Jane Austen Movie Throwdown

This week's throwdown asks you to choose your favorite Elinor Dashwood: the witty, charming, and talented Emma Thompson, or quietly beautiful and talented Hattie Morahan. Let the votes begin!

Favorite Elinor Dashwood

Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility, 1995

An academy award winning actress when she played Elinor, Emma "scored one of her biggest hits with Sense and Sensibility, a pleasing, literate adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Thompson not only stars as Elinor Dashwood but also scripted—and earned an Academy Award for her effort—lending to the material a refreshing contemporary air." - Film Reference

Hattie Morahan, Sense and Sensibility, 2007

Interviewed by Jasper Rees from the Telegraph.Uk.Com, Hattie Morahan said about her role as Elinor, "People would say, 'Why are they making it again?' I kept saying, 'It was 12 years ago.' I deliberately didn't watch the film again and decided not to think about Emma Thompson. Because you would go mad. It would distort your work. I thought, it'll be original by virtue of the fact that it's me doing it and there is only one me."

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Favorite Elinor Dashwood

Emma Thompson Hattie Morahan

Posted by Vic, Jane Austen's World

Masterpiece's Sense and Sensibility Concludes on Sunday

Don't miss the dramatic conclusion of Masterpiece Classic's presentation of Sense and Sensibility (2008) on Sunday, February 8th at 9:00 pm.

Elinor Dashwood wanted viewers to know that after the conclusion of Sense and Sensibility she has a new gig at The Jane Austen Centre in Bath as a stand-in double for the Jane Austen statue. You can find her most days filling in for Miss Austen during her lunch breaks and book signings.

Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose

Get Ready for Masterpiece Classic’s Rebroadcast of Sense and Sensibility

Tune in to PBS this Sunday to enjoy the rebroadcast of the award winning adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility presented on Masterpiece Classic on February 1st and 8th at 9:00 pm (check your local listings). This new 2008 production was scripted by Andrew Davies and stars Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield as sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood and was well received by critics and the Austen community.

Following the Sunday presentation, join Professor Joan Ray, JASNA Past President, for an online discussion about the adaptation February 2nd - 13th at the Barnes & Noble Classics Book Club website. Just visit the Barnes & Noble Book Clubs at their online website, register for free and join the discussion. Prof. Ray is the author of Jane Austen for Dummies and a very popular guest speaker.

Brush up on the production with these resources

Sense and Sensibility – Masterpiece Classic official web site

Sense and Sensibility: Cast Preview – Austenprose

Reviews

Sense and Sensibility 2008 Makes Wonderful Sense For the Most Part – Jane Austen’s World

Withstanding Sense, or Sensibility: Review of Episode One – Austenprose

Sense and Sensibility: Conflict of Heart Over Head: Episode Two - Austenprose

Cheers, Laurel Ann, Austenprose

Sense & Sensibility: The Female Actors

Hattie Morahan: Elinor Dashwood
Trivia: Did you know that Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility) and Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park) are engaged? Stay tuned for wedding announcements, and learn more about Hattie in the links below.

Hattie Morahan: Five Minute Interview
Biography: Hello Magazine
Hattie Morahan Fansite
AOL Entertainment: Interview With Hattie Morahan



Charity Wakefield: Marianne Dashwood
Trivia: Wakefield’s musical grounding in the piano and her trained soprano singing voice meant that she was able to learn the advanced pieces that the music-loving Marianne performs.

Charity Wakefield Fansite
Biography: Hello Magazine
AOL Entertainment: Interview With Charity
Flickr Photosharing



Janet McTeer: Mrs. Dashwood
Trivia: The lure of horticulture, blossoming flowers and compost may one day drag [Janet] away from the stage: “I sometimes think maybe I’ll give it all up and be a gardener! I’m a bit of a garden freak..."

AllMoviePhoto.com
Articles About Janet McTeer in the New York Times
1999 Interview: Salon.com
The Big Interview: Janet McTeer


Lucy Boynton: Margaret Dashwood
Trivia: Lucy Boynton's original ambition was to work at Battersea Dogs Home, until she won the part of young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter at the age of twelve.

My Lucy, the Film Star
Lucy Boynton: Video of Ballet Shoes
Lucy Boynton Fansite


Other:
Sense and Sensibility Icons
Good Austen Icons: Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility Wallpaper and Header Icons


For my review of Sense and Sensibility, click here.
Posted by Ms. Place