This one isn't a film but it is brilliant none the less, the BBC's adaptation of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. After visit Chatsworth last weekend I felt all inspired to watch this, unfortunately I was off work ill again on Monday and Tuesday so I could spend all day lying in front of the TV watching the 6 part series on a DVD I purchased some years ago. I love this program not just because of the excellent cast, costumes, sets and script but because of all the memories I have attached to it. Not sure if this is the same for other people but there is always one film/series that you watched time and time again as you where growing up and for me it was this. My Grandma recorded the original series on Video cassette when it was first shown in 1995 on the BBC, me and my sisters watched it so much that we started to wear the tape out.
It stars Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in the title roles of Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, and I am sure after Colin's recent Oscar win for the Kings Speech the BBC will be reshowing this program around the world. If you don't know the storyline already it is about the two lead characters finding love against both there better judgement and concerns brought with class and the social standing of the period. The supporting cast is wonderful with hilarious performances from Lydia Bennet (as the boy obsessed teenager), Mrs Bennet (as the menopausal interfering mother) and Lady Catherine DeBurgh (as and interfering old bag :-)).
It is a long one, possibly more suited for periods of illness or days with rain but it is such a goodie!
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