Posts Tagged ‘Mr Darcy’

The Lake Scene vs The Rain Scene
The famous ‘Rain Scene’ from the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie is where Matthew Macfadyen’s dripping-wet Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth for the first time. The ‘Lake Scene’ from the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice 1995 is the moment after Colin Firth’s Darcy has taken a swim in his [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]