Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: A&E EAN: 9780767020305 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0767020308 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 26, 1999 Running Time: 107 minutes Sales Rank: 663 Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 1997
Fun version of Emma!
This is a fun version of Emma. The actors are well selected for the parts and the version is well written. It goes into more depth than the other version and Kate B. is delightful and not irritating as Emma.
The Best Adaptation of Emma...
This movie, although not my favorite of Jane Austin's work, was still a wonderful movie! Compared to the other Emma adaptation, this one was more historically correct. In the one with Paltrow, some of the costumes looked very ridiculous and some of them you wouldn't wear in the regency era.
True to some posts I did feel as if Mr. Knightly was a little hard to get to know, but besides that, I thought all the actors did very well. All in all, this is the best adaptation of Emma so far!
Katie McCurdy
(Author of 'Journey of Faith')
EMMA DVD
I loved the movie and the story in it. It was very well written and directed. I watched it over and over. And I will recommend it to all those who love drama and romance. Great story!
JANE DOES IT AGAIN
THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A LITTLE BUSY BODY...WE ALL KNOW THEM AND JANE AUSTIN'S TALES ARE HAPPENING STILL TODAY WE JUST DON'T TAKE NOTICE UNTIL WE SIT AND WATCH A MOVIE SUCH AS EMMA..THEN WE REALIZE WE KNOW SOME ONE JUST LIKE HER..GREAT MOVIE
Not The Everyman's Emma
I think, to a certain degree, comparison with Douglas McGrath's 1996 movie featuring Gwyneth Paltrow is inevitable. However, I must alert my reader to the fact that - when I praise this alternate version from Diarmuid Lawrence - I do so with the original novel in mind. This mini-series has not a movie's glamour, nor does Kate Beckinsale match Paltrow in beauty. However, with regards to Jane Austen's beloved work, this is undoubtedly the more faithful adaptation. Beckinsale's portrayal is less flighty and silly then Paltrow's... she carries the character's grace perfectly in every scene. The superb Samantha Morton, despite her slimness, is a perfect Harriet Smith; it is hard to make so stupid a girl endearing, but Morton does it with such apparent ... Read More
