Emma is a 1996 movie based on Jane Austen's novel and stars Gwyneth Paltrow & Alan Cumming. Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum) Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. ... Gwyneth and her father Bruce Paltrow at the Oscars 1999. ... Alan Cumming. ...
Plot
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
Jane Austen's novel Emma (1815) was adapted as a feature film in 1996.
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs.
Bates and Miss Bates were played by real-life mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson (sister of Emma Thompson, who had won critical acclaim the year before with her adaptation of Austen's Sense and Sensibility).
Emma is the second time in about a year that Jane Austen's book of the same name has been adapted.
Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a flighty little matchmaker, never seeking her own marital happiness, but delighting in that of others.
Anyway, Emma finds herself in quite the predicament when she finds her matchmaking blowing up in her face and realizes she herself is falling for various supporting characters.
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