| Pride And Prejudice | 
 enlarge | Directors: Cyril Coke, Fay Weldon
Actors: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 3179
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, Pal, Surround Sound
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 301 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
EAN: 5014503496029
ASIN: B00004CJRS
Release Date: June 3, 1996
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 DVD please! March 12, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a brilliant version, well cast and very close to the orginal text. I'm lucky enough to have a video that I bought when it was first released, but I want to replace it on dvd before it wears out. Maybe if enough people ask for it to go on to dvd it might get released.....??
Truest to Austen's work March 8, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This version of Pride and Prejudice is absolutely the best. Minimal tinkering with Austen's dialogue or plot, unlike the 1995 version. The casting is exquisite, even to the little details so often ignored: you look at the Bennett sisters and it is actually believable that those five women could BE sisters - and they even look like they could all be the daughters of Mrs. Bennett. If you love Jane Austen's works in print, this version will be an absolute delight and will leave all other versions looking like ... well, looking like some unknown from Hollywood decided to "improve" on Jane Austen. We need this version released in DVD!
 fair February 24, 2004
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
oh dear - I really tried to like this version - but it was wooden, boring, and tedious - maybe it is because I have seen the Colin Firth/Jennifer Erle version which was excellent that I found it hard to watch. The acting was fine - it just seemed so endless. I searched for it high and low because it is not available any more and have already sold it on!
Quite Simply The Best Version November 16, 2003
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This version of this oft filmed classic quite simply knocks the spots off any other version. It is more faithful to the text and although some have complained that it is rather more sedate than the more well known version starring Colin Firth, one feels it is simply more beautiful. Far too much was added in the more recent filming..inc. that awful double wedding. Elizabeth Garvie was stunningly beautiful and David Rintoul was simply born to play the part of Mr Darcy. Judy Parfitt and Marsha Fitzallan also filled their roles in a way in which none could match. Would love to see this version released on DVD one day but we know that that will never happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the pinnacle July 18, 2003
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Higher than the heights of the Bonnet Rock that Elizabeth climbs in the 1995 version, this version of P&P REALLY is the pinnacle. If you had seen it first then the '95 one could hardly raise enthusiasm.
David Rintoul is textbook darcy, whilst Colin Firth just looks like a podgy bloke with a bad hairstyle. Also Elizabeth Garvey's Lizzy is convincingly prejudiced in a way that Jennifer Ehrle couldn't quite emulate, being so nice and all.
The producers and writers haven't mucked around with the script at all, either, so that if you want Jane Austen's words that's exactly what you get!
Another thing that sways the balance for me is that the atrocious characters such as Mrs Bennet and Mr Collins are marginally more bearable in this version too. The only downside is Wickham, who is smarmy, but then Wickham is always a creep!
So, if you get the chance, buy this one and you will treasure it always. It is guaranteed to cause your copy of the 1995 version to gather dust in the video cabinet from this point on!
Sadly, this version is now out of production. I feel that we, the Jane -Austen -period -drama -loving audiences are really getting the short straw now by not being able to own this one anymore.
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