They can remake this movie a hundred times and it will never be better or closer to the book than this production. Absolutely brilliant and I'm so thankful they took the time to film what is essentially the book word for word.
Sounds like Sue Birtwistle was almost single-handedly responsible for Colin Firth playing Darcy. One of the most legendarily perfect castings ever. THANK YOU, SUE!
allison steadman was phenomenal as mrs. bennet. i think her experience in stage acting contributed immensely to her performance. i loved how her acting was purposely overdramatic and over the top. it actually contrasted with the subtle acting of the rest of the cast in such a brilliant way. it made viewers exasperated yet highly entertained by her character. i have a renewed respect for stage actors/actresses. well done, allison (o^-^o)
@@ds1868 there is a 1985 version as well. it stars Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet and David Rintoul as Mr. Darcy. i like that version too, bc of how close it was to the book. it often is included in a six movie Jane Austen set of BBC adaptations. So, i meant that version and the Jennifer Ehle version as well.
I ADORE this P&P production with my whole heart. Every single actor/character-- from Lizzy and Darcy to Hill, the Longbourne maid, is dear to me. So it makes me super-happy to see this on here. I own the dvd but without all these extra features, so thank you! There will never be another P&P like this one!!!!!
Hats off to you all! You've given so much pleasure to so many with this 'work of art'. So much talent and good team work to produce this jewel in the BBC's crown. Thank you all.
Zooni Sami I can't believe that version is actually thought to be considered comparable to the Colin Firth version. Mr. Darcy in the Knightley version is the worst case of acting I have ever seen
Dont even bother,- that Knightly version does not deserve to be even mentioned in the same sentence. It is a horrific, lazily done crap version as if they had just read the back cover of the book. Just horrible thing to be on celluloid.
Zooni Sami The only thing that was slightly interesting about that version was that they fleshed Darcy out a bit more. I would have liked Colin’s Darcy to have more dialogue.
This is the best version of all the movies. I loved the casting, I thought all were performed beautifully. Mr. Bennet and Mr. Collins were not only very good actors but both portrayed each character different than in other productions. Mr. Bennett made you love him and Mr. Collins was hilarious perfection. So obnoxious, snobby, ridiculous but not over the top, I just loved him as well. As I did Colin Firth, my favorite actor. So charming, though not at first. By the end you just had to smile and sigh.
I just found Lark Rise To Candleford and Julia Sawalha is just a spectacular actress. She is a completely different character in everything she does from Saffy on Ab Fab to Dorcas Lane on Lark Rise. One of the most underrated actresses in my opinion.
i absolutely LOVED the 2005 movie it was so romantic and perfect. BUT, the 1995 mini series allows the relationship of elizabeth and darcy to develop more properly, in the movie it can feel a little rushed (obviously hour and a half and 6 hours isnt the same so....) i really love this mini series you get to enjoy deeply the jane austen world. Its great.
Hi, thanks for putting this up, it's a great little production, ...but there again I'm a bit biased as I'm the director! Lots of funny stories, Lucy Briers having to sit on a stone wall in the churchyard so we could see the Bennet house, a mad dash to Cambridge to get David Bamber's interview, Adrian's sense of humor, Ben's reading off the cuff of his own copy of Pride and Prejudice, and bribing Polish builders in Kensington so they would stop drilling whilst we recorded Carl's music ! WOW !
I wonder whether this is his likeness at 1:40 ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Yes82Yb-tk4.html )? I always wondered why the Darcy drawing was so much more accurate than the Wickham one.
Hello, to those of you who asked about the missing Julia Sawahla, I as the director and Producer I would have loved to have had Julia on board ( and Colin, Jennifer, SusannaH, etc). Unfortunately we had a very short production schedule, and Julia simply wasn't available when we needed to interview her *( she was busy doing some more "ab fabs" as I remember.) I did have her on board initially but months later when we got the go ahead she wasn't available (simple as that unfortunately).
