Posts Tagged ‘Pride and Prejudice 2005’

Manors maketh the movie; the houses of Pride and Prejudice 2005

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 [...]

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. [...]

Pride and Prejudice 2005 meets Dirty Dancing

As a Pride and Prejudice AND Dirty Dancing devotee I just had to share this with you. Fellow delighters in the absurd will find this most charming and agreeable. Those of a squeamish disposition should look away now. When Sense and Sensibility has been set to ‘What a Feeling’ from Flash Dance I will endeavor [...]