Emma
Emma (1996)
Studio/Network: Meridian Broadcasting, A&E
Producer: Sue Birtwistle
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Screenplay by: Andrew Davies
Soundtrack: Not Available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 1 hr. 47 mins.
Cast (
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Emma Woodhouse - Kate Beckinsale
Mr. Woodhouse - Bernard Gepton
Mr. Knightley - Mark Strong
Mrs. Weston - Samantha Bond
Mr. Weston - James Hazeldine
Mr. Elton - Dominic Rowan
Harriet Smith - Samantha Morton
Miss Bates - Prunella Scales
Mrs. Bates - Sylvia Barter
John Knightley - Guy Henry
Isabella Knightley - Dido Miles
Jane Fairfax - Olivia Williams
Frank Churchill - Raymond Coulthard
Mrs. Elton - Lucy Robinson
Mr. Perry - Peter Howell
Mrs. Goddard - Judith Coke
Robert Martin - Alistair Petrie
Elizabeth Martin - Phoebe Welles-Cooper
Miss Otway - Tabby Harris
Thomas - Neville Phillips
Henry Knightley - Sunny Jim Dickson
Emma (1996)
Studio/Network: Miramax Films
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Steven Haft
Director: Douglas McGrath
Screenplay by: Douglas McGrath
Soundtrack: Available on CD
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 2 hrs.
Cast (
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Emma Woodhouse - Gwyneth Paltrow
Mr. Weston - James Cosmo
Mrs. Weston - Greta Scacchi
Mr. Elton - Alan Cumming
Mr. Woodhouse - Denys Hawthorne
Miss Bates - Sophie Thompson
Harriet Smith - Toni Collette
Mr. Knightley - Jermey Northam
Mrs. Goddard - Kathleen Byron
Mrs. Bates - Phyllida Law
Mr. Martin - Edward Woodall
Little Boy - Brett Miley
John Knightley - Brian Capron
Isabella Knightley - Karen Westwood
Footman - Paul Williamson
Jane Fairfax - Polly Walker
Miss Martin - Rebecca Craig
Frank Churchill - Ewan McGregor
Mrs. Cole - Angela Down
Mr. Cole - John Franklyn Robbins
Mrs. Elton - Juliet Stevenson
Bates' Maid - Ruth Jones
Clueless (1995)
Studio/Network: Paramount Pictures
Producers: Robert Lawrence, Scott Rudin
Director: Amy Heckerling
Screenplay by: Amy Heckerling
Soundtrack: Available on CD
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 1 hrs. 37 mins.
Official Site (Paramount)
Cast (
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Cher - Alicia Silverstone
Dionne - Stacey Dash
Tai - Brittany Murphy
Josh - Paul Rudd
Murray - Donald Faison
Amber - Elisa Donovan
Travis - Breckin Meyer
Elton - Jeremy Sisto
Mel Hamilton - Dan Hedaya
Lucy - Aida Linares
Mr. Wendell Hall - Wallace Shawn
Miss Toby Geist - Twink Caplan
Christian - Justin Walker
Paroudasm - Sabastian Rashidi
Principal - Herb Hall
Ms. Stoeger - Julie Brown
Heather - Susan Mohun
Summer - Nicole Bilderback
DMV Tester - Ron Orbach
Lawrence - Sean Holland
College Guy - Roger Kabler
Robber - Jace Alexander
Logan - Josh Lozoff
Priest - Carl Gottlieb
Student - Joseph D. Reitman
Bartender - Anthony Beninati
Emma (1972)
Studio/Network: BBC
Producers: Martin Lawrence
Director: John Glenister
Screenplay by: Denis Constanduros
Soundtrack: Not Available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 4 hrs. 30 mins.
Cast (
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Emma Woodhouse - Doran Godwin
Mr. Knightley - John Carson
Mr. Woodhouse - Donald Eccles
Miss Bates - Constance Chapman
Harriet Smith - Debbie Bowen
Mr. Elton - Timothy Peters
Mrs. Weston - Ellen Dryden
Mr. Weston - Raymond Adamson
Mrs. Goddard - Mollie Sugden
Williams - Vivenne Moore
Robert Martin - John Alkin
Isabella Knightley - Meg Gleed
John Knightley - John Kelland
Knightley Childeren - The Tighe Family
Frank Churchill - Robert East
Jane Fairfax - Ania Marson
Mrs. Bates - Mary Holder
Mrs. Cole - Hilda Fenemore
Shop Assistant - Norman Atkyns
Mrs. Elton - Fiona Walker
Mrs. Ford - Lala Lloyd
Betty Bickerton - Marian Tanner
Patty - Amber Thomas
Gypsy boy - Sam Williams
Musicians: Tom McCall, David Butt, Christopher Greene
Further Reading
An Invitation to the Dance and a Proposal of Marriage: Jane Austen's Emma and Two Film Adaptations, by Nora Foster Stovel
"Emma on Film" is the subject of a special edition of JASNA's journal
Persuasions On-Line Occasional Papers No. 3. The essays provide in-depth discussions of film adaptations of the novel.
Metaphors of Control: Physicality in Emma and Clueless, by Sue Parrill
Austen Power, a review by Kenneth Turan of The Making of Jane Austen's Emma and Jane Austen's Emma on Television: A Study of a BBC Classic Serial