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A BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's famous novel. Sisters Elinor (Irene Richard) and Marianne (Tracey Childs) Dashwood lose their family fortune to spiteful relatives, and are forced to seek out suitable husbands in order to survive. While Marianne falls for the heartless John Willoughby (Peter Woodward), Elinor finds herself attracted to Edward Ferrars (Bosco Hogan), who is himself betrothed to Lucy Steele (Julia Chambers). Will the sisters find the romance they are hoping for? Review: Superb BBC production probably the best - This in my mind although being an older production is the best adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Tracey child is amazing in it. Review: but that's the way I like it. This new DVD version has a sharper ... - I much prefer this adaptation to the Emma Thompson film and the more recent TV serialisation. I think it sticks more closely to Jane Austen's book, which would usually have been read aloud in the family circle. OK, it's quite slow-moving and maybe old-fashioned in its approach, but that's the way I like it. This new DVD version has a sharper picture and clearer sound than the previous VHS version which it replaces. I'm very pleased that it's still available, and I hope that the 1970s adaptation of "Persuasion" will follow suit.
| Contributor | Irene Richard, Rodney Bennett, Tracey Childs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 190 Reviews |
| Format | Colour, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, PAL, Subtitled |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | 2 Entertain Video |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Publication date | 7 Nov. 2005 |
| Runtime | 3 hours and 3 minutes |
W**N
Superb BBC production probably the best
This in my mind although being an older production is the best adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Tracey child is amazing in it.
S**R
but that's the way I like it. This new DVD version has a sharper ...
I much prefer this adaptation to the Emma Thompson film and the more recent TV serialisation. I think it sticks more closely to Jane Austen's book, which would usually have been read aloud in the family circle. OK, it's quite slow-moving and maybe old-fashioned in its approach, but that's the way I like it. This new DVD version has a sharper picture and clearer sound than the previous VHS version which it replaces. I'm very pleased that it's still available, and I hope that the 1970s adaptation of "Persuasion" will follow suit.
E**H
very good
Beautifully produced period drama, but lacking in good music throughout. Very good acting, and filming. And of course Austen's story is an uplifting one, which tends one to want to see it not just once!
H**T
UK Version Superb
I bought this film to fill in all the ridiculous cuts made for showing on American television. This version is the one I always come back to as truest to Jane Austen's book (even without the third sister). The actors are superb, the film and sound have been refined into a quite wonderful experience. The sellers price is affordable, packaging excellent, and delivery timely. Several friends and family members had/have this product from the same seller with great satisfaction.
J**N
A bit wooden and dated, but saved by Tracey Childs
This BBC production was made in 1981, and it looks like it. It looks very wooden next to the thrilling Oscar-winning Emma Thomson version that hit cinema screens 12 years later, and was eclipsed again by the BBC's superb 2003 production (starring Hattie Morahan). Both offer a much more lively and colourful retelling than we get here. The 1981 and 2003 versions stay very close to the novel, though the 2003 version enacts some material that Austen alludes to in Willoughby's back-story. The acting in this version is fine, given how classics were "done" at the time. Looking at it over 30 years later, the interplay of the characters seems jarringly stilted and prim, with actors making their speeches as if it were Macbeth. It is a thing of its time, not wrong for its time, but its treatment of the subject has long since been abandoned. The central figures - the Dashwood sisters - are so frosty and cheerless, you wonder if the script writers actually read the novel. Where is the sisterly warmth, and the humour? Indeed, where is the "comedy of manners" that is synonymous with Austen? You get none of it here. What you do get is serious moody, with hardly a grin anywhere. Even the romantic scenes are played with tense and desperate angst that seems to come from nowhere. Tracey Childs, who was a mere 18 at the time, saved the whole thing. She played Marianne with the same simpering moodiness that depresses the whole series, but she was very attractive in 1981. It was what struck me most when I watched it back then as a teenager myself. Her constant gasping earnestness and quivering lip were certainly not in the novel, but thank goodness she did it, because she carried the series along from start to end. Gushing, certainly, but that look was pure period - it could have come straight out of a Reynolds painting. Quite why she only did two more costume dramas after this, I can't imagine. She did Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) and Jane Eyre (1983), before settling in to appear in just about every popular British TV soap there has ever been since the 1980s. Her looks have faded since then, but in her youth she burned more brightly than just about anyone had a right to hope for. Stars aside, this series is a worthy production, and a nice addition to a costume drama DVD collection, but it's one that you have to stick with to get into, and it makes no effort to win your affection. It also has one of the most boring opening credit sequences imaginable (the Dashwood sisters rocking very-very slowly on a see-saw, while looked very-very bored at each other). Personally, I'd watch this through, and then watch the 2003 version, otherwise you may find this older one a bit lacking.
