Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice
by Rudolf Ising, Robert Z. Leonard

Pride and Prejudice
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $14.99
You Save: $4.99 (25%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $10.59 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases


(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Edna May Oliver, Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Maureen O'Sullivan
Director: Robert Z. Leonard, Rudolf Ising
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of Pride and Prejudice

Movie Review: Classic
Summary: 5 Stars

Pride and Prejudice is an all time classic. There have been remakes on this film but the original is wonderful.

Summary of Pride and Prejudice

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

Comedy DVD Video

DVD Video
Movies most talked about in Ultimate Romance List
Liar's Moon ImageLiar's Moon
Release date: 2000-06-20; DVD
Best price: $31.27
The Shop Around the Corner ImageThe Shop Around the Corner
Release date: 2002-10-01; DVD
Best price: $10.64
Price in other shops: $19.98
You've Got Mail ImageYou've Got Mail
Warner Brothers; Release date: 1999-05-04; DVD
Best price: $4.60
Price in other shops: $12.98
Possession ImagePossession
Release date: 2003-02-11; DVD
Best price: $3.67
Price in other shops: $14.98
Sliding Doors ImageSliding Doors
PALTROW,GWYNETH; Release date: 1998-12-01; DVD
Best price: $4.80
Price in other shops: $9.98
Vanity Fair (2004) (Widescreen) ImageVanity Fair (2004) (Widescreen)
Release date: 2005-02-01; DVD
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops: $14.98
Under the Greenwood Tree ImageUnder the Greenwood Tree
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-04-25; DVD
Best price: $14.15
Price in other shops: $19.98
The Mayor of Casterbridge ImageThe Mayor of Casterbridge
Release date: 2003-09-30; DVD
Best price: $6.87
Price in other shops: $24.95
The Buccaneers ImageThe Buccaneers
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-04-18; DVD
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops: $14.98
Lorna Doone ImageLorna Doone
Release date: 2001-05-29; DVD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: $24.95
Similar DVD Movies
Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park ImageMasterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
WGBH BOSTON VIDEO; Release date: 2008-01-29; DVD
Best price: $13.93
Price in other shops: $24.95
Emma (1996) ImageEmma (1996)
Release date: 1999-01-05; DVD
Best price: $5.80
Price in other shops: $14.99
Persuasion ImagePersuasion
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-01-15; DVD
Best price: $14.16
Price in other shops: $19.98
Mrs. Miniver ImageMrs. Miniver
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2004-02-03; DVD
Best price: $13.49
Price in other shops: $19.98
Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey ImageMasterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey
WGBH BOSTON VIDEO; Release date: 2008-01-22; DVD
Best price: $14.87
Price in other shops: $24.95
Persuasion ImagePersuasion
Sony; Release date: 2000-02-01; DVD
Best price: $8.59
Price in other shops: $14.94
Emma (A&E, 1997) ImageEmma (A&E, 1997)
AUSTIN,JANE; Release date: 1999-10-26; DVD
Best price: $8.89
Price in other shops: $19.95
Jane Eyre ImageJane Eyre
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $10.45
Price in other shops: $19.98
Random Harvest ImageRandom Harvest
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-01-11; DVD
Best price: $12.75
Price in other shops: $19.98
Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1980) ImagePride and Prejudice (BBC, 1980)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2004-08-24; DVD
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops: $14.98
Compare prices and read customer reviews for more than one million DVD titles.
Oscar 2005 Winners