10 Secrets From The Making Of Sense & Sensibility
Georgia Oakley’s adaptation centers the Dashwoods’ financial insecurity and the social limits facing women, while keeping the romance intact.
- On Oct 16, director Georgia Oakley releases a new adaptation of Jane Austen's debut novel 'SENSE AND SENSIBILITY,' bringing a modern, naturalistic perspective to the classic story.
- After their father's death, the Dashwood women—Elinor, Marianne, Margaret, and Balfe—face dire straits in the 19th century, when marriage was the only path to financial security for young women.
- Rising stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay lead the cast, joined by Esm Creed-Miles, Frank Dillane, and Herbert Nordrum, while Oakley and cinematographer Arnaud Potier utilize handheld cameras for authenticity.
- Oakley and writer Diana Reid follow the celebrated 1995 adaptation by director Ang Lee and Emma Thompson, which starred Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman.
- This adaptation translates Austen's themes of longing and social pressure for contemporary audiences, examining how the Dashwood family's financial survival shapes matters of the heart that remain universally relevant.
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More than three decades after Ang Lee's acclaimed adaptation, Georgia Oakley dares to remake Jane Austen's debut novel.
More than three decades after Ang Lee's acclaimed adaptation, Georgia Oakley dares to remake Jane Austen's debut novel.
‘Sense and Sensibility’ Review: Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay Suffuse an Unfussy Jane Austen Adaptation with Earthly Sensuality
Filmmaker Georgia Oakley sticks to the text to often swoony results in an adaptation that may not compare to Ang Lee's, but has plenty fresh to say about Austen's oft-wrought first novel. Also: Watch out for breakout Esmé Creed-Miles as middle-child Marianne Dashwood.
Georgia Oakley’s reinterpretation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is so serious that the audience at a preview in The Hague laughs with relief as soon as a hamming Fiona Shaw appears on screen.
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