The 4-time Academy Award ( 6-time BAFTA and 2-time Golden Globe ) nominated 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice starring Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen began filming 20 years ago this week ( July 19th, 2004 ). The film was shot entirely on location in the UK , including Derbyshire , Wiltshire and Kent . The P&P cast and crew spent their most fun and "happiest" summer ( 3 months! ) filming the movie from July to October 2004 . In retrospect, here are a compilation of various cast interviews (mostly, you've read/heard them from interviews and the P&P DVD extras ) and what the cast said their experiences were like filming P&P movie and bonding with each other...