Pride & Prejudice (DVD) (2005) (Region 1) (US Import) (NTSC)

this version of the classic tale is by far the most humourous telling.ok greer garson may be a tad too old for her part but who cares she does it well.it really has some laugh out loud moments in it and really brings the inherent wit of the book alive and loses nothing in being b&w.i really cannot rate this movie too highly (nb although this is a zone 1 if you dont have a multi regional player there ARE sites on the internet that show you how to convert very easily.funnily enough the cheaper the dvd player the easier to do )

This is the original Pride & Prejudice and although Colin Firth was great as Mr Darcy there is nothing quite like this classic version with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson. They were two of the greatest actors the world has ever known.Greer was beautiful and Laurence so handsome, they will never be replaced!!

An amazing film that is a pleasure to watch. I'm in my 30s and think that Olivier and Garson give unbeatable performances (much better than Kiera Knightly)

Nice to see the oldies even tho maybe improved by re makes

This film is my all time favourite version, and delighted that I was able to purchase it at long last.

A beautiful DVD from the 1940s film. There may have been other film versions of this story but I'm sure this is probably one of the best!

This is just a gift for a daughter, unhappy with the UK edition. The better ending, two extra minutes.

Love old films - this did not disappoint

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Me encanta esta pelicula,

Le livre "orgueil et Préjugés" de Jane Austen est un grand classique de la littérature anglaise. Cette transposition cinématographique de 2005 est excellente avec, dans le rôle principal, l'excellente actrice Keira Knightly qui fait depuis une très grande carrière. Le Blu-Ray permet de visionner ce film en VO, VO sous-titrée, ou français. A conseiller ...

