![]() ![]() ![]() To see what Sense and Sensibility was up against, it’s useful to remember that the Oscar-winning Best Picture of 1996 was Mel Gibson’s Braveheart. In other words, Sense and Sensibility used updated versions of early 19th-century heroes to sell emerging ideals of manhood to the late-20th century, at a time when the pro-feminist men’s movement was challenging gender norms in the realm of politics and pop culture. Sense and Sensibility deliberately imbued Austen’s first published heroes with qualities they either didn’t have in the novel or didn’t have to the same degree: egalitarian attitudes toward women, an affection for children, and emotional sensitivity. ![]() Less remembered is the radical way the film elevated its two male characters-Colonel Brandon (played by the late Alan Rickman) and Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant)-beyond their source material. 20 years ago, is best known for its dazzling direction and for Emma Thompson’s Oscar-winning screenplay. When Meth Was an Antidepressant Olga KhazanĪng Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, which premiered in the U.K. ![]()
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