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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘BBC Pride and Prejudice 1995’
Mr Darcy, Is that a pistol in your britches? – Saucy Stage Directions for Colin Firth
I bring shocking revelations from a special documentary made for the Blu-ray edition of BBC Pride and Prejudice 1995. Some saucy intelligence, regarding the electric scene in which Mr Darcy and Elizabeth meet in the grounds of Netherfield after her three mile trek across fields, was provided by screenwriter Andrew Davies.
Davies’ explanation for Darcy’s stiff [...]
Mr Darcy’s Proposal; What did he actually say to Elizabeth?
Upon rereading Pride and Prejudice the other day (or perhaps that should be re-re-re-re-re…reading it) I came to a most shocking realisation… The words Mr Darcy uses to propose to Elizabeth for the first time are not actually given to us in the book! We have only the first four introductory sentences of his speech. [...]
Firth Comes First; Why Colin’s Mr Darcy was voted the best
Finally, an excuse for a gratuitous Colin Firth feature! In the second annual Regency Awards, held by the Jane Austen Center in Bath, England, Firth’s 1995 portrayal of Mr Darcy received more than half of all votes cast. Here is, therefore, a slightly gushing but hopefully informative post on the subject of the very best [...]