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Sense and Sensibility - Diaries | 
 enlarge | Authors: Emma Thompson, Jane Austen
Creator: Clive Coote
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 217220
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0747530602
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9780747530602
ASIN: 0747530602
Publication Date: December 6, 1996
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Lovely lovely Emma October 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Emma Thompson, and I love Sense and Sensibility (both her film and the Austen novel), so I suppose it's no surprise that I really enjoyed reading this diary. As mentioned in other reviews, the camaraderie and fun had by the cast and crew is apparent, and you can really imagine yourself being a part of it all. Useful and warm insight into the film-making process.
N.B. It was mentioned in another review that this is the screenplay and diary combined, which it isn't! That item is also available on Amazon and I would highly recommend for anyone who loves the film or is interested in screenplay writing, as it's a classic adaptation. Famously hardly any of Austen's original words are used, and yet Thompson manages to create something that is completely faithful to the book.
Fantastic!! June 12, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a witty, fascinating, almost fly-on-the-wall account of what it was like to be involved with making Sense & Sensibility. Emma Thompson manages to make you, the reader, feel so welcome as you go on a day to day journey. She has such an easy style of writing. All the witty one-liners made by various members of the cast/crew are hysterical. You sense the camaraderie and almost feel the stress of working on a big budget production while vicariously enjoying the glamourous world of movies and actors. As an Alan Rickman fan, I was delighted with some of the diary entries which include him.
 An entertaining account March 3, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The first half of this book comprises the screenplay, as filmed, for Emma Thompson's film version of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility. If you are familiar with the film you will see that the screenplay is not entirely what eventually appeared on screen, for one reason and another. This is followed by Emma Thompson's diaries, written during the filming. Thompson is very amusing, but at time one wonders how the film ever got made! You also feel a sense of sadness when she describes the final scenes being shot and saying goodbye to people she had been working closely with for months! The book is also lavishly illustrated with colour photographs from the film.
Brilliantly funny October 16, 2004
The moment I started reading I couldn't stop. It is a very funny and yet very sincere book. If you watched S&S, you need to read it, as it will give you a a wonderful view of all that has been going on behind the scenes and therefore make the whole movie even more memorable.
If you think that being an actor is putting on some makeup and clothes and lots of red carpet glory, Emma Thompson will feed you the truth with delightful sincereity.
Thank you Emma for this brilliant book!
It Feels Like Playing a Fly on the Wall September 7, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Emma Thompson gives us a glorious account of what was going on behind the scenes in the making of the film. I especially appreciated the little explanations for us ignorants when she used filmmakers' jargon. The most endearing feature about this book is, though, that it makes those giants in the film business look like real people and we like them all the better for it!
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