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The story follows the dashwood sisters, members of a wealthy english family of landed gentry, as they must deal with circumstances of sudden destitution. Emma thompson, english actress and screenwriter, noted for her sophisticated and witty performances and later for her awardwinning scripts. In the 1991 film impromptu, hugh grant stars as the famous pianist and composer frederic chopin. Hugh grant dishes on the female costars who despise him. When it comes to discussing his former costars, hugh grant is not only honest but also hilarious. For the first time i realise that she is on the same level as emma thompson.

If you were female and born between the years of the late 1960s and early 1980s, you probably remember the film, lady jane. But austens greatest hit of 1995 was sense and sensibility, an adaptation of her oftenforgotten first novel. The top 20 movies starring emma thompson flickchart. With judy davis, hugh grant, mandy patinkin, bernadette peters. In this 1991 britishamerican period film, emma thompson plays host to 19thcentury country house shenanigans for the artistic luminaries of the day including hugh grant as an improbably healthy chopin heres a glimpse of the amazingness. When it comes to jane austen adaptations, few are as beloved as 1995s sense and sensibility. The sense and sensibility screenplay and diaries quotes by.

Grant plays him dandyish and proper but not effete, though being hugh grant he always looks much too healthy to be the delicate composer. With her uncanny ability to combine humor and poignancy, actresswriter emma thompson rose from the london stage to international film and television acclaim. Four weddings actress charlotte is dead at 33 telegraph. One character describes her in impromptu, as that graveyard. Impromptu 1991 film impromptu is a 1991 britishamerican period drama film directed by james lapine, written by sarah kernochan, produced by daniel a. I especially liked kate winslets marianne and alan rickmans brandon. When asked about emma thompson, hugh was essentially able to have graham norton confirm his comment for him since he knew her as well. The rest of the cast are all notable actors playing notable nineteenth century europeans, with emma thompson particularly fun as a ditzy duchess. Emma thompsons 10 best movies hugh grants first leading roles, and he was virtually unknown in the u. Even though they broke up due to undisclosed reasons, they continue to stay friends and share immense respect for each others work.

Emma thompson has done a fine job of the script, not slavishly remaining faithful to the book but not abandoning it either. Emma thompson, a frequent costar of hugh grant, also appears in the film as duchess dantan. His career spans three decades, being recognised as an international star since 1994. The trauma has somehow given her nightmares that show her glimpses into the past, and an unsolved murder from before she was born. Hugh grant revisits regrettable comments about such co. Best quotes from emma thompsons sense and sensibility. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. She won academy awards for best actress for howards end 1992 and for adapted screenplay for sense and sensibility 1995. Sherkow and stuart oken, and starring hugh grant as frederic chopin and judy davis as george sand. Branagh plays a private investigator trying to figure out the identity of a mysterious woman emma suffering from amnesia. They are forced to seek financial security through marriage. Graham norton went down the same list to apparently give hugh grant a chance to confirm, deny or even change his opinion on quite a few of them.

He has received a golden globe award and a british academy film award. She embarked on her professional journey by performing as an onstage comedienne but garnered early success, thanks to her poignant performances in bbc tv series tutti frutti and fortunes of war. Emma thompson british actresses british actors greg wise female comedians josephine baker hugh grant fun diy crafts katharine hepburn. Alongside her thenhusband, revered shakespearian actordirector kenneth branagh, she impressed with early film work in such projects as henry v 1989 and dead again 1991. Emma met northern irish actor, kenneth branagh on the sets of the tv mini. Emma thompson in impromptu 1991 emma thompson, movie. From madison square garden, new york koncert hidden secrets of. I dont know who you are, so no offense, but emma thompson is probably better than you. Emma thompson s performance is almost good enough to make you forget that she is far to old for the part.

Emma thompson is indisputably considered as one of the leading actresses to have straddled contemporary british cinema. In 1830s france, pianistcomposer frederic chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name george sand. The entire crew heads off to the summer estate of the duke and duchess dantan anton rodgers and emma thompson, invited there by the culturevulture hosts. The film engages in a sexual roundelay among sands judy davis many. With kenneth branagh, emma thompson, andy garcia, lois hall. A fine film about art which recognizes the most important thing about art, that it is a reflection of life. Her public and intimate scenes are both magnificent. Any film that puts bernadette peters and mandy patinkin together is a winner in my book those of us who are theatre junkies are aware of their previous marvellous collaborations, but this film manages to include emma thompson, judy davis, julian sands, and hugh grant. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.

Emma thompson was in a relationship with hugh laurie, emma confessed their mutual attraction while they were studying at cambridge. The film engages in a sexual roundelay among sands judy davis many friends eugene delacroix ralph brown, alfred demusset mandy patinkin, franz liszt julian sands, and frederick chopin. Starring emma thompson and kate winslet, the film garnered seven academy award nominations, with emma thompson taking home the oscar for best adapted screenplay from her role as screenwriter, as well as playing the lead character. Thompson returned to cinema in 1991, playing a frivolous aristocrat in impromptu with judy davis and hugh grant. Her mother is the scottish actress phyllida law, her english father, eric thompson, was the writer and narrator of. Emma thompson wrote the screenplay and stars as elinor dashwood, while kate winslet plays elinors younger sister marianne. Charlotte coleman, the actress best known for her part as hugh grants flatmate in the film four weddings and a funeral, has died at the age of 33, apparently from a severe asthma attack. Judy davis stars as french novelist george sand in this romantic comedy, set among a looseknit society of writers, artists and composers living in mid19th century europe. There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty. Dead again 1991 emma thompson and kenneth branagh cross the pond and play americans in this clever mystery. Hugh john mungo grant september 9, 1960 hammersmith, london, england, uk. Hugh grant and the others, right down to the bit parts, are all perfect or as near as one can expect.