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Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries | Emma Thompson
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Bringing Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility to the screen was a labor of love for writer/actress Emma Thompson. Featuring the complete award-winning script, Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries also showcases Thompson's unreserved, often hilarious diaries that capture the unique experience of making this film. Her rare and personal perspective makes this an irresistible book for students of film and Austen devotees, as well as for everyone who loved this extraordinary movie.This Newmarket Shooting Script Book includes: The complete screenplay Emma Thompson's diaries written during the film's productionIntroduction by producer Lindsay Doran More than 50 photos, including stills, cast photos, and behind-the-scenes shots Full cast and crew credits
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AvidReader25
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Last night I attended a book club of the original Sense & Sensibility paired with a showing of the 1995 version of the movie at a local indie theatre. It was just delightful to hear the laughter and gasps from an audience that loved the movie so deeply. What a joy to be celebrating and discussing Austen‘s work centuries after it was written.

BkClubCare How fun!! 2y
wanderinglynn That sounds like fun! 2y
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rubyslippersreads
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Finally Marianne got some sense and realized to whom she should be joined in #marriage.

#200PnPcovers #PnPcovers

LeahBergen Alan Rickman! ❤️❤️ 3y
CrowCAH He‘s a good Colonel Brandon! 😍 3y
mabell Great choice! 3y
Cathythoughts ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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Linsy
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I started this back when we were reading S+S adjacent books — I know — but just recently picked it up again. Emma Thompson is a delight! Her diaries are hilarious and heartfelt and I got so much insight on the movie-making process for one of my all-time favorites.

This exchange between Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet was the best:

Kate: ‘Oh God, my knickers have gone up my arse.‘
Alan: ‘Ah. Feminine mystique strikes again.‘ 😂

#pemberlittens

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Julsmarshall
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1. Austen has a lot a hate-able characters but, in my opinion, Willoughby is the worst!

2. Characters, for sure!
#twofortuesday Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @TheSpineView for the prompt.Tagging @Ireadkidlit and @Tamra

TheSpineView You're welcome and Thanks for playing! 4y
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Linsy
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Thanks to my #pemberlittens, I found out about this amazing book! I can't wait to read it. And it's just in time because this is my favorite movie and it's almost my birthday! Feels kismet. 💘

jesseastin It‘s also wonderful as an audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson. I should give it another listen. 😊 4y
sprainedbrain 🥳🥳🥳 4y
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AnneCecilie
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Chapter 37

The secret is out and it causes quite the drama.
At least there is something to gossip about.

#pemberlittens

LauraBrook This is my favorite Austen, and that‘s my favorite movie of all time! 💙💙💙 So much Sense love!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Andrea313 Willoughby a Gryffindor?! This author has no respect for my poor nerves! 4y
sprainedbrain @Andrea313 🤣🤣🤣 4y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 definitely Slytherin! 4y
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Linsy @Andrea313 😄 No, but seriously, a Slytherin! Cares most about the end game -- not Gryffindor material. Courage is what he's lacking! 4y
Andrea313 @Linsy Absolutely! Falls for a girl but chooses to follow the money instead? No bravery there! 4y
Linsy @Andrea313 Exactly!! And even before that, ditches another girl (pregnant with his child) and sites the coming to light of that as ruining his life. Maybe his behavior was the problem!! He just looks out for number one. (edited) 4y
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AnneCecilie
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Today I‘ve caught up with my reading, and have read through chapter 4.

I‘ve been introduced to the Dashwoods, mother (almost 40), Elinor (19), Marianne (16) and Margaret (13).
I‘ve also met their stepbrother and his awful wife. What kind of people expect a person of not yet 40 yr to die within the next 15 yrs?
I‘ve met Edward Ferris.
And lastly I‘ve been introduced to their new home, Barton Cottage.

#PemberLittens

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AnneCecilie
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This is my translated edition of S&S that I will be reading for a chapter a day. It was a Christmas present from my parents in 1997. I‘ve reread it once since than, a few years ago.

Then I promised myself that the next time I read S&S, it would be in English in one of the wonderful editions. My problem is that I want to have all the books in the same edition and I can‘t decide among all the beautiful editions. So I‘ll see what happens.

sprainedbrain There are so many gorgeous editions to choose from! 5y
AnneCecilie @sprainedbrain I know. I absolutely love the clothbound one and the vintage one. Makes it hard to decide. 5y
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It‘s the first truly beautiful spring day here, so I read a bit outside today. Amused by this quote from Marianne “I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter into all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.” How is everyone enjoying Sense & Sensibility? #Pemberlittens

BiblioLitten 💛💙 5y
sprainedbrain Great photo! 😊 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful photo 💛 5y
batsy Every time I re-read it I like it a little bit more. I used to get a bit impatient with Marianne but with age I've grown fonder of her exuberance :) 5y
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Pickpick

Oh my goodness I loved this one! It‘s always been one of my favorite movies, so reading the script and Emma Thompson‘‘s diaries about the production were such a treat. Highly recommended if you loved the movie!

