It’s enduring appeal and universal themes have encouraged many a novelist and moviemaker to update the story for modern audiences. Here are some recent examples:
► The 2003 movie Pride and Prejudice: A Later Day Comedy was Andrew Black’s effort to update Pride and Prejudice to the modern American college scene. Elizabeth Bennet is a serious [...]
The 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie and its BBC 1995 TV predecessor make far more of the elements than Jane Austen ever did. More generally, Miss Austen didn’t give much to movie and TV producers to go on when planning their outdoor scenes. Not one for dwelling on scenery or skies, she was seemingly [...]
One 1813 review of Pride and Prejudice was glowing in its appreciation of Jane Austen’s new novel, praising the characters as well-rounded and plausible save for one exception: Mr Darcy. Darcy’s ‘abrupt’ transformation from fashionable indifference to ‘ardent lover’ didn’t ring true according to the anonymous critic, reprinted in Pride and Prejudice: A Sourcebook (Routledge [...]
Always in need of an excuse for idleness, I was most pleased to chance upon a Pride and Prejudice 1995 Darcy screensaver, which is still available online from the BBC Pride and Prejudice page. Now, whenever I find myself sitting at the computer unable to think of anything to write, I shall have to deal [...]
To review the DVD of a minor movie release of a Pride and Prejudice adaptation like this may seem a little unnecessary, but we thought it might be useful since it shares its exact title with Jane Austen’s novel. It might therefore be the kind of DVD to promote an impulse purchase from Pride and [...]
This post is about the houses used in the 2005 film; for those used in the BBC 1995 series, click here.
Joe Wright’s Pride and Prejudice movie was admirable because of the space it gave to its starring cast – not only Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen but the beautiful houses and gardens that gave such [...]