Pride and Prejudice Digital Life DVD

Pride and Prejudice
starring: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan
directed by: Rudolf Ising, Robert Z. Leonard

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012569793682
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 2102
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 1940

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Jane Austen's wonderful novel has been adapted to the screen many times, with this 1940 version representing the golden age of the Hollywood studio era. Greer Garson, then just on the cusp of her stardom, plays the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, smartest of five daughters who must be married off. Laurence Olivier is that difficult fellow Mr. Darcy, whose mulishness about the Bennet girls begins to thaw when he gets a dose of Elizabeth's sense and sensibility. The film is done up in the glamorous MGM house style, which means we're stuck with the less-than-inspired direction of Robert Z. Leonard (The Great Ziegfeld), redeemed somewhat by a collection of handsome sets (Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse won the Oscar for Interior Decoration) and the dandy photography by Karl Freund, one of the greats. Anyone accustomed to the 1995 miniseries version of Pride and Prejudice will need to adjust to the swifter demands of a two-hour movie, and to be sure this version, like the 2005 Keira Knightley remake, simplifies some of Austen's scenes. It's one of the few films, by the way, with Aldous Huxley as a credited screenwriter. Edmund Gwenn is lovely as Mr. Bennet, and Mary Boland brash as Mrs. Bennet; Garson, although MGM liked to corset her in fine-lady roles, manages to let Elizabeth's sauciness come through. Actually, the movie's weak spot is Laurence Olivier's elaborate performance as Darcy, which feels too theatrical. Not that it matters; Austen's story is so good, the film sails through to its delicious finish with all flags flying. --Robert Horton

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- Nothing like the book.
This movie to my opinion is simply dreadful. Nothing like the wonderful masterpeice of Jane Austen Why do they dress in a manner nothing like the 1810s? Why do they have carriages races. Mr Darcy wants to dance with Elisabeth only 2 minutes after having said he does not like her. A stupid film in my opinion. Do not waist your money on this film.

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- One of My Favorite Pictures!
This is one of my favorite motion pictures. I saw this at the Dryden Theatre several years ago and I found it charming. The movie is not only based on the Jane Austen book but also a play which had been on Broadway. The screenplay is by Aldous Huxley of Brave New World fame. Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier make the perfect Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. The setting is smooth and romantic. A perfect MGM film based on a classic. Highly recommended.

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- Classic
Pride and Prejudice is an all time classic. There have been remakes on this film but the original is wonderful.

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- Best of Jane Austen!
This is by far the best production of Pride & Prejudice ever made. The dialogue is brilliant, smart and funny, just as it should be. The characters seem more real in this production than in others I have seen. It has an agelessness to it.

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