Sense and Sensibility (film)
Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 American period drama film directed by Ang Lee and based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name.
Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay and stars as Elinor Dashwood, while Kate Winslet plays Elinor's younger sister Marianne.
The story follows the Dashwood sisters, members of a wealthy English family of landed gentry, as they must deal with circumstances of sudden destitution.
They are forced to seek financial security through marriage.
Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman play their respective suitors.
The film was released on December 13, 1995, in the United States.
Producer Lindsay Doran, a longtime admirer of Austen's novel, hired Thompson to write the screenplay.
She spent five years drafting numerous revisions, continually working on the script between other films as well as into production of the film itself.
Studios were nervous that Thompson – a first- time screenwriter – was the credited writer, but Columbia Pictures agreed to distribute the film.
Though initially intending to have another actress portray Elinor, Thompson was persuaded to take the role.
Thompson's screenplay exaggerated the Dashwood family's wealth to make their later scenes of poverty more apparent to modern audiences.
It also altered the traits of the male leads to make them more appealing to contemporary viewers.
Elinor and Marianne's different characteristics were emphasised through imagery and invented scenes.
Lee was selected as director, both due to his work in the 1993 film" The Wedding Banquet" and because Doran believed he would help the film appeal to a wider audience.
Lee was given a budget of$ 16 million.
A commercial success, earning$ 135 million worldwide, the film garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews upon release and received many accolades, including three awards and eleven nominations at the 1995 British Academy Film Awards.
It earned seven Academy Awards nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Actress.
Thompson received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the only person to have won Academy Awards for both acting and screenwriting.
" Sense and Sensibility" contributed to a resurgence in popularity for Austen's works, and has led to many more productions in similar genres.
It persists in being recognised as one of the best Austen adaptations of all time.
No Time for Flowers
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr.,( December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000), was an American actor and producer, and a decorated naval officer of World War II.
He is best known for starring in such films as" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1937)," Gunga Din"( 1939) and" The Corsican Brothers"( 1941).
He was the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and was once married to Joan Crawford.
Edward Rose
Edward Rose( 7 August 1849 – 31 December 1904) was an English playwright, best known for his adaptations of novels for the stage, mainly" The Prisoner of Zenda".
He was also the theatre critic for" The Sunday Times".
The Prisoner of the Iron Mask
The Prisoner of the Iron Mask is a 1962 Italian- French swashbuckler film.
It was directed by Francesco De Feo.
Ang Lee
Ang Lee( born 23 October 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker.
Born in the Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States for further study.
His filmmaking career has seen him experience international critical and popular acclaim and a range of accolades.
Lee garnered success with" Pushing Hands"( 1991)," The Wedding Banquet"( 1993), and" Eat Drink Man Woman"( 1994), which explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity, Eastern and Western; the three films are informally known as the Father Knows Best trilogy.
The films garnered Lee success both in his native Taiwan and internationally, precipitating his arrival in Hollywood with" Sense and Sensibility"( 1995), for which he received critical praise and a number of accolades.
He went on to direct films in a broad range of genres, including the drama" The Ice Storm"( 1997); the Western" Ride with the Devil"( 1999); the martial arts" wuxia" drama" Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"( 2000); the superhero blockbuster" Hulk"( 2003); the romantic drama" Brokeback Mountain"( 2005); the erotic espionage period drama" Lust, Caution"( 2007); and the magic realist survival film" Life of Pi"( 2012).
Much of Lee's work is known for its emotional charge and exploration of repressed, hidden emotions, which commentators believe is responsible for his success in offsetting cultural barriers and achieving international recognition.
Lee has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, of which he has won three: Best Foreign Language Film for" Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and Best Director for" Brokeback Mountain" and" Life of Pi", becoming the first non-white person to win the latter.
For" The Wedding Banquet" and" Sense and Sensibility", Lee won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival; for" Brokeback Mountain" and" Lust Caution", he won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Lee is one of four directors to win the Golden Lion twice and the sole filmmaker to have been awarded the Golden Bear twice.
Lee has also been awarded Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe and British Academy Film Awards, among others, and is the recipient of the Order of Brilliant Star, the second highest civilian honor bestowed by the government of Taiwan.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 film version of the classic novel of the same name by Anthony Hope and a remake of the famous 1937 film version and the 1922 silent version as well.
This version was made by Loew's and Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer, directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
The screenplay, attributed to Noel Langley, was nearly word- for- word identical to the one used in the 1937 Ronald Colman version, which was by John L. Balderston, adapted by Wells Root, from the Hope novel and the stage play by Edward Rose, with additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart.
The film stars Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, and James Mason( with Louis Calhern, Robert Douglas, Jane Greer and Robert Coote).
Alfred Newman's 1937 music score was adapted by Conrad Salinger, since Newman was unavailable to work on the film; and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg.
The art direction was by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters and the costume design by Walter Plunkett.
The silent film versions," The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1913) starred James K. Hackett and Beatrice Beckly and" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1922) starred Lewis Stone and Alice Terry.
A comedy version" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1979) starred Peter Sellers and Lynne Frederick.
Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc is a 1996 made for cable movie starring William Shatner and Jonathan Jackson.
It was produced for Showtime Networks under their family division, and first aired September 1996.
The film was written by Rodman Gregg and Richard Clark.
Inspired by the classic 1937 MGM version of" The Prisoner of Zenda", starring Ronald Colman," The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc." was a contemporary version loosely based on the original.
Zenda was the castle in mythical kingdom of Ruritania in the 1937, whereas Zenda Inc. was the name of a computer business empire in the 1996 version.
William Shatner's character of the evil" Uncle Michael", based on Raymond Massey's character Prince Michael in the original, was deftly played with a comedic flair.
The film continued the theme of mistaken identities which was central to the plot of the 1937 MGM classic.
Jackson plays Oliver and his lookalike Rudy( who is named after Prince Rudolf from the original, and in this case is a" Star Trek" fan—a nod to co-star Shatner).
The film also starred American character actor Don S. Davis from the popular television series" Stargate SG- 1".
It was released on VHS under the renamed title" Double Play", but reverted to the original title for the DVD release.
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe( born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Rupert of Hentzau (1923 film)
Rupert of Hentzau is a 1923 American silent adventure film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Bert Lytell, Elaine Hammerstein and Lew Cody.
It is an adaptation of Anthony Hope's 1898 novel" Rupert of Hentzau", the sequel to" The Prisoner of Zenda".

Question: Do both directors of films Sense and Sensibility (film) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film) have the same nationality?
Answer: no