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Tarfumes.com - Pride & Prejudice
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan
Directed By: Joe Wright (IV)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192807220
Format: AC-3
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-02-28
Running Time: 129
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-11-23
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Editorial Reviews:
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One of the greatest love stories of all time, Pride & Prejudice, comes to the screen in a glorious new adaptation starring Keira Knightley. When Elizabeth Bennett (Knightley) meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen), she believes he is the last man on earth she could ever marry. But as their lives become intertwined in an unexpected adventure, she finds herself captivated by the very person she swore to loathe for all eternity. Based on the beloved masterpiece by Jane Austen, it is the classic tale of love and misunderstanding that sparkles with romance, wit and emotional force. Critics are calling it "Exhilarating. A joy from start to finish" (Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times).
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Customer Rating:
Summary: one of our favorites,
Comment: we love this movie, along with you've got mail and sense and sensibility and emma we watch this over and over again, especially my 3 teen daughters.
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Summary: Personally... I loved it
Comment: Many people didn't like this because it wasn't truly a "real" Pride & Prejudice remake, and because it really wasn't "period".
I personally liked its airy, lighthearted feel. Extremely easy to follow and it isn't filled with things that shouldn't be there. It is perfectly shot.
It is the only version of Pride & Prejudice I like enough to where I don't have to fast forward through parts I don't like. I like it in its entirety and while Keira Knightley was, MAYBE, miscast, I adored Rosamund Pike (Jane). Maybe she would have made a better Elizabeth. I don't know.
I also liked Matthew Macfadyen in the role of Mr. Darcy. Of course, I know him better from MI-5, but I was able to put that role aside. He played Mr. Darcy very well. I liked him a lot.
I do believe that Jenna Malone's (Lydia) "British accent" was a very bad one. She was definitely miscast in this role.
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Summary: clash of cultures/modern versus regency
Comment: Just for fun, I watched the Director's commentary with the film and now understand why watching this film is like looking through a broken kaleidoscope. It starts with birds chirping on a beautiful landscape, moves to an odd close up, over the shoulder, of a book Lizzie is reading, but you can't see the title of, then has her walking over a FILTHY duck pond into a working farm house, eavesdropping on her parents.
The whole movie goes back and forth between modern use of cameras against a backdrop of regency styles. The family, the costumes, the houses, are all regency, while the camera work fractures the story-telling with its movement from harshly lit close ups to single hand held shots. In the commentary, even the director admits Dame Judy Dench looks awful in her close ups when she comes to visit Lizzie in the middle of the night to confront her about Darcy's proposal. He talks about getting ideas on the way to filming different scenes - like the sunlit close up of Lizzie when she travels to Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle came to him when he put his head out the car door in the sunlight when he was going to a film location.
This story seems filmed a bit off the hip, or off the cuff - improvised!
I still love it. The unspoiled landscapes are gorgeous. From the Longbourne house with its moat and surrounding wildlife and even the farm life to the gorgeous grecian temple in Wiltshire - I will try to go there now that I know where it is - where Darcy proposes makes me melt to the cadence of Matthew MacFadyen's voice. I want to go there just to listen to the echoes of the scene - in the rain, of course. He is a revelation as Darcy, although I can also picture him in modern terms as a spy in his series Spooks. But he is fun and sexy. The close up of his hand after he touches Elizabeth helping her into the carriage is glorious.
I would recommend listening to the directors comments about ALL his casting choices, what he feels about their performances, the design of the sets, and how he made his decisions in telling the story. (the ribbon dyeing scene is wonderful).
So I would recommend this film to anyone. But I would caution them that it is a clash of sensibilities - modern and regency.
Thanks for making it.
Emily Linden, RN, BA.
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Summary: Pride and Prejudice
Comment: The product came in excellent condition and arrived even more quickly than I expected. The price certainly was better than I have seen anywhere else, too. I have not had any problems with Amazon previously, so this just reaffirms my trust. Thanks
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Summary: Very Pretty -- but Disappointing
Comment: Being an annual reader of Pride and Prejudice and a lover of Jane Austen's humor and insight, I found this film to be at best disappointing. Austen's humor was lost in translation to say the least. Elizabeth Bennet was morphed into a dreamy eyed, slightly naughty, tousled haired temptress. Her father, Mr. Bennet, was, despite the acting talents of Donald Sutherland, transformed into a frousled, woolly, bumbling father who simply didn't know how to be a parent. All that aside, the photography is lovely, the costumes are beautiful, and the soundtrack is delightful, but this simply isn't Jane Austen. For a proper film version of this wonderful book try the A&E version starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle or the BBC. The A&E version may six one-hour episodes, but, with minor alterations, it's magnificently produced, witty, beautifully acted, and absolutely true to the book and entirely in keeping with Austen's writing.
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