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Emma [Videorecording] / Miramax Films presents a Matchmaker Films production ; a Haft Entertainment production.

Contributor(s): McGrath, Douglas [drt, aus.] | Portman, Rachel [cmp.] | Paltrow, Gwyneth [act.] | Collette, Toni [act.] | Cumming, Alan, 1965- [act.] | McGregor, Ewan, 1971- [act.] | Northam, Jeremy [act.] | Scacchi, Greta [act.] | Stevenson, Juliet [act.] | Walker, Polly [act.] | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma | Miramax Films | Matchmaker Films | Haft Entertainment (Firm)Material type: FilmFilmReference number:36735484Publisher number: 9677Publication details: [United States] : Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997] Description: 1 videocassette (VHS)(121 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 inISBN: 0788806408 :Subject(s): Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Film and video adaptatons | Young women -- England -- Drama | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama | Feature filmsProduction credits: Costume designer, Ruth Myers ; music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Lesley Walker ; director of photography, Ian Wilson ; producers, Steven Haft, Patrick Cassavetti ; writer/director, Douglas McGrath.Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Northam, Greta Scacchi, Juliet Stevenson, Polly Walker.Summary: Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new proteg�ee, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification.
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Based on the novel by Jane Austen.

Video release of the 1996 motion picture.

Reformatted to fit TV screen.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Northam, Greta Scacchi, Juliet Stevenson, Polly Walker.

Costume designer, Ruth Myers ; music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Lesley Walker ; director of photography, Ian Wilson ; producers, Steven Haft, Patrick Cassavetti ; writer/director, Douglas McGrath.

Rated PG.

Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new proteg�ee, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification.

VHS format; hi-fi Dolby surround stereo; digitally mastered.

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