This was definitely the best production of ",Pride and Prejudice " ever. It was trurer to the book snd the acting was supperb of any account American or English. This is a classic that can always be shown. They all deserve an Oscar .
Everyone was so perfectly cast- hard to pick a favourite but I must say Alison Steadman’s squawking Mrs Bennet really brought a lot of life and comedy to every scene she was in 😂
Absolutely! Wine doesn’t leave a trail of washing on the floor nor does it open the fridge every 5 minutes to see if food has magically appeared out of nowhere😂
I love Jennifer Ehle. I've seen her in some other productions from past and present. She is a versatile actress, playing many different characters. She was a great Elizabeth. I think her rendition of Lizzie was iconic. Loved her refusal of Darcy scene. She handled it beautifully. Very emotional yet true to her character's pride . Loved it. I try to watch anything I see with her name on the credits.
What stands out to me was the perfect casting and acting, e.g., how with simply an expression Colin Firth showed pride and then puzzlement over his attraction to Elizabeth at their first ball.
Austen was *so* good at writing scathing portrayals of inappropriate aspirants to heroines' hands. Wickham the slimeball, William Elliot the money-grubber, and John Thorpe the boorish lout leap to mind. But she excelled at clergymen. I sometimes wonder if she had specific men in mind, as some of their quirks and turns of phrase seem so true-to-life. Goodness knows, she would have had ample opportunity to observe her father's colleagues. I wonder if any of them recognized themselves in her novels and blushed? Nah -- the curates and vicars Austen depicted were so lacking in self-awareness, they wouldn't have seen themselves in their satirized forms.
I loved everything about this series, absolutely everything, and one little thing that stood out for me was precisely Julia S. playing Lydia, with her cheekiness and raspy voice. She was infuriating and hilarious and no other actress playing the Bennet's youngest daughter ever came close to having her charisma. That raspy voice! Loved it.
The one thing I didn't like was that she clearly was so very much older than the character. At times, it was cringing to see this mature woman play a teenager.
@@carmenl163I disagree Julia Sawalha had already had plenty of practice pulling off a teenager while in her mid twenties, albeit a more sensible one than Lydia, as Saffron in Absolutely Fabulous. It's called acting. Only Jennifer Ehle was physically anywhere close to the age of her Character. But all of the girls pulled of the younger roles.
@@annamae859 That's not acting. Otherwise all child actors would be replaced by adults. Men would play women and black facing wouldn't be a thing. Costumes and sets wouldn't be necessary. Acting is about ensuring that everything resembles as much as possible to a certain fantasy situation.
I've been a jane Austen fan since I was 14 - I'm 61 now - and in my opinion this adaptation is the best. It captured Austen's characters perfectly. I remember at the time there was criticism of Alison Steadman's role as Mrs Bennet, but personally I think she was wonderful. Still enjoy watching this today.
This introduced me to Jane Austen when I was 15 because of this adaptation and have loved all her stories from this moment and made me become an avid reader.
Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle were so perfect in their roles. They truly did justice to Austen’s work. One criticism of this video. Telling us someone is alive doesn’t seem like much of an update.
Colin Firth will always be my Mr Darcy. I'm also amazed that so many of the "younger" cast were a great deal older than the characters they portrayed - and that Lady Catherine was quite a bit younger than she seemed in the production (great make up and hair)
P&P 1995 is absolutely the best adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel that I have ever seen. I love the 2005 adaptation as well, but it requires a thorough reading or readings of Jane Austen’s novel, or viewing the 1995 version first, to understand it because there simply isn’t enough time in a two hour film to develop all the nuances of the novel.. The six episodes of 1995 do have the time to develop the story and it is simply said, brilliant. Thank you Andrew Davies for your superb screenplay. And every actor nails their role. Jane Austen would have loved it, I’m sure.🌹
I love the book and this is the best because it was true to the book. The cast, acting, costumes and sets are the best hands down, it was really well done by everyone involved, it takes you into the world Jane Austen describes in the book. It is only version I have watched more than once and have continued to watch over the years which from me is very high praise.
I still watch the 1995 series of Pride & Prejudice; Great actors and a pleasure to watch. I preferred it to the 2005 version. I thought Julia Sawalha was brilliant as Lydia.
It took me about 15 years to come around to this version having been a fierce proponent of the 1980 version with Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. I've watched the 1980 version close to 1,000 times. What irked me about the 1995 version has mellowed over time and the scene between Eliza and Darcy at Pemberly, and his need to return to the piano room later is one of the finest pieces of cinema ever.
