Search - Sense and Sensibility on DVD

Sense and Sensibility

Actor(s): Tracey Childs, Irene Richard, Robert Swann
Director(s): Rodney Bennett
11

Movie Details

Movie Release: 1981
DVD Release: 08/24/2004
Format: DVD
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 54 mins
Studio: BBC Warner
Members Wishing: 0
Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Period Film

DVD Synopsis

Ten years before Jane Austen's novel -Sense and Sensibility was transformed into a lavish theatrical feature by director Ang Lee, the property was adapted as a rather less lavish but no less entertaining British TV miniseries. Irene Richard and Tracy Childs starred as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two attractive sisters from a prominent British family. When the Dashwoods go broke after the death of their father, the flighty Marianne and the more reserved (and, need we add, more intelligent) Elinor go on an exhaustive search for proper, and properly wealthy, husbands. Sense and Sensibility was served up in three 60-minute portions by the BBC. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Actors

Tracey Childs - Marianne Dashwood
Irene Richard - Elinor Dashwood
Robert Swann - Colonel Brandon

Member Movie Reviews

Aimee M. (AimeeM) wrote on 2/4/2008...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Honestly, this version disappointed me for one reason: it just didn't seem like the characters could love each other. There was no "Chemistry" if you know what I mean. In other versions you can identify with the characters and see why each loved the other.
In this one all they do is talk... and don't really feel.
The only feeling person happens to be the guy who ends up who running off and breaking Marianne's heart.
So in short, this version is not my favorite.