Poor Mrs. Bennet, (Mary Boland) this fluttering chatterbox of a matron has five daughters she must marry off, and what's worse nary a son which is a potentially disastrous turn of events! For her husband's estate Longbourn is entailed, meaning only male issue can inherit it and when the amiable Mr. Bennet (Edmund Gwenn) goes to his eternal reward his distant cousin the pompous Mr. Collins (Melville Cooper) will take possession. One small consolation is that her five girls with the exception of her middle child the bespectacled bookworm Mary (Marsha Hunt) are comely and vivacious young women; gentle, sweet natured Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), the bright, spirited Elizabeth (Greer Garson), and the giddy, coquettish twosome Kitty (Heather Angel) and Lydia (Ann Rutherford). Then, two well born young gentlemen of property and social position are heaven sent to their village of Meryton, the affable Mr. Bingley (Bruce Lester) who has taken a lease on the nearby estate of Netherfield, accompanied by his haughty sister Caroline (Frieda Inescort), and his best friend the supercilious Mr. Darcy (Laurence Olivier). At the next assembly ball Jane makes a conquest of the smitten Mr. Bingley, but Elizabeth is infuriated by Mr. Darcy's arrogant dismissal of Meryton and it's inhabitants as provincial, socially and intellectually beneath his notice, she included. Despite this pride on his part, and her prejudice towards him, Elizabeth and Darcy do have an attraction of opposites, and Darcy himself is more intrigued than he would like by the quick-witted, entrancing Elizabeth. However, their nascent romance suffers many a setback by both circumstance and individuals such as the dashing Mr. Wickham (Edward Ashley Cooper), the malicious Caroline Bingley and Darcy's aunt, the redoubtable Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Edna May Oliver). This first film version of "Pride and Prejudice" is not a totally faithful adaption of the Jane Austen classic and might be dismissed by sticklers as such, but nonetheless exerts it's own lively charm, and the discerning viewer will find much to appreciate and enjoy. Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin based the screenplay on a stage adaption by Helen Jerome; it crackles with wit, and captures the essence if not the scope of the novel. The whole production design is a sumptuous one, with superb sets that were so handsomely executed that an Oscar was awarded to Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse for Best Art Direction for a black and white film. Celebrated designer Adrian created elaborate costumes in the styles of the 1830's, that at times are exaggerated in their design and size. Although the time frame of the novel is the beginning to the second decade of the nineteenth century, the gowns women wore in that era were apparently too simple for Adrian. Since, he wanted more of a challenge the time frame was conveniently shifted to a later decade where the fashions had become more ornate and decorative, huge, towering bonnets bedecked with ribbons and plumes, puffed balloon sleeves, wide sweeping skirts belled out by crinolines. Still, Adrian did get to exercise his creativity, and most of the times his designs are flattering to the Misses Garson, O'Sullivan, Rutherford et al. For me, Greer Garson's Elizabeth Bennet is her best performance. Starting with "Blossoms in the Dust" the next year, and solidified by her famous Oscar winning "Mrs. Miniver" her characters would be by and large noble, sanctimonious "ladies", which eventually became tiresome. Her Elizabeth is unmistakably a lady, but one of decided character and mettle that is rare for a young woman of her social station and era. She is forthright with a nimble sense of humor yet still retains her charm and femininity in her verbal jousts with Mr. Darcy, Miss Bingham and Lady Catherine. Some of this of course is due to Jane Austen's development of Elizabeth Bennet who is one of the most delightful heroines in literature, but Garson puts her own stamp on her, bringing her to vivid life. Laurence Olivier has a difficult task in making the puffed up Darcy likeable, but he pulls it off admirably. One aspect I liked was that Olivier's Darcy isn't a strutting peacock, a fop, he's possesses a strong masculinity and strength to make him an ideal candidate to court Elizabeth. He also melts the icy Darcy by degrees, becoming less a paragon of perfection, and a fully realized flawed human being, so the audience is on his side in the last quarter of the film. It doesn't hurt in either instance that both Garson and Olivier are both at the peak of their youthful magnetism and attractiveness. A first rate cast supports them led by the matchless, poker faced Edna May Oliver as Lady Catherine, who comes daringly close to stealing every scene she's in, her final scene with Elizabeth is razor sharp. Thelma Ritter and she are my two favorite supporting actresses from Hollywood's classic era, both worth their weight in gold. Running a close second place is Mary Boland's high strung, prattling Mrs. Bennet, she brings out the character's comic silliness without being annoying, and losing the audience's sympathy. All the actresses playing the Bennet sisters get their own individual moments to sparkle, Maureen O' Sullivan, Ann Rutherford, Marsha Hunt, and Heather Angel. As the lone male living with a bevy of female Bennets, Edmund Gwenn as Mr. Bennet has a droll twinkle in his playing that makes him an ideal choice. Lastly nods of approval to Bruce Lester, Frieda Inescort, Melville Cooper, Edward Ashley Cooper and Karen Morley, who are winners all. A brief word on the special features, an Oscar nominated short from 1940, the same year this was released about the training of the US Navy Air Pilots called "Crime Doesn't Pay: Short Eyes of the Navy." This I found interesting from an historical point of view, as America was one year away from entry in the raging World War II, I thought it was a not so subtle piece of propaganda. The second is a cartoon called "The Fishing Bear", that is mildly amusing, but not up to the standards of the classic Chuck Jones cartoons from Warner Brothers starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Company. Finally, there is the usual theatrical trailer for the film, always a good curiosity piece to see how a film is first promoted to its potential audience. Much as I enjoy this film, which is one of the more splendid Hollywood adaptations of a literary classic, I wish what I feel could have been the dream version had been made. Initially "Pride and Prejudice" was to be the first Hollywood vehicle to star the soon to be wed Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, fresh off their red hot successes in "Gone with the Wind" and "Wuthering Heights", directed by the master of sophisticated comedy George Cukor. Yet when the cameras rolled, Robert Z. Leonard was directing and Vivien Leigh was cast in "Waterloo Bridge". While I wouldn't want to lose Leigh's magnificent performance in that, I wish she could have played both, her Elizabeth Bennet would have been a piece of screen magic. It's a damned pity that Olivier and she lost an opportunity to play two renowned characters in a sparkling comedy of manners that end up in love and living happily ever after at that point in time when personally and professionally their lives were at their most joyous and radiant.

El DVD llegó en buen estado, con buena calidad de imagen y sonido. Esta película es mi favorita y me emociona tenerla en físico para revivirla cuando quiera sin depender del internet. La historia es preciosa.