Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

Updating here with a new post (from my last five previous posts, from last year and when I've started about it  7 years ago or so back in 2008! ) about The Many Faces of Elizabeth Bennet  to add Cindy Busby as Elizabeth (Scott) ( in the long list of actresses who played EB on either the big or small screen since 1940) from the new Hallmark's WinterFest 2016 Movies with January 2016 premiere of Unleashing Mr. Darcy and   Lily James as Elizabeth Bennet in the upcoming Sony/Screen Gems' February 2016 release , Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , a  parody adaptation   of Jane Austen 's classic Pride and Prejudice novel. So, I've created another new post here and updated the previous post.

Updating here with a new post (from my last three previous posts, which I just realized I've started about 5 years ago or so back in 2008! ) about The Many Faces of Elizabeth Bennet in continuing with the 200th anniversary celebration of Jane Austen 's classic Pride and Prejudice novel, which has been going on since the beginning of this year (last January 28th) and the upcoming holiday premiere of a new P&P homage/inspired of TV adaptation (of PD James ' best-selling murder mystery novel of the same name)  Death Comes to Pemberley  starring  Matthew Rhys   (as  Mr. Darcy ) and   Anna Maxwell Martin   (as   Elizabeth Darcy ...née  Bennet ) (which premieres on   BBC One   in the UK this  Christmas  in 3 consecutive nights from  December 26-28 )  2013  and also set for a PBS Masterpiece premiere in  2014 . No broadcast  dates has been announced yet...). So, I've created a new pos...

Updating here with a new post (from my last two previous posts, which I just realized I've started about 5 years ago or so back in 2008! ) about The Many Faces of Elizabeth Bennet in continuing with the 200th anniversary celebration of Jane Austen 's classic Pride and Prejudice novel, which will be on Monday! Elizabeth Bennet (later Elizabeth Darcy ) is the protagonist in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen . She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy/Lizzie by her friends and family. Elizabeth is the second child in a family of five daughters . Though the circumstances of the time and environment require her to seek a marriage of convenience for economic security, Elizabeth wishes to marry for love. Elizabeth is regarded as the most admirable and endearing of Austen's heroines. [2] She is considered one of the most beloved characters in British literature [3] because of her complexity. Austen herself described Lizzy as "as delight...

Pride and Prejudice (1940)  starring   Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen 's classic Pride and Prejudice novel, I thought I'd post my reviews here of all the TV and film adaptations of P&P I've seen starting with the first film adaptation, the Oscar winner (for art direction) Pride and Prejudice (1940) film starring Greer Garson and Sir Laurence Olivier . Here's my film review of the 1940 film...

P&P Adaptations trivia Did you know? There are many TV and Film adaptations made for Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice , but there were only two feature films made that were widely known and universally acknowledged : Pride and Prejudice 1940 (starring Sir Olivier Lawrence & Greer Garson ) and Pride & Prejudice 2005 (starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyen ) films. They were 65 years apart! Both Oscar nominated films (the 1940 won its only Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction - Black and White , while the 2005 movie earned 4 Oscar nominations including Best Actress for Keira Knightley ) . Here's Pride & Prejudice movie's production notes (a very interesting read, if you haven't read it already...lots of production details) from 2005 film via Focus Feature's P&P page that mentions this interesting info about both films ...