History Film / Emma

* AuthorAppeal: Screenwriter Sandy Welch follows a similar pattern to her previous literary adaptations in many ways. She keeps the four-episode structure from ''OurMutualFriend'', ''Literature/NorthAndSouth'', and ''Film/JaneEyre''. Additionally, like ''Film/JaneEyre'', she approaches Emma's story through her childhood.

* DawsonCasting: Humorously, not for Emma herself (though Godwin does appear more mature than her 22 years), but John Carson was 45, eight years older than Mr. Knightley's 37 (and it shows).

* FakeBrit: Paltrow, though her accent is generally fairly solid, has some fairly glaring moments of accent slippage.

* DawsonCasting: Romola Garai was 26, five years older than Emma's 21 (and a decade older than Emma at 16, in the prologue of the film).

* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Mr Weston shares his umbrella with Miss Taylor (future Mrs Weston) when it starts raining after the Sunday mass. In the novel, he met Emma and Miss Taylor when they were walking and he gallantly borrowed two umbrellas for them from Farmer Mitchell's because it was drizzling.

The BBC returned to ''Emma'' after nearly four decades, scripted by Sandy Welch (though they had planned a follow-up to ''Pride And Prejudice'' in 1996, cancelled when the other two versions were announced - a project which was also supposed to be scripted by Sandy Welch). Starred Romola Garai as Emma, Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley, and Michael Gambon as Mr. Woodhouse.

* IncrediblyLamePun:
-->Emma: ''Oh dear!''
-->Mr. Knightley: ''What's that?''
-->Emma: ''Oh, ah, something about the ah, deer...we need...for the venison stew.''

* [[spoiler:RelationshipCompression]]: Because of the expansion of the Harriet sections, the [[spoiler:Frank/Jane relationship is almost relegated to an afterthought - most of it happens completely offscreen, and some of Jane's actions are even given to other characters such as Miss Bates]].
* [[YoungerAndHipper Younger and Hipper]]: Jeremy Northam was only a few years younger than Mr. Knightley, but partly due to Gwyneth Paltrow's height, he was often perceived as "exactly the same age as Emma" (to quote Anthony Lane of The New Yorker).

* AdaptationDistillation: Though ''[=Emma=]'' is the second longest Austen novel and this telefilm is only an hour and 47 minutes long, Andrew Davies does a great job at keeping nearly all the relevant dialogue, scenes, and events. The resultant film is very faithful in event and general tone, but much, much faster paced. A few integrations of filmic techniques are seen in the use of Emma's imaginations being visualized, and the ending shades into PragmaticAdaptation with the combination of events into a Harvest Festival.

The BBC returned to ''[=Emma=]'' after nearly four decades, scripted by Sandy Welch (though they had planned a follow-up to ''Pride And Prejudice'' in 1996, cancelled when the other two versions were announced - a project which was also supposed to be scripted by Sandy Welch). Starred Romola Garai as Emma, Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley, and Michael Gambon as Mr. Woodhouse.

* [[YoungerAndHipper Younger and Hipper]]: Partly due to Emma's being cast at a more mature age, but Jonny Lee Miller was 34 at the time he played Mr. Knightley, and is young-looking.

The BBC adapted ''[=Emma=]'' as part of their general habit of doing JaneAusten novels every ten to twenty years. Starred Doran Godwin as Emma and John Carson as Mr. Knightley.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the novel, Emma, in a rare physical description by JaneAusten, has "the true hazel eye." Gwyneth Paltrow, on the other hand, has definitely blue eyes, which were highlighted in promotional materials (such as the CD score cover).

Despite not having ''{{Pride and Prejudice}}'' level popularity, ''{{Emma}}'' has inspired not one or two, but [[AdaptationOverdosed four straight adaptations]] currently available, and quite a few slant ones. These adaptations tend to provoke rather violent flamewars, though it seems to have calmed down a bit since the 2009 miniseries was made.

!!The various versions of ''{{Emma}}'' are:

The BBC adapted ''{{Emma}}'' as part of their general habit of doing JaneAusten novels every ten to twenty years. Starred Doran Godwin as Emma and John Carson as Mr. Knightley.

