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Can't Top This Rendition
The Diolaogue is word for word. It's like watching the book. Crispin Bonham-Carter and Collin Firth are a winning pair of young dandies. Any other rendition will either be painfully dull or fantastically innacurate.

Bravo!
I truly enjoyed this movie, and since watching it, have more than once referred to it as "Excellent!" However, I am only giving it 4 stars rather than 5 because I was not QUITE as captivated by it as some other reviewers seem to have been. Indeed, it's well worth viewing, and I will certainly watch it again (and again, and again), but I've seen other period pieces that I (personally) enjoy just THAT much more, and THOSE films I truly believe deserve a full 5 stars (and perhaps more). They include "Berkely Square" and Edith Wharton's "The Buccaneers". That said, I have NO regrets by adding Pride and Prejudice to my collection, and if you enjoy period pieces, then I can't imagine you would regret purchasing this DVD either!

Highest praise
The first Austen novel I read was pride and prejudice in highschool and it has since then become one of my favourite novels of all time. In the 25 years since I read it for the first time, I have re read it many countless times (at least once a year). Every time I read it I am amazed at Darcy's proposal and can not wait to see them united at the end of the novel. Elizabeth Bennet was way ahead of her time in wit and attitude. She would have done very well for herself in 2005. In my opinion one of the distinguishing marks of great literature are the ideas that are conveyed by the book. And I think Elizabeth Bennet definitely has feminist traits (like Jane Eyre of course although very different characters).

Now for this mini series: I knew the 1980 BBC series and thought that was good enough, although a bit stuffy perhaps. The Olivier movie I found to be insufferable, too much NOT Jane Austen in spite of Olivier.

And then this P&P came on TV and I was instantly smitten. I think the casting was very inspired, nobody excluded and by showing Darcy as more than just a dull, arrogant person I think Andrew Davies did the series a great service. Though the book is written from Lizzie's point of view, the love story is of course about Lizzie and Darcy. Since then I can not imagine other actors than Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle being the parts. Everytime I see the series (which I own on DVD) I see new things I did not see the time before. Look at the body language of the actors esp. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Colin can convey lots of things by just looking, without seeming to be wooden. It all seems very natural, the same way you would perhaps be looking or behaving if you were the person. Some of their gestures are very subtle.

The director has, I think, a great understanding of the book as does the scriptwriter Andrew Davies.

I look forward to the new P&P movie if only to satisfy my hunger for more Austen, although I am convinced that it will be very difficult to replace Colin and Jennifer.

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