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jenniferw88
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Photo is of Lacock Abbey, where they film several book to movie adaptations, including the tagged book and Harry Potter. It's very #scenic @CaliforniaCay #SisforSeptember

Marilyncjackson ❤️ 6y
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Mindyrecycles
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#Mostdisagreeable has to be Fanny Dashwood. Lucy Steele is no prize either, though. #austeninaugust @Crinoline_Laphroaig

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Mindyrecycles
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Do I love Elinor so much because I worship the ground Emma Thompson walks on or is it the other way around? In any case, #favoriteheroine #austeninaugust. @Crinoline_Laphroaig

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Mindyrecycles
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Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #favoritehero #austeninaugust @Crinoline_Laphroaig

ScientistSam I miss him! What a wonderful Colonel Brandon, too! 6y
Tanisha_A Rickman! ♥ 6y
Nute Greatly missed! 6y
Emm0921 Yesss i can listen him speak 24/7! 6y
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Mindyrecycles
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Just now saw this challenge! Yay. I'm going to try to catch up. You've all been warned. 🙂 #austeninaugust @Crinoline_Laphroaig

CrowCAH Woohoo 🎉 6y
sprainedbrain Hooray!! 6y
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Mdargusch
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Sense and Sensibility was shown in the Lakeside Chautauqua auditorium last night to kick off the Jane Austen at 200 week. There are lectures about her and her works coming up that I‘m very excited about.

Why is Hugh Grant in so little of this movie? ☹️

I also love when his sister in law says she doesn‘t like the smell of books in this scene. That pretty much sums up her character.

Lauram How fun! Some very good friends of mine are there this week, too. I‘m always interested in hearing about what they‘ll be learning. (edited) 6y
Books88 Love this! 6y
jillrhudy Some day our grandkids will say too much was made of Branaugh and not enough of Thompson. The best thing about S&S is that Emma ended up with Willoughby. 6y
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emilyhaldi Awesome!!! So glad you get to go to some of tgevAusten events! 👏🏻 6y
Mdargusch I was so excited to be able to go to the Austen lectures this week @Lauram . I‘m also taking a few art classes. It‘s amazing how many activities they offer. 6y
Mdargusch I totally agree @jillrhudy 6y
Mdargusch Me too @emilyhaldi 😁 6y
Mdargusch 💙💙💙 @AJBowers 6y
LeahBergen That sounds like tons of fun! Keep us posted on the other events. Hugh Laurie‘s character in this version is the BEST. 😆 6y
jillrhudy @LeahBergen wasn‘t he? Hiding behind that newspaper. He and Imelda Staunton are a comic dream team. 6y
rabbitprincess @LeahBergen OMG yes! "I wish this rain would stop." "I wish YOU would stop." ? And the face he makes when he's handed his baby son! ???? 6y
Reviewsbylola My least favorite Austen. I need to reread it. Can‘t wait to hear all about Jane Austen week! 6y
pgh.femme I ❤️ Lakeside 6y
LeahBergen @jillrhudy @rabbitprincess @Mdargusch I was reading an article about the making of the movie and Hugh Laurie was hesitant about some of his lines. He said something to the effect of “these things are just too rude to say or do” and Emma Thompson had to tell him that they were what Jane Austen wrote. 😂😂 6y
Mdargusch That is really funny because I was thinking the same thing @LeahBergen but I didn‘t realize she actually wrote them that way! 6y
Mdargusch Lakeside is the best! I‘ve taken so many classes this week. 😁 @pgh.femme 6y
Mdargusch I don‘t remember how I felt reading this @Reviewsbylola but any period piece movie with that cast ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
rabbitprincess @LeahBergen Awww Hugh is a sweetheart ❤️ 6y
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Fataleity
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AnneCecilie
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AnneCecilie
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My #heroine is Jane Austen for introducing marriage out of love instead of just practicality.

#listyclassics

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bbackes
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Challenge | Day 04

Yes. I do have several editions of Jane Austen's books.

