69. Pride and Prejudice Revisited, Part 3

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It's been almost three years since the first time we looked at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and this time we're doing it right! We're revisiting the classic with a three-part look at the classic filmed adaptations, and the some of the more out-there adaptations, too!

In this episode—Part Three of Three—we look at six non-traditional theatrical remakes of Jane Austen's classic romance:

• Bridget Jones's Diary (Miramax, 2001), directed by Sharon Maguire, written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding, and starring Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth.
• Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy (Excel Entertainment Group, 2003), directed by Andrew Black, written by Anne Black, Jason Faller, and Katherine Swigert, and starring Kam Heskin and Orlando Seale.
• Bride & Prejudice (Miramax, 2004), directed by Gurinder Chadha, written by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, and starring Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson.
• The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (Pemberley Digital, 2012–2013), created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, directed by Su and Margaret Dunlap, and starring Ashley Clements and Daniel Vincent Gordh.
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Lionsgate, 2016), written and directed by Burr Steers, and starring Lily James and Sam Riley. Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith.
• Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta (Lifetime, 2019), directed by Rhonda Baraka, written by Tracy McMillan, and starring Tiffany Hines and Juan Antonio.

Footnotes:

• Part One of this new look at Pride and Prejudice on Adapt or Perish
• And Part Two!

68. Pride and Prejudice Revisited, Part 2

If you're able, please consider donations to one or more of these groups and organizations:

• Black Lives Matter
• The George Floyd Memorial Fund
• The Minnesota Freedom Fund (or try to find a group near you that's organizing bail in your area)
• Black Visions Collective
• Reclaim the Block

It's been almost three years since the first time we looked at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and this time we're doing it right! We're revisiting the classic romance with a three-part look at the classic filmed adaptations, and the some of the more out-there adaptations, too!

In this episode—Part Two of Three—we re-discuss the last of the traditional Pride and Prejudice adaptations:

• Pride and Prejudice (BBC/A&E, 1995), directed by Simon Langton, written by Andrew Davies, and starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.
• Pride and Prejudice (Focus Features, 2005), directed by Joe Wright, written by Deborah Moggach, and starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

Footnotes:

• Part One of this new look at Pride and Prejudice on Adapt or Perish
• How to adapt Jane Austen for the screen, with Andrew Davies
• Jennifer Ehle reading all of Pride and Prejudice on her YouTube channel

67. Pride and Prejudice Revisited, Part 1

It's been almost three years since the first time we looked at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and this time we're doing it right! We're revisiting the classic romance with a three-part look at the classic filmed adaptations, and the some of the more out-there adaptations, too!

In this episode—Part One of Three—we discuss:

• Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.
• Pride and Prejudice (MGM, 1940), directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier.
• Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1980), directed by Cyril Coke, written by Fay Weldon, and starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul.

Footnotes:

• Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1967), available only in-person from the BFI
• Fay Weldon and The Bulgari Connection