S**E
Une admirable adaptation de Jane Austen
Je suis Français et ne comprends pas très bien l'anglais, mais j'aime beaucoup Jane Austen. Je trouve que cette adaptation du livre" le Coeur et la Raison" (Sense and Sensibility) est la meilleure que je connaisse (j'ai trois adaptations). Elle respecte bien le livre, et les deux personnages principaux (Elinor et Marianne) sont excellents. Beaucoup des personnages secondaires sont très bons aussi. On suit assez bien les dialogues grâce au sous-titrage en Anglais (quand on connaît bien le livre). I am French and i undestand not well English, but i love Jane Austen. I think this adaptation of Sense and Sensibility is the best i know. It respect very well Jane Austen. Tracey Childs and Irene Richard are excellent.
L**R
cringeworthy
I didnt think i would find any adaptation of my favorite novel unwatchable and boring but this is. It makes the other adaptations look even better. Im sorry i wasted time trying to watch this.
S**N
Lighter version is better
Would recommend to buy the later version from the BBC
L**L
Great price
Movie, priced just right.
H**E
Une version réduite à une romance
Ce film plaît, d'après les commentaires, et je ne veux pas décourager les clients. Mais on ne peut pas dire qu'il est le plus fidèle au roman de Jane Austen. Tout d'abord, un personnage a été supprimé, et non des moindres malgré les apparences: Margaret est une jeune fille à la limite de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, mais si l'on est attentif à ses propos, son importance paraît essentielle: elle est observatrice, et l'on sait la place de l'observation pour J Austen (quoique certains spectateurs, ayant peu ou mal lu son oeuvre, peuvent l'ignorer). Bien plus, quant sa belle-soeur l'interroge sur son avenir, elle répond vouloir être romancière. Excusez du peu ! En la supprimant, on enlève un élément essentiel de la narration austenienne, l'ironie présente de manière implicite ici dans ce regard décalé de l'enfant. Ensuite, s'il est vrai que J Austen s'attache essentiellement aux héroïnes féminines, ce n'est pas vraiment au détriment des personnages masculins, dans la mesure où ceux-ci existent assez dans le roman pour avoir permis à Colin Firth (Darcy en 1995) et David Morrissey (Brandon en 2008) d'étoffer leur personnage à partir du remarquable travail de réinterprétation d'Andrew Davies; cette réinterprétation, nécessaire pour passer de l'écrit à l'écran, ne trahit pas l'oeuvre. Les hommes aimés par les deux héroïnes doivent paraître dignes d'elles. Brandon en particulier est un sujet essentiel dans l'oeuvre et plus généralement dans la littérature: c'est un amoureux entièrement oblatif, qui aime sans rien attendre en retour, de façon entière et absolue. On Il ne s'agit pas pour autant d'un héros romantique, car son comportement correspond à ce que l'on peut en un sens considérer comme le "programme" énoncé dans le titre du roman: raison et sensibilité ne sont pas opposées, mais alliées, contrairement à la vision exaltée de Marianne au début. On ne sait pas si Austen connaissait l'oeuvre du philosophe Locke, mais le thème de cette correspondance est présent dans la pensée des Lumières, dont elle est une brillante héritière. Brandon n'a rien du héros romantique imaginé par Marianne, et que Willoughby singe sans le réaliser; pour l'auteur, il est irréalisable, ce n'est présent dans ce roman que comme un pur fantasme de Marianne. N'oublions pas que c'est Brandon qui révèle à Elinor et à Marianne la vraie nature de libertin de Willoughby. Cet aspect du personnage est atténué dans les films, conformément à la vision que Marianne s'en donne à la fin, ou que ses proches lui donnent pour lui épargner la honte. Mais le roman est sans ambigüité à ce sujet La fin du livre il est vrai, ne rend pas justice à l'évolution de Marianne, telle qu'exprimée dans le long long monologue où elle fait son examen de conscience. Ce sont en effet sa mère et sa soeur qui accordent sa main au colonel. Mais ce qu'Austen appelle ironiquement le destin extraordinaire de son héroïne, c'est justement une vie ordinaire, comme la souhaite pour lui-même Edward Ferrars au début du film de 2008, dans un entretien avec Elinor, et comme Austen la défend dans ses romans: prétendre à incarner l'exception est le fait des médiocres, réduits à poursuivre des projets d'ascension sociale, comme John Dashwood. Enfin le jeu des comédiennes est réduit quant à l'expressivité, celui d'Elinor en particulier, souvent assez fade. Comment rendre, en effet, le stoïcisme de l'héroïne quand on a effacé toute la dimension éthique, c'est-à-dier philosophique, du récit? Cette dimension se réduit ici à une simple morale, assez commune. Son travail de dessinatrice est absent, ce qui correspond à la réduction du personnage à la protagoniste d'une romance; son existence paraît purement sentimentale, fidèle aux sentiments amoureux et familiaux. On ne peut donc considérer cette adaptation comme la meilleure que si l'on réduit Jane Austen à une auteure d romances.
J**Y
quick delivery and good product
DVD came promptly. I actually meant to order the Emma Thompson version, but didn’t check. This is a BBC version, but very good as all BBC productions are. Will order Emma version another time
A**R
Jane Austin collector must have
I am a Jane Austin fan. This is a must have movie for anyone’s collection . This version is different in that it is not motion picture format . This version is more theatrical episodes. This version takes oneself more into the written word.
L**R
Great movie
Video was shipped promptly and quality is very good this is the best version of the novel
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