Pride & Prejudice
by Joe Wright (IV)
List Price:
Our Price: $9.99
You Save: $2.99 (23%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $5.50 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone, Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund PikeDirector: Joe Wright (IV)
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Pride & Prejudice
DVD Review: I Love It!
Summary: 5 Stars
I Loved it! Well worth the money! This is one of my favorite Jane Austen novels, and I believe that the movie did a terrific job of translating her book to screen!
Jen Hoey
DVD Review: Un-Austen, and Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
I like this version of Pride and Prejudice because it is so unlike the BBC version and also the book.
In a word, it's wilder.
Also earthier.
Lizzie is much more interesting as a fey gamin who loves to tease people--and this is exactly what Kiera Knightley supplies. Her shock at Mr. Collins's proposal is palpable.
But the real revelation is Darcy. Instead of the prig he usually seems, here he seems a smoldering, volcanic presence more like Mr. Rochester.
Also the setting is smashing--Romantic lush outdoor scenes, very untypical of Austen.
Also the earthiness is sublime. Pigs cavort in the Bennets' house--reminding us WHY Mrs. B. is trying to marry her daughters off: the rigid class system that prevents them from owning land, and prevents them from working.
DVD Review: Bad casting
Summary: 1 Stars
I heard the reviews that this version was not even close to BBC series. I believed and didn't even bother to watch. Than I saw MacFadyen in Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens story) and I was left absolutely astonished by his work. Wanting more of his acting I purchased this one. What a disappointment! Everything is great in this movie EXCEPT for the actors or their portrayal of Austin's characters by the makers. Knightley made Lizzie look stupid with her out of place grins and smirks. Macfadyen's Darcy is too soft. Mr. Collins is not funny. Authors mocked his height. Is it all that you can laugh at in this character?!! I don't think so. They also made Bingley look absolutely dumb. Although I loved the cinematography, music, and costumes, I didn't enjoy the movie at all. Irritated most of the time. Sorry. Don't understand some exalted reviews posted here. As for MacFadyen - watch "Little Dorrit" BBC series, he is absolutely adorable there. Darcy is not for him for sure. DVD Review: Call me .... Goddess...
Summary: 1 Stars
I found this adaptation to be appallingly bad.
I have a strong attachment to the 1995 BBC miniseries, and of course to the actual book.
One would think, that in a movie length film, where they must understandably condense the story, that they would make the most of the precious few minutes they DO have to work with. Instead they choose to botch it up as badly as they can.
Kiera Knightley's Lizzy: Not the respectable Elizabeth Bennet who has for the longest time been my favorite heroine of literature. She giggles, and lets her chin, collarbone and lips do most of the work.
In the marriage proposal which takes place in the rain, (for heightened dramatics I suppose), Mr Darcy defends himself on the spot, rather than saving that dialog for the letter he is supposed to write to her. After his explanation, Elizabeth goes towards him and nearly kisses him, and the whole time she looks like she is fighting the urge to drag him to bed then and there.
When Lydia takes off with Mr Wickham, its effect on the Bennet family is seen as but a minor inconvenience rather than the disgrace it threatens to be in the book.
And in the final scene, when Elizabeth is explaining to her father that she does indeed love mr Darcy, she spills the beans about everything he did for her family rather than keep it discreet.
And I search in vain in Jane Austen's book for the part where Elizabeth asks Mr Darcy to call her his "goddess".
DVD Review: disaster
Summary: 1 Stars
this version of the great austin novel is an absolute disaster; one star rating is too much, i wish i could give it less; it could possibly be considered as a very bad parody on pride and prejudice;
worst of all were keira knightley's scary grins and mr bingley's clown face; the rest of the cast was just plain bad; i even felt sorry to see judi dench appear in such a bad movie;
everything was wrong in it; really unwatchable!
Description of Pride & Prejudice
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).Literary adaptations just don't get any better than director Joe Wright's 2005 version of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. The key word here is adaptation, because Wright and gifted screenwriter Deborah Moggach have taken liberties with Austen's classic novel that purists may find objectionable, but in this exquisite film their artistic decisions are entirely justified and exceptionally well executed. It's a more rural England that we see here, circa 1790 (as opposed to Austen's early 19th century), in which Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) is one of several sisters primed for marriage, with an anxious mother (Brenda Blethyn) only too desperate to see her daughters paired off with the finest, richest husbands available. Elizabeth is strong-willed and opinionated, but her head (not to mention her pride and prejudice) lead her heart astray when she meets the wealthy Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), whose own sense of decency and discretion (not to mention his pride and prejudice) prevent him from expressing his mutual affection. They're clearly meant for each other, and as Knightley's performance lights up the screen (still young enough to be girlishly impertinent, yet wise beyond her 20 years), Austen's timeless romance yields yet another timeless adaptation, easily on par with the beloved BBC miniseries that has been embraced by millions since originally broadcast in 1995. Individual tastes will vary as to which version should be considered "definitive," but with a stellar supporting cast including Judi Dench and Donald Sutherland, this impeccable production achieves its own kind of perfection. --Jeff Shannon
General DVDs
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in General DVDs
Shaun of the DeadPEGG,SIMON; Release date: 2004-12-21; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)Sony; Release date: 2001-02-27; DVD
Best price: $5.51
Price in other shops:
Romeo & JulietHUSSEY,OLIVIA; Release date: 2000-05-23; DVD
Best price: $4.18
Price in other shops:
State of Play (BBC Miniseries)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-02-26; DVD
Best price: $19.50
Price in other shops:
Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition)Sony; Release date: 1999-08-24; DVD
Best price: $5.78
Price in other shops:
OnceTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-12-18; DVD
Best price: $7.49
Price in other shops:
PersuasionSony; Release date: 2000-02-01; DVD
Best price: $7.38
Price in other shops:
Les Miserables: The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert HallWarner Brothers; Release date: 2008-02-19; DVD
Best price: $21.48
Price in other shops:
The InheritanceRelease date: 2004-12-07; DVD
Best price: $2.34
Price in other shops:
Pride & PrejudiceUNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.; Release date: 2006-02-28; DVD
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
The Phantom of the Opera (Widescreen Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-05-03; DVD
Best price: $3.13
Price in other shops:
Emma (A&E, 1997)A&E; Release date: 1999-10-26; Published: 1997-01-01; DVD
Best price: $8.09
Price in other shops:
Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)by Jane Austen
Bantam Classics; Published: 1983-12-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
Mansfield Park (1999)Release date: 2000-07-11; DVD
Best price: $5.12
Price in other shops:
Pride & PrejudiceRelease date: 2005-11-15; Music CD
Best price: $9.64
Price in other shops:
Becoming JaneBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-02-12; DVD
Best price: $8.48
Price in other shops:
PersuasionSony; Release date: 2000-02-01; DVD
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops:
Pride and Prejudice (A&E, 1996)Release date: 1998-07-01; DVD
Best price: $607.89
EmmaRelease date: 1999-01-05; DVD
Best price: $4.96
Price in other shops:
Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition)Sony; Release date: 1999-08-24; DVD
Best price: $5.78
Price in other shops: