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Release Date:
2 August 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Cupid is armed and dangerous!
Plot:
In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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3 nominations
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(3 articles)
Emma B labels Harvey 'old history'
(From digitalspy. 30 April 2008, 4:55 AM, PDT)
Gwyneth Takes Time Out for Her Baby
(From WENN. 4 May 2004)
(From digitalspy. 30 April 2008, 4:55 AM, PDT)
Gwyneth Takes Time Out for Her Baby
(From WENN. 4 May 2004)
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Gwyneth surprises
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Emma Woodhouse | |
| James Cosmo | ... | Mr. Weston | |
| Greta Scacchi | ... | Mrs. Weston | |
| Alan Cumming | ... | Mr. Elton | |
| Denys Hawthorne | ... | Mr. Woodhouse | |
| Sophie Thompson | ... | Miss Bates | |
| Jeremy Northam | ... | Mr. Knightley | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Harriet Smith | |
| Kathleen Byron | ... | Mrs. Goddard | |
| Phyllida Law | ... | Mrs. Bates | |
| Edward Woodall | ... | Mr. Robert Martin | |
| Brett Miley | ... | Little Boy | |
| Brian Capron | ... | John Knightley | |
| Karen Westwood | ... | Isabella Knightley | |
| Paul Williamson | ... | Footman |
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Rated PG for brief mild language.
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Runtime:
121 min | Canada:94 min (Ontario)
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Colour (Technicolor)
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Belgium:KT |
Brazil:12 |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:6 (w) |
Netherlands:AL |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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Mrs. Bates and Miss Bates, mother and daughter in the film, are played by real-life mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson (who are also real-life mother and sister to Academy-Award-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson).
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Revealing mistakes: Harriet runs her fingers along a harp and the sound that is heard is a perfect chord going up a scale, fitting in perfectly with the music that is being played. In reality, it would be virtually impossible to pluck a perfect chord when you run your fingers casually along the strings, and secondly any sound made would be going *down* scale, since she was dragging her fingers that way down the strings.
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Quotes:
Rev. Elton:
Were I not an old married man, I should gladly do the job. But my dancing days are over.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Gwyneth Paltrow/Barenaked Ladies (#24.12)" (1999)
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Soundtrack:
Jacob Hall's Jig
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I have no idea how a Texan (the director, Douglas McGrath) and the American actress Gwyneth Paltrow ever pulled this off but seeing this again will remind you what all the fuss about Ms. Paltrow was in the first place! I had long since gone off the woman and still feel she is rather dull in her Oscar-winning "Shakespeare In Love" performance but she gets all the beats right here--she is nigh on perfect as Emma Woodhouse. She may have won her Oscar for Shakespeare but she should be remembered for this.
Of course, she's surrounded by a great supporting cast including Toni Collette, Greta Scacchi, Juliette Stevenson et al...Jeremy Northam is very appealing as the love interest, even if the script wallows a bit in his declaration of love to Paltrow (in the process, allowing all of the tension to drain out of their relationship); several years on, Ewan's hair is a little easier to take than it was in '96 and, personally, I find puckish Alan Cumming a grating presence in anything nowadays. But the standout is, without a doubt, Sophie Thompson (sister of Emma Thompson, daughter of Phyllida Law) as Miss Bates; what this version needs is a scene where Emma reconciles with Miss Bates, as she is the character to whose fate we are drawn. The film is worth watching (again even) for her performance alone.
All in all, this has aged wonderfully with charm to spare and more than enough subtlety to sort out the British class system. Well worth a rental (because its unlikely that Paltrow will ever be this good again--but we'll always have Emma).