Emma Thompson

The actress presents her screenplay for the film version of Austen's classic novel, along with her personal record of the making of the film

Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries

Greg Wise

When you think back to Christmases past, what made it magical? Looking towards the future, what would your perfect Christmas be? What would you change? What should we all change? The perfect holiday book, featuring the remembrances of Meryl Streep, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, and more, to coincide with the upcoming movie LAST CHRISTMAS, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. This is a beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas, written by an exceptional body of voices from the boulevards of Hollywood to the soup kitchens of Covent Garden. Stepping away from the holiday shopping, the midtown Manhattan window decorations, and the gingerbread cookies and hot cocoa, this gem of a book is introduced and curated by Emma Thompson and Greg Wise and celebrates the importance of kindness and generosity, acceptance and tolerance - and shows us that these values are not just for Christmas, but for every day of the year. 25¢ from every book sold will be donated to Crisis and The Refugee Council!

Memories of Christmases Past and Hopes of Future Ones

Last Christmas

Jackie Morris

Writing to a Planet in Crisis

Letters to the Earth

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

In wartime England, the two very spoiled Gray children are being sent to stay in the country with their very numerous and ill-behaved cousins, the Greens. Enter Nanny McPhee, who discovers that Mrs. Green and the children are fighting another war altogether-against scheming relatives intent on taking their farm while Mr. Green is off fighting in the war. Nanny McPhee must use her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons, or losing the farm will be the least of their problems... Look for the first exciting book in this series: Nanny McPhee!

Nanny McPhee Returns

Jane Austen

Winner of the 1996 Academy Award for Best Screenplay_

The Screenplay

Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility

'Rabbits are always very uppity during the Christmas season, and Peter Rabbit was no exception.' Emma Thompson continues the adventures of Peter Rabbit in this super new Christmas tale featuring Peter, his comical little cousin Benjamin Bunny, and a certain feathered friend called William. Brilliantly told by Emma Thompson with charming illustrations by Eleanor Taylor, Peter Rabbit is back with an hilarious cast of characters. This time our story is set in Beatrix Potter's beloved Lake District. Now in mini-hardback format just like Beatrix Potter's original Tales.

The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit

Although they were sent to pick blueberries, Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin Bunny cannot resist sneaking into the fair.

The Spectacular Tale of Peter Rabbit

ein Tagebuch

Hinter den Kulissen von Sinn und Sinnlichkeit

Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson now adds screenwriting and author to her autobiography. In this, her first book, she brings together her shooting script of the film in which she stars and her personal diaries of the filmmaking experience. Her book offers a unique glimpse into the life and work of one of the most talented women of our time. Photos.

Emma Thompson celebrates 110 years of Peter Rabbit by giving us a brand-new tale! Celebrate 110 years of Peter Rabbit with a new, original tale written by Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson and based on the original tales by Beatrix Potter. In this story, Peter's adventures take him beyond the boundaries of Mr. McGregor's garden and all the way to Scotland! With 72 pages of beautiful text and illustrations, this hardcover picture book, which includes an audio CD of the story narrated by the author, is sure to become a classic--and a collector's item!

The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit

Kazuo Ishiguro

James Fox

Anthony Hopkins

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

James Ivory

Was vom Tage übrig blieb

Betty Lou tells her doll about how she learned to use the potty.

No More Diapers

Nanny McPhee embarks on a brand new adventure in this brilliant, funny and captivating novel based on the new Nanny McPhee film. The Green family is trying to survive the war in their house in the country, but unfortunately they are not out of harm's way. A wicked uncle is intent on getting his hands on the family fortune and the children miss their father who is away fighting who knows where, and then their horrible cousins arrive! Life is not easy in the Green household . . . Thank heavens for Nanny McPhee!

Now in the acclaimed Newmarket Shooting Script(R) series, the Oscar(R)-winning screenplay by Emma Thompson based on the beloved classic by Jane Austen, with Thompson's candid and detailed behind-the-scenes diaries. Bringing Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" to the screen was a labor of love for writer/actress Emma Thompson. The highly acclaimed film, nominated for seven Academy Awards(R) (winning Best Adapted Screenplay), appeared on more than 100 Top 10 lists across the country. Featuring the complete award-winning script, "Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay and Diaries" also showcases Thompson's unreserved, often hilarious diaries that capture the unique experience of making this landmark film. In addition, the book includes an introduction by producer Lindsay Doran; over fifty photos; cast and crew credits; and Thompson's sparkling Austen-like acceptance speech at the Golden Globe awards ceremony. Thompson's rare and personal perspective makes Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay and Diaries an irresistible book for students of film and Austen devotees, as well as for everyone who loved this extraordinary movie. More than 50 black-and-white photos.

The Screenplay & Diaries

Sense and Sensibility

In The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, a new tale written by Emma Thompson, Peter's adventures take him beyond the boundaries of Mr McGregor's garden all the way to Scotland. Here he meets the gentle giant Finlay McBurney, a distant Scottish relative, and much entertainment ensues. Emma Thompson, Oscar-winning actress and screen writer, is a long time admirer of Beatrix Potter's tales. She has a talent for creating engaging narratives with a dry humour similar to Potter's own and is the perfect choice of author for this new Peter Rabbit tale, to be published 110 years after the original. Emma was inspired to set the tale in Scotland by her knowledge of Beatrix's childhood holidays there. This enhanced ebook edition of The Further Tale includes an audio reading by Emma Thompson, with highlighted words to follow that match the reading - a useful tool for beginner readers.

Presents a new adventure for the intrepid Peter Rabbit, who journeys beyond the boundaries of Mr. McGregor's garden to Scotland, where he finds a giant radish and competes in a throwing contest.

Clive Coote

Emma Thompson has written a screen adaption of Jane Austen's romantic satire of the mores and morals of early 19th-century England. In these diaries, she recounts the daily joys and despairs of working on this film as writer and star, with actors Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman.

Emma Thompson

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