#flowers on #readingresutions by @Jess7

sammisho Me too!! 7y
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"I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them." -Emma Thompson

CherryPie Yes! 7y
SilversReviews I LOVE THIS. 7y
GripLitGrl @CherryPie @SilversReviews Never thought about it but once I read the quote I realized how true it is💗😊 7y
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Wife
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@Liatrek #ClassicGiveaway What a lovely giveaway! I have the Jane Eyre, but would love Sense and Sensibility! On my wish list! Thank you for the opportunity!

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Liatrek
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After all my Sense and Sensibility post my sister just dropped off my Birthday gift 😊 I forgot I asked for this copy ❤️❤️❤️❤️

blithebuoyant That cover is beautiful! 7y
Krysta Gorgeous! I have the Pride and Prejudice one but I need more! 7y
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Liatrek
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Elinor and Edward are my favorite JA couple - I cry every time they get together in the movie.
@GypsyKat
#JaneAustenGiveaway

TheBookHippie Same for me!!! 7y
GypsyKat 💗💗💗 7y
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Liatrek
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@GypsyKat
#JaneAustenGiveaway

Elinor Dashwood - I just love everything about her character. She has to be so strong for her family and suppress her heartbreak it‘s just so beautiful 😊

GypsyKat Great choice! 💗💗💗 7y
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Liatrek
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#JaneAustenGiveaway My favorite Jane Austen book is Sense and Sensibility. I‘ve read the book twice and seen the movie multiple times❤️. Thank you @GypsyKat for the lovely opportunity to win such an awesome prize😊

GypsyKat 💗💗💗 7y
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#jubilantJuly I don't have any books with #rain in the title, but I seem to recall a scene from the movie where Marianne and Elinor are soaked from being caught in a downpour. The photo is from last month, when we had nonstop rain, and the view of my backyard was pretty soggy

Mommamanzi I'm in love with your back yard! 7y
Clare-Dragonfly And that's how they meet Willoughby! Good choice 😁 7y
Zelma Very cool photo! It looks like a live scene. 7y
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I'm so happy I found this book at a used book shop! Emma Thompson's Oscar winning screenplay is excellent, but her detailed diaries about the making of the film are the real gem. Thompson's wit had me laughing throughout and I loved the behind-the-scenes glimpse at the daily filmmaking grind. There are some very funny quotes from the cast and crew, also! #janeausten #senseandsensibility

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1. Mansfield, Texas
2. I found litsy a few months ago through a FB article. I've been super happy ever since 😊
3. I love Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.
4. I never had a pet turtle but have a turtle magnet 🐢
#welcomelitten Big welcome to all the new littens 😊

saguarosally Glad this place contributes to happiness! 7y
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Sarah83
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Ich musste grad noch einen Post machen. Ach diese Bibliothek 😍😍😍

I had to do another post. ohhh this library 😍😍😍

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Sarah83
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Nachdem ich mit diesem Buch so in die Welt von Jane Austen wieder abgetaucht bin, habe ich mir zum Frühstück diesen Film ausgesucht 😍

After I dived into Jane Austen's world with this book, I picked up this film for breakfast 😍

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Ancchy
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I don't know why, but I expected more. Satisfying ending though.

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Sense and Sensibility is my least favorite Jane Austen. I don't really like any of the characters. That said, Harriet Walter's Fanny Dashwood was fantastic! (Photo from Google) #betterinthemovie #octphotochallenge

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Day 3 of the #octphotochallenge - A character you liked better in the movie. I love Elinor and Marianne in the novel, but Emma Thompson's portrayal of Elinor Dashwood in the Ang Lee adaptation is my favorite. She gets the balance of affection for family and sense of duty just right. Might need to listen to that soundtrack today! PS - I have a weird aversion to books with movie poster as the cover; my worn copy of this is an exception! 😜

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#madeintoamovie
#septphotochallenge
This is one of my favorite movies written by one of my favorite actors about one of my favorite books.
Emma Thompson's diary of the movie is as funny and charming as you would expect.
I checked this out from the library when it came out, then tried to buy a few years later but it was out of print. A few years after that I found a pristine copy at our Library Friends books sale!

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Fate! I adore this movie (but reading the book almost killed me. I hated it so) 8y
BookInMyHands @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Haha! The first time I started "Pride and Prejudice" I just couldn't get into it. Then I picked it up a few years later and I loved it. I'm a moody reader. I hate required reading list (especially in school). I felt that if I could pick up a book later I might actually like it instead of finishing something I don't like reading. 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BookInMyHands, I was already a fan of the movie tho - I just flat out didn't enjoy the book. Required reading for school could be a drag. 8y
rubyslippersreads ❤️ this movie (and book)! ❤️❤️❤️ Alan Rickman! 8y
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