This was the very best of all time , and I'm 81 yrs. Old. This should be shown over and over again. This is absolutely a classic . Director and actors did an absolutely a superb job. They should winn an award no one has been able to surpass them in this story.***************************************************
I have it on disk and watch it at least once a year since it's release. I loved all the character portrayals but that Mr Collins was the best. He was so slimy and disgusting. That actor did a great job.
It is a version of P&P that is unmatched - I watched it many times - Loved the experience each time! What surprises me is that Jennifer Eyle remained in the background of the acting world even after her awesome performance as Elizabeth Bennett while Colin Firth who played Darcy, shot into worldwide stardom immediately with leading roles in classic movies, box office hits, and ... Puzzling! Is it that female stars have to reinvent themselves more often in order to stay in view ...
It’s the subtleties. They’re all brilliant with them but it really comes out so well in Darcy. You see what looks like ge I e admiration when Lizzie is talking. My favorite scene of Darcy’s might be his interaction with Mr. Collins
Wonderful to see them then and now, but very little info about their lives, just that they currently "live a happy life". Anyway, thank you for the pictures and update on the actors of my favorite P&P adaptation. My favorites are Lizzy and Mr. Darcy, they were superb, and I was surprised to know that Jennifer Ehle is America, she portrayed Elizabeth Bennet wonderfully.
I love this cast of actors. They are priceless. I love Pride and Prejudice. Did you know that the actors who played Darcy and Elizabeth dated in real life? I think very briefly but they did! I just find that so delicious.
It was such a great series, done so well and with none of today's attitudes and cultural references or signalling to prevailing concerns and ideals. Just pure Jane Austen - and done as well as possibly could be. There was a Vanity Fair series too - every bit as well done, and I loved that too. It was the last blast of the 20th century firing off it's final cultural references - without argument and controversy or attempting to identify in terms of modern UK.
I've read that Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle dated but split up afterwards. Sometimes the films or mini-series can be seductive but in real life each individual has their own personality and ego to consider.
I think the 1995 P&P is my favorite thing to watch. I have it on dvd (finally!) and could watch it over and over. I have several parts of it memorized. Favorite character? Probably Lizzy. Though I adore Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy I think Jennifer Ehle's performance as Lizzy was wonderful. I love the story because when you really like a man like Mr. Darcy you want him to have the best for the woman he falls in love with. Lizzy is well worthy of him because she is just so cool. I love how she turns down his first proposal because it was so insulting in spite of the fact that accepting him would save her family from that stupid sexist entail. But she had higher principles than that. Little by little she does fall in love with him and then accepts him when she realizes he really is a good man and now she loves him. P&P is my favorite book. Other great performances were Mrs. Bennet ("Oh, Mr. Bennet!") and Lady Catherine. All of the actors were just perfect for their roles.
This is a strange video,regarding what the actors are currently doing. The whole cast was exceptional. The script followed the book which is amazing in and of itself and much appreciated by Austin followers.
The all-time greatest, best film ever made of this great Jane Austen novel. And my favorite character? Colin Firth's smoldering Mr Darcy! Just can't help it, I guess.
I'm sorry that the actor that played Mr. Bennett died which he was excellent in his part and will always loved him for the wonderful acting he did in Pride & Prejudice.
Mr Darcy Adored British Actor Every role he ever played on followed him through every emotion he so marvelously portrayed. Each role was perfectly distributed. The Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice. Was my first book of hers given for Christmas 1950. At 12. The first 'modern' book.
Esse filme do ano de 1995, foi a melhor versão, eu já assisti, umas 10 vezes e não me canso de ver. Maravilhoso! Todos atores são, SUPER MARAVILHOSOS! PARABÉNS A TODOS.!!
I've seen some good Mr. Collins performances in other versions, but David Bamber is the gold standard, in my opinion. And Barbara Leigh-Hunt makes an outstanding Lady Catherine. They both steal every scene they're in.
This is absolutely my very favorite adaptation of Pride and Prejudice! The cast is perfection except, and don't hate me for this, the girl that played Jane. I just did not care for her and I didn't think she was nearly as beautiful as Elizabeth! Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy - oh my! And Mr. Collins in this is absolutely fantastic! Thank you for this very, very interesting video!
The entire cast of this superb series were excellent. That said, Anna Chancellor has been a particular favorite of mine since seeing her in this version of P&P. Her role in Tipping the Velvet was certainly a surprising departure after playing Miss Bingley.
The clips from the present are so very weird. They add nothing, but rather actually take away from this video. They start and stop in mid-conversation and almost all of them have nothing to do with P and P!
