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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012569793682
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 4782
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 26, 1940
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The original version of Pride and Prejudice ...
I have the Colin Firth and the Matthew Macfadyen versions of the film, so it seemed only fit that I get the original version. I enjoyed the nostalgia of the Sir Laurence Olivier version, but my favorite is the Colin Firth version. As Meg Ryan stated in the movie, You've Got Mail ... "Don't ya just love that Mr. Darcy."
In answer to your question ... yes, I would buy this film again.
Rating: - Not as True to the Book, but So What? A Great Version!
I had read on IMDB that this version was not true to the book. I bought it anyway, because I love Pride and Prejudice and have seen several versions.
Having read the book many many times over the years, the times this movie strays from the book are obvious. But, these variances fit well into this version's story line. If you haven't read the book a whole bunch of times, you probably wouldn't even notice because the screenplay is seamless.
The costumes are wrong. It's more ... Read More
Rating:  - I wanted to like this
I am an avid reader and admirer of Jane Austen and I also love classic hollywood films, so I was really hoping to like this film. With such a cast as Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, it is a shame they were not offered a better film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to work with. The faults with this production are too numerous to list entirely; the screenplay, the costumes (Victorian, not Regency)...well, everything. Laurence Olivier would have undoubtedly been an ideal Darcy if he were allowed to ... Read More
Rating: - Strays a bit from the book but still a favorite!
This is the first film version I had ever seen of Pride and Prejudice and I was so glad to finally see it on DVD. An Austen fanatic, I own more than one version and while this one takes a few more librties than others, it is my favorite. Like most movies it sticks true to the main points of the book but, even the differences seem to fit in seemlessly. If you are a stickler for the movie being a carbon copy of the book (in which case you might want to try the BBC version) then you probably won't enjoy ... Read More
Rating:  - Nothing like the book.
This movie to my opinion is simply dreadful. Nothing like the wonderful masterpeice of Jane Austen Why do they dress in a manner nothing like the 1810s? Why do they have carriages races. Mr Darcy wants to dance with Elisabeth only 2 minutes after having said he does not like her. A stupid film in my opinion. Do not waist your money on this film.
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