The Shirlington Screens series "Films of Ang Lee" kicks off with "Sense and Sensibility" [1995]. Rated PG, 135 minutes. Starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman. Thompson received an Academy Award for her screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s first novel about two sisters: pragmatic, ironic Elinor and passionate, willful Marianne. Their struggle to find romantic happiness in an early 19th century English society obsessed with financial and social stature is a warm-hearted drama.
When
Wed May 12, 2010 6:30pm – 9pm Eastern Time - New York
