Emma (A&E, 1997)
by Diarmuid Lawrence
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Actor: Bernard Hepton, James Hazeldine, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong, Samantha BondDirector: Diarmuid Lawrence
Brand: A&E
Cinematographer: Remi Adefarasin
Producer: Delia Fine
Producer: Joy Spink
Producer: Simon Lewis
Producer: Sue Birtwistle
Writer: Andrew Davies
Writer: Jane Austen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
Published: 1997-01-01
DVD Release Date: 1999-10-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Reviews of Emma (A&E, 1997)
DVD Review: Pitch-perfect Emma
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Kate Beckinsale as an actress (pre-Underworld!) and this is a far better adaptation than the Paltrow version, though it got overshadowed by it. Admittedly her Mr. Knightly is not as yummy as Jeremy Northam, but her performance is pitch perfect and the simmer of passion under the surface is just right. Her awakening to her own faults and her relationship with Harriet is also very well done. Another wonderful British adaptation of an English literary classic.DVD Review: A Sunny Jane Austen
Summary: 4 Stars
As much as I loved and appreciated PBS' recent compilation of all the Jane Austen novels, when I made my purchase of "Emma," I chose the 1996 Kate Beckinsale version primarily because I didn't like the actor who played Mr. Knightly. He portrayed Knightly the same way that he had played Jane Tennison's disagreeable boss in "Prime Suspect 6", and I missed Jeremy Northam's lighter touch.
And guess who plays Mr. Knightly in the Beckinsale version? Mark Strong---the same actor who acted in the recent film.
Fortunately, this "Emma" was filmed 8 years before "Prime Suspect 6" and Mr. Strong, though still more grumpy than Northam is warmer and more human in his scenes than in the newer version. And the actress who plays Mrs. Elton is almost as annoying to the audience as she is to the characters in the story.
But Kate Beckinsale is charming and a joy to watch throughout. I wasn't familiar with her work before this and I'm surprised that she's not a better known actress, although part of the appeal of the BBC series is that they employ lesser known actors so that they are more believable in their parts.
I love "Emma." I loved the movie and I love this version . I wonder why those of us so completely ensconced in the 20th and now the 21st Century should so adore Jane Austen and her stories, which are firmly set in the early 19th Century.
I wouldn't give up my computer or my TV, my movies, or my more sophisticated novels and yet I love this link with the past and I suppose two hundred years from now a 23rd Century woman, an explorer on Mars perhaps, will love Jane Austen and her work as much as I do.
DVD Review: Lovely and entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this movie very much. Although I had seen it previously I enjoyed watching it again and enough to purchase it for future viewing. The acting is good and the story is very sweet. DVD Review: Emma - miss matchmaker
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoyed this film but I was looking for a different version that I prefered.DVD Review: My Review
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoy this product it arrived promptly and is an excellent movie. It is true to the Jane Austen novels while still allowing for the directors and writers own creative input. I would recommend this product to anyone.
Description of Emma (A&E, 1997)
Emma woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend harriet and so causes her to come to grief. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/29/2000 Starring: Kate Beckinsale Mark Strong Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Diarmuid LawrenceSimilar to the equally excellent Valmont, this version of Jane Austen's classic novel had the misfortune of following a sumptuous big-star version with Gwyneth Paltrow, which was released the summer before. And, just as 1989's Valmont suffered comparisons with Dangerous Liaisons, inevitably these Emmas were held up next to one another.
This delicious Emma concerns a young woman of financial substance (Kate Beckinsale), who fancies herself a matchmaker, especially with shy Miss Harriet Smith (Samantha Morton, who also appears in A&E's Jane Eyre). In Emma's swirling world of social activity and social consciousness, one's position and stature is a constant preoccupation. But to her credit, Emma, albeit a busybody, has compassion for all classes, and for her kindly but hypochondriacal father (Bernard Hepton).
This miniseries is more subtle than the grand theatrical release, is truer to the novel, and gives a richer explanation of the relationship between Emma associates Jane Fairfax (beautiful Olivia Williams of Rushmore) and the duplicitous Frank Churchill (Raymond Coulthard). Of course, at the center, as in all Austen stories, is the romance between the unsuspecting leading lady and an unlikely, but wholly suitable gentleman. In this case, it's Emma and her brother-in-law, the righteous (as played here) Mr. Knightley (Mark Strong). Strong's Mr. Knightley is more reserved, less coy than Jeremy Northam's; he plays Knightley more like Mr. Darcy (the leading man in Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which A&E also offers in a wonderful miniseries). Beckinsale proves to be utterly delightful and in no way should this excellent adaptation be ignored. --N.F. Mendoza
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