Bonjour et merci pour cette précision. Et encore mille mercis pour tout votre travail. ❤️❤️ Je suis fan. Tellement fan que j aimerais que vous puissiez réaliser des suites et des suites...❤️❤️....mm si Jane Austen n en a pas écrites. En 1995, ( ou 1996 🙄🙄), lorsque la série est sortie en France, j ai eu terriblement envie d écrire mon bonheur et mes remerciements, à toute l équipe, pour tout ce long travail de reconstitution passionnant.... Mais je n ai pas osé...!!..... Longue vie à vous et vos travaux ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for uploading this! What a brilliant documentary! So cool to see the personalities of the actors behind the roles (I've seen most of them in other productions but never in a live interview).
Thanks for the upload! My favorite production of Pride and Prejudice! I don't agree with Mary playing ''bad'' though. The novel never says she's bad at playing the piano. She is pedantic and tries to show off by playing big pieces when everybody just wants some light music. The novel gives the the impression that she's quite good technically, but doesn't play with feeling and plays to show off and not to please.
One of the best things about the success of this production is that it gave others the confidence to do a series on Emma and Sense and Sensibility which are also better than the shorter movies. Pride and Prejudice is still the best.
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Love it to death BUT I have to say my man, was the great DAVID BAMBER!!! Plus then I saw him in so many other things like his very Mr. Collinsesque Cicero in ROME!!!!! The scenes with Bamber and James Purefoy as Antony were awesome!
I watched it in 1995 and every time after that when it was available on my tv, on RU-vid and everyplace it appeared...it is the best version and the one that is the truest to the novel. Jane would have loved it!
To me, this production is still the gold standard. But I do enjoy a new reiteration of this classic book. It's 2019 now-- 14 years since the movie. It's time for a new version.
@SMARTARTSMEDIA Woops... caught me red handed. I'm so sorry, I uploaded it because I thought viewers outside the US should be able to see this too. Thank you for being so cool about it!
What a lovely presentation. Thank-you very much for posting this. Like so many others, I prefer this production over the McFayden/Knightly version. Both of those actors were woefully miscast. I did feel sorry for Kira Knightly because she always looked disheveled, much like an unmade bed, as she walked about in that giant flapping coat, and with her hair always askew. McFayden always looked like a sad puppy, mooning about with his big cow eyes, rather than an arrogant rich man, whick Darcy was. What makes the '95 production stand out is the love and respect everyone involved with it accorded Jane Austin's original story.
Precisely..if you hadn't uploaded this i would've never been able to see it, and it's a shame! I already have the dvds of course, but all these documentaries don't reach my country. So thank you very very much!
Thankyou so much for uploading this. I'm almost certain we've never seen this doco in Australia. The 1995 P&P is certainly my favourite by far, and I'm loving this. I'm glad the director has been so gracious about the upload.
To his credit, Colin Firth definitely gave Darcy the physicality that was very sexy, his stride, his stance, at one point I can only describe his walk as a “pimp walk”, very commanding!!! Ha ha!!
@Darcyfied Thank you very much for sharing :) It always astonishes me how British filmmakers always manage to change the actresses and actors into totally different people. I never thought for a minute that Jennifer Ehle wore a wig. Truly extraordinary! I was shocked when I googled Alison Steadman and realized how beautiful she was in real life. I have watched P & P hundreds of times and it never gets tiresome.
Mr Bennett has my favorite line when he tells Lizzie that she is in a difficult position because if she doesn't marry Mr. Collins her mother will never speak to her again, and if she does marry him her father will never speak to her again. He and Lizzie are the only intelligent characters in the book.
Hi! I wanted to ask where you may have watched the '95 adaptation, or where it is still available for viewing maybe? I've realized only recently that it existed after coming across videos such as this, and I now want to watch it so badly T_T
One of my favourite lines is just before that - "I have not the pleasure of understanding you. Of what are you speaking?" I've been waiting to use that line myself for years!
