List of accolades received by Sense and Sensibility (film)

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List of accolades received by Sense and Sensibility
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Emma Thompson received more than ten awards for her adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, including the Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

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Total number of wins and nominations
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Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British period drama film directed by Ang Lee. Actress Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1811 novel of the same name by English author Jane Austen. Thompson and Kate Winslet starred as the Dashwood sisters among a large ensemble cast. Columbia Pictures, a Sony Pictures Entertainment subsidiary, produced and released the film. [1] [2] [3] Sense and Sensibility was released to cinemas on 15 December 1995, and earned a total worldwide gross of $134,582,776. [4] Based on 67 reviews from film critics, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has calculated Sense and Sensibility's approval rating to be 97%. [5]

Sense and Sensibility received accolades for the main cast's performances and Thompson's screenwriting. The adaptation received seven Academy Award nominations including the Academy Award for Best Picture, though the sole win that night was for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), the only time a person has earned Oscars for both acting and writing. [note 1] [7] [8] [9] Thompson's screenwriting collected a further eleven accolades, including those given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Golden Globe Awards, and London Critics Circle. At the 49th British Academy Film Awards, Sense and Sensibility garnered twelve BAFTA nominations, ultimately coming away with three awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Film; Thompson and Winslet won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively.

The cast also received numerous acting accolades. In addition to her writing credit, Thompson was recognised for her performance, and earned seven nominations. Winslet was recognised in categories for both lead and supporting actress, for instance winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Other than the Academy Awards, the overall film garnered numerous nominations, ultimately winning the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, among other accolades. Sense and Sensibility received the most award recognition out of the many Austen adaptations of the 1990s. [10] MaryAnn Johanson of Film.com named it the fifth best film of 1995. [11]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremony [I] CategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Academy Awards [12] 25 March 1996 Best Picture Lindsay Doran Nominated
Best Actress Emma Thompson Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet Nominated
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Emma ThompsonWon
Best Cinematography Michael Coulter Nominated
Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan and John Bright Nominated
Best Original Dramatic Score Patrick Doyle Nominated
American Film Institute [13] [14] [15] AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Sense and SensibilityNominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Included
Berlin International Film Festival [16] [17] 26 February 1996 Golden Bear Won
Boston Society of Film Critics [18] 17 December 1995 Best Film Won
Best Director Ang Lee Won
Best Screenplay Emma ThompsonWon
British Academy Film Awards [19] [20] 23 April 1996 Best Film Sense and SensibilityWon
Best Direction Ang LeeNominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role Emma ThompsonWon
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Rickman Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate WinsletWon
Elizabeth Spriggs Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Emma ThompsonNominated
Best Cinematography Michael CoulterNominated
Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan and John BrightNominated
Best Film Music Patrick DoyleNominated
Best Makeup and Hair Morag Ross, Jan Archibald Nominated
Best Production Design Luciana Arrighi Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers [21] 1995Best Cinematography AwardMichael CoulterNominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards [22] [23] 22 January 1996 Best Film Sense and SensibilityWon
Best Screenplay Emma ThompsonWon
Deutscher Filmpreis [24] 6 June 1997Best Foreign FilmAng LeeWon
Directors Guild of America [25] [26] 2 March 1996 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards [27] [28] 2 February 1997Best ActressKate Winslet (also for Jude )Won
Best ScreenplayEmma Thompson (tied with John Hodge for Trainspotting )Won
Golden Globe Awards [29] [30] 21 January 1996 Best Motion Picture – Drama Sense and SensibilityWon
Best Director Ang LeeNominated
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Emma ThompsonNominated
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Kate WinsletNominated
Best Screenplay Emma ThompsonWon
Best Original Score Patrick DoyleNominated
London Critics Circle Film Awards [31] 2 March 1997 British Screenwriter of the YearEmma ThompsonWon
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards [32] 16 December 1995 Best Screenplay Won
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures [33] 26 February 1996 Best Director Ang LeeWon
Best Actress Emma Thompson (also for Carrington)Won
Top Ten FilmsSense and SensibilityWon
New York Film Critics Circle Awards [34] [35] 7 January 1996 Best Director Ang LeeWon
Best Screenplay Emma ThompsonWon
Satellite Awards [36] January 1996Best Classic DVDSense and SensibilityFor the Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD set containing Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Little Women Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards [37] 24 February 1996 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Emma ThompsonNominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Kate WinsletWon
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Kate WinsletNominated
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards [38] 28 December 1995 Best ActressEmma Thompson (also for Carrington)Won
Best Adapted ScreenplayEmma ThompsonWon
USC Scripter Awards [39] 1996USC Scripter AwardWon
Writers Guild of America Awards [40] [41] 17 March 1996Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or PublishedWon
Writers' Guild of Great Britain [31] 1996Film – ScreenplayWon

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Thompson won the Academy Award for her performance in the 1992 film Howards End . [6]

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