Emma

Director: Douglas McGrath

Overview

Based on a comic novel by 19th century author Jane Austen's , this medium-budget romance features charming, sprightly humor chronicles the painful lessons learned by a well-meaning, over-confident upper class young woman who honestly believes she has the power to find a proper mate for anyone. Miss Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, bright and a bit of a know-it-all.. Living on a beautiful country estate with her daft father, she prides herself on her ability to repair broken hearts and to help others find romantic bliss. She would use many words to describe herself, but meddlesome busybody, are not among them. Still that is exactly what she is. Her latest venture is to find a proper husband for lovely Harriet Smith, a woman of undistinguished breeding. With all the subtly of a run-away cart Emma begins trying to fix poor Harriet, who is actually in love with a kindly young farmer, up with the dubious Reverend Elton, who secretly loves the unaware Emma. Somehow, Emma gets her scheme working with Swiss-watch precision until dashing, loquacious Frank Churchill and taciturn, exotic Jane Fairfax show up to throw a spanner in her carefully orchestrated works. Things become quite tangled until the handsome family friend, Mr. Knightly gives Emma a serious heart-to-heart chat.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/15/2011
UPC:	0031398137399
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	PG
Source:	Miramax Lionsgate
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	9,612

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gwyneth Paltrow	Emma Woodhouse
Jeremy Northam	Mr. Knightly
Toni Collette	Harriet Smith
Greta Scacchi	Mrs. Weston
Alan Cumming	Rev. Elton
Juliet Stevenson	Mrs. Elton
Ewan McGregor	Frank Churchill
Polly Walker	Jane Fairfax
Sophie Thompson	Miss Bates
Phyllida Law	Mrs. Bates
James Cosmo	Mr. Weston
Denys Hawthorne	Mr. Woodhouse
Brian Capron	John Knightley
Karen Westwood	Isabella
Rebecca Craig	Miss Martin
Rachel Portman	Composer
Paul Williamson	Footman
Douglas	Actor
Kathleen Byron	Mrs. Goddard
Edward Woodall	Mr. Robert Martin
Brett Miley	Little Boy
Angela Down	Mrs. Cole
John Franklyn-Robbins	Mr. Cole
Ruth Jones	Bates' Maid
Lee Boardman	Dancer

Technical Credits

Jane Austen

Doug McGrath

Patrick Cassavetti	Producer
Donna Gigliotto	Executive Producer
Steven Haft	Producer,Producer
Mary Selway	Casting
Sarah Trevis	Casting
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Donna Gigliotti	Producer,Executive Producer
Jane Austen	Screenwriter
John Swinnerton	Special Effects
Brian Blamey	Sound Effects
Robert Farr	Sound Effects
Donna Grey	Producer
Doug McGrath	Screenwriter
Chris Munro	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Emma
1. Program Start [:17]
2. Opening Credits [4:49]
3. A Handsome Friend [2:45]
4. Mr. Elton's Heart [1:41]
5. Miss Smith [3:01]
6. A Revealing Chat [5:06]
7. Posing for the Portrait [4:28]
8. Wrong Target [5:12]
9. Riddle Interruption [8:39]
10. Christmas Eve Party [6:27]
11. Confession To A Friend [1:50]
12. Sad News For Harriet [2:30]
13. The Bates Sisters [3:55]
14. Awkward Moment [5:33]
15. The Coles' Party [1:48]
16. Love Misunderstanding [3:51]
17. Looking Out For Jane [15:37]
18. The Ball [10:19]
19. Picnic Impertinence [8:26]
20. Missing The Target [6:37]
21. Dispelling Thoughts [1:56]
22. Knightley Returns [4:31]
23. Declaration Of Love [5:39]
24. A Final Match [1:43]
25. The Wedding [:50]
26. End Credits [3:07]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Emma
Chapter Selection
Captions
English For The Hearing Impaired
Captions: None
Bonus Materials
Theatrical Trailer
Additional Titles
The English Patient
Good Will Hunting
Sling Blade
Play

Editorial Reviews

In this 1996 adaptation of a Jane Austen novel of the same name, American actress Gwyneth Paltrow is ever so English, because she has nailed not only the upper-class British accent but also the upper-class British bearing and demeanor. As Emma Woodhouse, she thinks she is all-wise about everyone's romantic longings and plays puppeteer to manipulate eligible men and women into marriageable position. Ironically, the person she knows least about -- and the person with the most interesting matrimonial possibilities -- is herself. The audience suspects that Emma and the handsome George Knightley (Jeremy Northam) will eventually pair up, but then again there is always the dashing Frank Churchill (Ewan McGregor). Meanwhile, director and scriptwriter Douglas McGrath centers the action on other romantic intrigues, as well as gentle satire and drawing-room wit and repartee. Toni Collette shines as the naive and gullible Harriet Smith, the focus of matchmaking gone wrong, and Juliet Stevenson becomes vanity personified as Mrs. Elton.