I'm surprised they didn't interview Julia Sawalha, either. She was perfect for Lydia. Did anyone see her performance as Dorcas Lane in Larkrise to Candleford? I think she's one of the most underrated actresses ever. Love her
Though beautifully adapted , sad to call it about sex and money I think it's more about the sanctity of matrimonial institution within boundaries of morality despite ute deterioration with time The very significance of looks between lovers was the fact that they were chaste Had it been just sex and money there's too much of that about there days yet this story turns out phenomenal
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 seriously. Everything is about sex and money. Women couldn’t be compromised because then they couldn’t be sold off like prize mares. Lizzy was just lucky to fall in love.
Nope you're completely wrong. Life was all about sex and money 200 years ago just as it is today. It's just the upper classes dressed it up in a different way. You really need to improve your knowledge on this topic before making a totally naive comment.
I was shocked when I saw Jennifer Ehle years after the series. I was expecting a brunette. She is a fair blonde. It was very clever of her to dye her eyebrows for the audition. In watching the series I would never have guessed she is not a brunette.
The person who knew the person who knew the person who knew Jane Austen... the one who knew JA must be Charlotte Maria Middleton because she was the one who told the story of JA being like Mr Bennet, her parents were tenants of Chawton Great House just down the road from JA's house
Great brief documentary. i love this production and it's my favorite, alongside the 1980 version (yeah, i know that's an unpopular opinion, but there it is). :D
i just found this today - and i have subscribed. this is so interesting! if i were to have any criticism, it is that the music is too loud and i was struggling to hear the narration. i do thankyou very much xx
He says "Then go to it," which is more BE, more written language, and has probably been around for longer. Also compare forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst57801_Go-to-it-vs-Go-for-it-.aspx, can't do extended research atm.
Merci bcp pour ce partage. Pour moi également ce fut la meilleure et la plus fidèle adaptation du roman. Et puis, qui mieux que des britanniques, pourraient adapter un roman anglais.....? ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏.... interpréter les différents caractères ?....❤️❤️ ... Sentir l atmosphère Georgienne.... Le contexte social de l époque ? Le format "série" est une excellente idée pour moi, car les romans de J. Austen sont longs, fournis et complexes... Un seul (petit petit )bémol : même s ils sont tous et toutes extraordinaires, talentueux et vivants, je les ai trouvés un tout petit peu "âgés" (par rapport au roman). Mais ne prenez pas mon bémol pour une grosse critique... Je lis et relis les romans, et ... Je visionne tjrs avec autant de plaisir et d émotions mes DVD Orgueil et préjugés, Raison et sentiments, Mansfield Park, etc....et je suis tellement FAN que j aimerais pouvoir me procurer toutes les versions (depuis les toutes premières en noir et blanc) de toutes les adaptations ! 🙏🙏❤️❤️.
Pourtant, en visitant les adaptations qui vienaient avant, il y a un grand risque àux bémols par rapport au texte, je crains? Prends la version Italienne de 1957 par example... Très different!
Merci Darcyfield. Oui.... C'est bien pour cela que je préfère une adaptation réalisée par des Anglais. ☺️😉. Je ne connais pas l adaptation italienne.... J essaierai de la retrouver... La culture italienne étant évidemment différente de la culture Anglo-saxonne, l adaptation ne peut qu être différente.... Mais comme je ne l ai pas vue je préfère ne pas me prononcer, au risque de vexer nos amis Italiens ! 😉
@@Darcyfied waow merci beaucoup. Vous avez vite retrouvé cette version. Je vais la regarder.... Mais je ne connais pas l'italien 🙄et je ne pourrai évaluer le film que sur les expressions des comédiens et l atmosphère ressentie.....
Why do modern people interpret things only as about sex and money? Of course humans need sex and money but that is not what Pride and Prejudice was all about. Otherwise, we can say that all literary masterpieces are about sex and money when we strip it down to the barest minimum.
I like this Victorian style and 1995 version is best, i don't care about this love story in Victorian time where this based, Jane Austen but i like this Victorian style yes.
To be completely pedantic, this is "regency". Victorian is 1837-1901, that's the age of Brönte, Dickens, and Sherlock Holmes then. Sorry I couldn't resist correcting this.
