Pride and Prejudice - The Special Edition (A&E, 1996)
by Simon Langton
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Actor: Anna Chancellor, Colin Firth, Crispin Bonham-Carter, David Bamber, Jennifer EhleDirector: Simon Langton
Brand: AUSTEN,JANE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 300 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
DVD Reviews of Pride and Prejudice - The Special Edition (A&E, 1996)
DVD Review: Beautiful print of Pride and Prejudice
Summary: 5 Stars
The difference between the blue ray and standard dvd version is amazing. The scenery, costumes, color and detail are mesmerizing.
It is like watching a different movie. You feel like you are there. I highly recommend this movie in blue ray, you will not be disappointed.
DVD Review: My favorite!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book and movie! I loved the behind the scenes book. Thank you! DVD Review: Made for TV, but still WOW on Blu-ray
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife loves this mini-series. While the frame-by-frame restoration from 16mm film was good, my wife particularly noticed the improvement in the sound track. She said she could clearly hear dialog that was previously unintelligible. The PCM track is only 2-channel stereo, but it was made for TV. I gave it 4 stars because it wasn't surround sound.
If you are a Jane Austen fan, you will like this release. My wife watches this at least two or three times a year, and I confess I often watch it with her. It took me a while to get into the story, but the language is "Shakespearesk". (Nobody ever talked like that, but it was fun and refreshing to listen to the performance spoken in that manner that is uniquely Jane Austen.)
Picture quality was very good considering that it was an old film to digital transfer. My wife feels that it was worth upgrading from the DVD release.
DVD Review: This is one of my favorite movies of all time!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this movie as a gift after I read the book. I was so impressed how closely it followed the exact wording of the book. It is a epic love story with a whole lot of adventure, drama, and good family fun. DVD Review: Faithful Adaptation, Excellent Cast, Wonderful Scenic and Costume Design
Summary: 5 Stars
"Pride and Prejudice," the 1996 BBC TV five-hour mini-series starring Colin Firth, is the most faithful screen adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Elizabeth Bennett (Jennifer Ehle) is a strong-willed, sensible young woman whose father is a gentleman with a modest estate, but the family suffers in status because of an uncle who works as a businessman in Cheapside. She has four sisters and a mother eager to marry them to wealthy young gentlemen. Elizabeth meets such a man -- Fitzwilliam Darcy (Colin Firth) -- at a local ball, but he is arrogant and rude and there is instant mutual distaste.
Colin Firth ranks as one of the better screen Darcys, a group that includes Laurence Olivier. Jennifer Ehle is very good as Elizabeth Bennett. There is very little action here, so the story tends to bog down frequently and the concerns of the characters can wear thin. But the production is lavish, with outdoor scenes and period costumes often stealing the spotlight, and a cast of accomplished British actors give the mini-series the proper authenticity. There are several bonus extras in this two-disc Blu-ray edition, including a making-of featurette and a look at the adaptation from novel to screen.
Description of Pride and Prejudice - The Special Edition (A&E, 1996)
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the romantic entanglements of her four sisters, and her feelings for a brooding gentleman.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 25-SEP-2001
Media Type: DVD
Jane Austen's classic novel of 1813, Pride and Prejudice, still wins the hearts of countless schoolgirls with its romantic story of Elizabeth Bennet and her Mr. Darcy. Now, the 1996 BBC miniseries is winning over adults, with its faithful adaptation, gorgeous scenery, and superb acting.
The essence of the story is the antagonism between Mr. Darcy, a wealthy single man who believes Elizabeth to be beneath him, and Elizabeth, who upon being insulted at a dance by the aloof Darcy refuses to associate with him in any manner. Austen evokes incredible tension with the wit and flirtation of the two characters, and director Simon Langton (who also directed Upstairs Downstairs) successfully translates the repartee and conflict in this six-hour miniseries. Dialogue, for the most part, is painstakingly replicated, except when fleshing out and smoothing for modern sensibilities was necessary. Darcy, for instance, is drawn out, giving his personality significantly more depth. The acting sweeps you away to Regency England: Jennifer Ehle (of Wilde) is convincing as the obstinate Elizabeth, who, despite her mother's attempts to marry her off, spurs the attentions of Darcy. And Colin Firth (of The English Patient) will have women everywhere longing for a Mr. Darcy of their own.
For those who have been on an Austen binge--enjoying such excellent adaptations as Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion--this miniseries will round out the ultimate Austen video library. For those new to these romantic period pieces, this version of Pride and Prejudice will have you hooked and longing for more. One caveat, however: plan to watch it in an entire day, because very few have the self-control to not watch all six hours in a single sitting. --Jenny Brown
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