense and Sensibility

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.

About

Based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name, this Ang Lee-directed period drama tells the story of the Dashwood family and rules of inheritance which leaves them in a financially distressful situation following the death Mr. Dashwood.

Trivia

Emma Thompson became the first person to ever win Academy Awards for both acting and screenwriting by winning the Best Adapted Screenplay. It was nominated for 6 other Oscars, including Best Picture.