Emma (Original title)
Dates: 1996 (Copyright), 13 September 1996 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Douglas McGrath
Synopsis: Period drama film of the Jane Austen novel. Young and beautiful, Emma Woodhouse lives in circumstances of rural English comfort with her doting father. Unfortunately, Emma has a propensity for organising other peoples' lives. In her over-confident attempts to matchmake her various friends and acquaintances, she gets into some romantic difficulties herself, before finding where her heart really lies.Synopsis: Film adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen. About a wealthy young woman whose match-making efforts backfire badly and threaten her own happiness.
Genres: Romance, Period drama
Subjects: 18th century, England
Dates: 1996 (Copyright), 13 September 1996 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Douglas McGrath
Synopsis: Period drama film of the Jane Austen novel. Young and beautiful, Emma Woodhouse lives in circumstances of rural English comfort with her doting father. Unfortunately, Emma has a propensity for organising other peoples' lives. In her over-confident attempts to matchmake her various friends and acquaintances, she gets into some romantic difficulties herself, before finding where her heart really lies.Synopsis: Film adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen. About a wealthy young woman whose match-making efforts backfire badly and threaten her own happiness.
Genres: Romance, Period drama
Subjects: 18th century, England
Credits
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©/Production Company: Matchmaker Films, ©/Presented by: Miramax Films, Production Company: Haft Entertainment, Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Executive Producer: Donna Gigliotti, Produced by: Steven Haft, Patrick Cassavetti, Associate Producer: Donna Grey, Production Co-ordinator: Fran Triefus, Production Accountant: Kevin Trehy, Accounts Assistant: Gary Nixon, Location Manager: Bill Darby, Location Assistant: Teresa Hidalgo, Producers' Assistant: Polly Jefferies, Producers' Assistant: Jane Biro, Producers' Assistant: Rachelle Gryn, Karen Firestone, Production Runner: Luke Jones, Production Runner: Hugo Hedley, Louise Mansfield, Assistant Director (1st): Davina Nicholson, Assistant Director (2nd): Alison Begg, Assistant Director (3rd): Caleb Menges, Russell Channon, Script Supervisor: Jean Bourne, Casting: Mary Selway, Casting: Sarah Trevis, Casting Assistant: Emma Buckley, Written for the Screen by: Douglas McGrath, Based on the novel by: Jane Austen, Director of Photography: Ian Wilson, Focus Puller: Roz Naylor, Clapper Loader: James Bloom, Gaffer: Norman Smith, Best Boy: Ray Potter, Electrician: Ricky Pattenden, Electrician: Mark Evans, Electrician: Wayne Leach, Electrician: Dave Bruce, Grip: Richard Broome, Stills Photographer: David Appleby, Special Effects: Effects Associates, Titles/Opticals: Peerless Camera Company, Editor: Lesley Walker, Assistant Editor: Jeremy Hume, 2nd Assistant Editor: Martin Corbett, Production Designer: Michael Howells, Art Director: Sam Riley, Art Director: Joshua Meath Baker, Art Department Trainee: Carlo Bulley, Set Decorator: Totty Whately, Scenic Artist: Jason Line, Scenic Artist: Stephen Scott, Production Buyer: Lucinda Sturgis, Property Master: Danny Euston, Storeman: Brian Lofthouse, Dressing Propman: Ray Morgan, Dempsey Cook, Chargehand Standby Prop: Ian Newton, Standby Prop: Clive Brown, Construction Manager: Andrew Golding, Carpenter: Philip Shaw, Carpenter: Harry van Rooij, James Winby, Standby Carpenter: Graham Barford, Standby Rigger: Stephen Slater, Standby Painter: David Meeking, Standby Stagehand: Gary Evans, Costume Designer: Ruth Myers, Costume Design Assistant: Morgan Elliott, Sharon Long, Costume Maker: Magot Forster, Wardrobe Supervisor: Michael O'Connor, Wardrobe Assistant: Samantha Crouch, Lou Durkin, Chief Make-up Designer: Tina Earnshaw, Susie Adams, Assistant Make-up Artist: Sian Grigg, Make-up Runner: Polly Earnshaw, Chief Hair Designer: Simon Thompson, Assistant Hairdresser: Kay Georgiou, Titles/Opticals: Peerless Camera Company, Title Backgrounds: Joshua Meath Baker, Colour Grader: Peter Hunt, Music: Rachel Portman, Conductor: David Snell, Orchestration: Rachel Portman, Orchestral Contractor: George Hamer, Music Recorded by: Keith Grant, [Music] Copyist: Tony Stanton, Choreographer: Sue Lefton, Sound Mixer: Chris Munro, Sound Assistant: Mike Bleach, Sound Maintenance: Colin Wood, Re-recording Mixer: Paul Carr, Robert Farr, Sound Re-recorded at: Goldcrest (London), Supervising Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Dialogue Editor: Derek Holding, Assistant Sound Editor: Geoff Brown, Footsteps Editor: Brian Blamey, Foley (Artist): Lionel Selwyn, Jason Swanscott, Food Stylist: Anna Bourdon-Smith, Unit Nurse: Jenny Hilton, Simon Steele, Unit Driver: Jim Magill, Unit Driver: Terry English, Unit Driver: Gerry Floyd, Unit Driver: Enyo Mortty, Unit Driver: Terry Reece, Vanessa Smiles, Catering: Mobile Mouthful, Voice Coach: Barbara Berkery, Horses/Carriages: Debbie Kaye, Publicity Consultants: Corbett & Keene, Unit Publicist: Sara Keene
Cast
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Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma Woodhouse), Toni Collette (Harriet Smith), Alan Cumming (Mr Elton), Ewan McGregor (Frank Churchill), Jeremy Northam (Mr Knightly), Greta Scacchi (Mrs Weston), Juliet Stevenson (Mrs Elton), Polly Walker (Jane Fairfax), Sophie Thompson (Miss Bates), James Cosmo (Mr Weston), Denys Hawthorne (Mr Woodhouse), Phyllida Law (Mrs Bates), Kathleen Byron (Mrs Goddard), Edward Woodall (Robert Martin), Brett Miley (little boy), Brian Capron (John Knightley), Karen Westwood (Isabella), Paul Williamson (footman), Rebecca Craig (Miss Martin), Angela Down (Mrs Cole), John Franklyn Robbins (Mr Cole), Ruth Jones (Bates maid)