| Pride and Prejudice | 
| Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Ann Rutherford, Greer Garson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.97
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Sales Rank: 10,385
Format: Full Screen, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 12569793682
UPC: 012569793682
EAN: 0012569793682
ASIN: B000GRUQKQ
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | DVD | | • | 4 X 3 FULL FRAME | | • | Amaray Case | | • | Dolby Surround Stereo - English | | • | Theatrical Trailer: Oscar nominated Crime Doesn't Pay Short Eyes of the Navy Classic Cartoon The Fishing Bear |
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Product Description
Features include:
•MPAA Rating: NR
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 118 minutes
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Jane Austen's wonderful novel has been adapted to the screen many times, with this 1940 version representing the golden age of the Hollywood studio era. Greer Garson, then just on the cusp of her stardom, plays the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, smartest of five daughters who must be married off. Laurence Olivier is that difficult fellow Mr. Darcy, whose mulishness about the Bennet girls begins to thaw when he gets a dose of Elizabeth's sense and sensibility. The film is done up in the glamorous MGM house style, which means we're stuck with the less-than-inspired direction of Robert Z. Leonard (The Great Ziegfeld), redeemed somewhat by a collection of handsome sets (Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse won the Oscar for Interior Decoration) and the dandy photography by Karl Freund, one of the greats. Anyone accustomed to the 1995 miniseries version of Pride and Prejudice will need to adjust to the swifter demands of a two-hour movie, and to be sure this version, like the 2005 Keira Knightley remake, simplifies some of Austen's scenes. It's one of the few films, by the way, with Aldous Huxley as a credited screenwriter. Edmund Gwenn is lovely as Mr. Bennet, and Mary Boland brash as Mrs. Bennet; Garson, although MGM liked to corset her in fine-lady roles, manages to let Elizabeth's sauciness come through. Actually, the movie's weak spot is Laurence Olivier's elaborate performance as Darcy, which feels too theatrical. Not that it matters; Austen's story is so good, the film sails through to its delicious finish with all flags flying. --Robert Horton
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