ITV's telefilm starring Kate Beckinsale as Emma, MarkStrong as Mr. Knightley, and Olivia Williams as Jane Fairfax. The brainchild of the landmark 1995 BBC ''{{Pride and Prejudice}}'' team of writer Creator/AndrewDavies and producer Sue Birtwistle.

* AdaptationDistillation: Though ''{{Emma}}'' is the second longest Austen novel and this telefilm is only an hour and 47 minutes long, Andrew Davies does a great job at keeping nearly all the relevant dialogue, scenes, and events. The resultant film is very faithful in event and general tone, but much, much faster paced. A few integrations of filmic techniques are seen in the use of Emma's imaginations being visualized, and the ending shades into PragmaticAdaptation with the combination of events into a Harvest Festival.
* AuthorAppeal: Screenwriter Creator/AndrewDavies tends to alter or adapt one older male character in his screeplays to a recognizable type of friendly, sociable, homebody fellow - in ''{{Emma}}'', it's Mr. Weston, who in the novel is something of a clueless social butterfly, but here pipes in with a few words on the joys of marriage and home life.

The BBC returned to ''{{Emma}}'' after nearly four decades, scripted by Sandy Welch (though they had planned a follow-up to ''{{Pride and Prejudice}}'' in 1996, cancelled when the other two versions were announced - a project which was also supposed to be scripted by Sandy Welch). Starred Romola Garai as Emma, Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley, and Michael Gambon as Mr. Woodhouse.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mr. Woodhouse is Albus Dumbledore!

The various versions of ''{{Emma}}'' are:

* AuthorAppeal: Screenwriter Sandy Welch follows a similar pattern to her previous literary adaptations in many ways. She keeps the four-episode structure from ''OurMutualFriend'', ''NorthAndSouth'', and ''Film/JaneEyre''. Additionally, like ''Film/JaneEyre'', she approaches Emma's story through her childhood.

* HoldingHands: Quite a bit of this after the proposal in episode four. Emma [[spoiler:and Mr. Knightley]] hold hands while sitting on a bench discussing their paths to each other. Later, they share IntertwinedFingers when breaking the news to her father.

ITV's telefilm starring Kate Beckinsale as Emma, MarkStrong as Mr. Knightley, and Olivia Williams as Jane Fairfax. The brainchild of the landmark 1995 BBC ''{{Pride and Prejudice}}'' team of writer AndrewDavies and producer Sue Birtwistle.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Though not directly spelled out in the telefilm, AndrewDavies gave a version of this to Frank Churchill. Instead of the somewhat careless charmer of the novel, Davies believes that Frank is a sociopath who hates women as a result of his mother's death (viewed as abandonment) and his aunt's controlling personality.

* AuthorAppeal: Screenwriter AndrewDavies tends to alter or adapt one older male character in his screeplays to a recognizable type of friendly, sociable, homebody fellow - in ''{{Emma}}'', it's Mr. Weston, who in the novel is something of a clueless social butterfly, but here pipes in with a few words on the joys of marriage and home life.

* DuelingMovies: Was being filmed at the same time that the McGrath/Paltrow/Northam film was in theaters. Came out in the same year in the UK. Also something of a meta-situation, since six Jane Austen films came out from 1995-1996.

* GenkiGirl: Though not as pronounced as Romola Garai's 2009 Emma, Kate Beckinsale's Emma is described in the screenplay as possessing bouncing arrogance and energy. Additionally, when she thinks her scheme between Harriet and Mr. Elton is succeeding, she gives a very cheerful bounce as she walks towards her house.

* OverprotectiveDad: Michael Gambon plays an extremely gentle version of this character. While Mr Woodhouse is something of this trope in the novel and all adaptations, Gambon's Mr Woodhouse explicitly speaks of his special concern for his daughters as a result of losing his wife when they were very young.

Written and directed by Douglas McGrath for Miramax films, the film starred Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma and Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightley.

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