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Pride & prejudice

Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom t...

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Corporate Author: Focus Features., Studio Canal+., Working Title Films., Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Wright, Joe, 1972-, Moggach, Deborah., Knightley, Keira, 1985-, Macfadyen, Matthew, 1974-, Blethyn, Brenda, 1946-, Sutherland, Donald, 1935-, Hollander, Tom, 1967-, Pike, Rosamund, 1979-, Malone, Jena, 1984-, Dench, Judi, 1934-, Osin, Roman., Marianelli, Dario., Greenwood, Sarah., Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Spanish
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]
Edition: Full screen.
Subjects:
Romance > Drama.
Sisters > England > Drama.
Dependents > England > Drama.
Social classes > England > Drama.
Young women > England > Drama.
Courtship > England > Drama.
Marriage customs and rites > England > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.
Feature films.
Melodrama, English.
Summary: Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighbourhood of the rich gentleman Mr. Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr Bingley brings with him his sister and the dashing, rich, but proud Mr. Darcy. Love is soon buds for one of the Bennet sisters, while another sister may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness.
Item Description: Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience: MPAA rating: PG; for some mild thematic elements.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Roman Osin ; art directors, Nick Gottschalk, Mark Swain ; editor, Paul Tothill ; music, Dario Marianelli ; costume designer, Jacqueline Durran ; production designer, Sarah Greenwood.
ISBN: 1417055073

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