Emma [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a Matchmaker Films production ; Haft Entertainment production ; produced by Steven Haft, Patrick Cassavetti ; written for the screen and directed by Douglas McGrath.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 30445 | LionsgateSeries: Miramax award-winning collectionPublication details: [United States] : Distributed by Lionsgate, [2011]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Lesley Walker ; director of photography, Ian Wilson.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Emma | Checked out | 05/14/2024 | 33111007864800 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on the novel by Jane Austen (who in the '90s seemed to be in the running alongside William Shakespeare and Stephen King for the honors of most adapted author in Hollywood), this period romantic comedy stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who imagines herself an authority on matters of the heart. With the best of intentions, Emma plays matchmaker for her friends, most notably her friend Harriet (Toni Collette), who Emma links up with the Reverend Elton (Alan Cumming), and her governess, (Greta Scacchi), who she introduces to her future husband, Mr. Weston (James Cosmo). However, Emma is not nearly as good at playing Cupid as she likes to imagine, and she spends so much time trying to solve everyone else's romantic problems that it takes her quite some time to realize that she's fallen in love with Mr. Knightly (Jeremy Northam). A television miniseries based on Austen's book appeared a year later, while a year prior to Emma, the story appeared in modernized form in the popular teen comedy Clueless. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
Special feature: theatrical trailer.
Title from container.
Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Lesley Walker ; director of photography, Ian Wilson.
Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Gwyneth Paltrow.
Emma brings to life Jane Austen's novel about a woman who makes it her goal to 'fix' the lives of all her friends while ignoring her own problems.
MPAA rating: PG; for brief mild language ; OFRB rating: PG.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, NTSC; Dolby Digital surround sound, digitally mastered.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.