It's one thing to be remembered as Lizzy or Jane Bennett, who were the heroines. It's all well and good to be remembered as one of the Lucas girls, who were certainly positive. But Anna Chancellor has to be remembered as the much-despised Miss Bingley, and Julia Sawalha has been burdened with the memory of the awful and ignorant Lydia Bennett -- and half the world wanted to stand in line to slap Lydia.
I think that playing Lydia must have been a challenging role, trying to emulate someone so stupid, selfish, conceited, self-centered and self-led who not only had no idea of the damage they did but, even if they did, would not care. So the actress did a stunning job in what was a thankless role. The other thankless roles are those of Mary Bennett and Mr. Collins.
I was 25 when this came out, and it was the first Jane Austen adaptation I'd ever seen. My mom and I watched it together, and we both fell in love with it. It's a show that I easily get lost in, and there's just something about it that I get lost in. My favourite character? I don't know. I always love Elizabeth ("Lizzy") and Jane and Darcy and Bingley, but the more I watch it, the more I love other characters as well. One who's grown on me as far as loving how she's portrayed is Lady Catherine. I can't stand her as a character, and I know that was what Jane Austen intended. But the actress portrayed her so very well. Mr. Bennett is also a favourite of mine, and I feel for Mary. Kitty and Lydia as well, and I always sort of had a thing for Denny. While Adrian Lukas did a great job of portraying Wickham, that character just gets on my nerves. I always want to shake Lydia and tell her to avoid him. haha It really is very difficult, though, to pick one overall favourite character, and sometimes it changes from watching to watching.
Beautiful cast. The 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. The actors still look good after 28 years and are good in other performances in which I've seen them.
Going through the cast and telling us their current ages is not interesting and lazy. You could tell what they're doing now or what else they've done not just pinch clips from other peoples interviews
How weird ...... “Currently, they’re living happily (subtext) even though they’re xx old” (how do you know they’re living happily?) OR “Sadly .... they’re dead”
I wish the film and this TV series could be brought into one. It would be perfect. The lovely and very beautiful Rosamund Pike would be Jane, instead of this not so pretty Jane and Lydia would be played by an age appropriate actress.
The 1995 series will always be for me the definitive dramatization with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Furth as the lead characters. I gave up watching this video before I was half way through it. I got tired of hearing that X is living happily at age Y. I wasn't learning anything that I already knew about the actors.
I loved this series, but I still think the casting of the actress who played eldest Bennett sister Jane was odd. For one thing, being 30, she was 7 or 8 years older than the character, and looked it. She was pretty enough but Jane is supposed to be noticeably beautiful, the kind of girl to turn heads of every man in the room. She’s supposed to be the golden child of the Bennett family, having been gifted with both uncommon beauty and a sweet and agreeable personality, the one daughter everyone knows has at least a good chance of marrying a rich man. Elizabeth basically says that to her in the first episode.
This adaptation and the 1940 Greer Garson version both chose to cast a more attractive actress for Lizzie. Susannah Harker's Jane has a lovely serenity and Maureen O'Sullivan's is charming, but both are eclipsed by their respective Lizzies.
For casting and rewriting, the movie demands the highest praise. I have watched this supurbly presented tv production many times, always with great pleasure. The costumes and the language of the time adds to the perfection of Pride and Prejudice. The historical rules re family and inheritances expands the viewing enjoyment with personal judgements on how masculine power governed much of the financial issues in life at that time, so personal feelings of viewers on this subject added to the quality of this time and indicated how unfortunate situations could be eased. Being of English birth, I am exceedingly proud and prejudiced that this successful programme was acted out so superbly, that the love element was portrayed delightfully and if the author could be alive today, she would not fail to be very happy, "indeed". Thankyou Vintage TV Shows.
I worked as a nurse before I retired so I don't see the rerun of Pride and Prejudice until around in the 2015 or so. So Colin Firth is still the best Mr. Darcy I think.
My favorite character was Mrs Benett. I am a fan of Jane Austin. Must have read all her books several time. Of all, pride and prejudice is my favorite. This mini series resembles the book the best. I own the CD ‘s and have watched it over and over again.
I loved the mini series of "Pride & Prejudice" but knew very little of Jane Austen before this series and since it came on A/E Network I was thrilled to see and later got the book which I loved and realized the miniseries follow this great story from Jane Austen. I still love and read it whenever I can. As for my interest in characters were both Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennett. Plus, the other characters that were magnificent including the Bennett parents and young adolescent daughters. The entire work from A/E Entertainment Network was a masterpiece that could not be copied or duplicated by any other Screenplay except. Davis. So -much beloved CD miniseries was given to me by my daughter on Christmas Day.
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