Sense and Sensibility

Released Date
December 13, 1995
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Genre
Drama
Rating
PG
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$43,182,776 + $91,400,000 = $134,582,776
1946-2016
Alan Rickman

as Colonel Brandon

48
Kate Winslet

as Marianne Dashwood

63
Hugh Grant

as Edward Ferrars

64
Emma Thompson

as Elinor Dashwood

1925-2017
Robert Hardy

as Sir John Middleton

76
Tom Wilkinson

as Mr. Dashwood

81
Gemma Jones

as Mrs. Dashwood

1929-2008
Elizabeth Spriggs

as Mrs. Jennings

57
Greg Wise

as John Willoughby

73
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.