Emma in 35mm

Rachel Portman was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) for Emma. An adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, this romantic comedy stars Gwyneth Paltrow as the meddling but well-meaning heroine, whose matchmaking aims cause confusion and heartache in her circles. The film was also nominated for Ruth Myers’s costumes, and Portman would go on to be nominated two more times for her scores for The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000).

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1996 | 120 min. | USA | Color | English | Rated PG | 35mm

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Douglas McGrath

PRODUCED BY: Steven Haft, Patrick Cassavetti

WITH: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor

Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.