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". — Director Joe Wright commenting on the ages of the actors in the 1940 adaptation The only adaptation of Pride and Prejudice Wright had seen was the 1940 production, which was the last time the novel had been adapted into a feature film. The director purposely did not watch the other productions, both out of fear he would inadvertently steal ideas and because he wanted to be as original ...
Nov 23, 2005 · Pride & Prejudice: Directed by Joe Wright. With Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone. Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy.
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- Joe Wright hadn’t read the book nor seen the 1995 BBC miniseries when he signed on to direct Pride & Prejudice. When production company Working Title Films first offered Wright the director’s chair for Pride & Prejudice—his first feature film—he’d neither read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice nor seen the BBC’s beloved 1995 miniseries based on it.
- Pride & Prejudice purposely isn’t set during the Regency period. Since Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813, following a substantial revision, it’s often considered a quintessential novel of the Regency period (which technically lasted from 1811 to 1820).
- Keira Knightley was almost deemed too beautiful to play Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. At 20 years old, Keira Knightley was both the right age to play Elizabeth Bennet—which Wright considered a crucial casting factor—and famous enough from 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean to satisfy producers’ desire to cast someone with name recognition.
- Matthew MacFadyen was the first choice for Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice. Wright had been a self-described “huge fan” of Matthew Macfadyen since having seen him in TV programs like 1998’s Wuthering Heights and 2001’s Perfect Strangers—and he was just the type of “great big hunk of a guy” Wright envisioned to play Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Nov 10, 2005 · One thing’s for sure: the director of the hot Brit film “ Pride and Prejudice ” doesn’t come across as very Jane Austen: working class/Cockney accent, floppy hair shoved under a beret ...
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Sep 12, 2021 · On the contrary, Pride and Prejudice is a deeply rewarding watch that more than justifies its own existence as a shorter version of the story despite the “definitive” BBC series already existing 10 years earlier. His skill as a visual storyteller results in a picture that makes more use of the benefits and language of film than perhaps any ...
Sep 10, 2005 · Liz Hoggard meets Joe Wright, director of the new Pride and Prejudice, and discovers why he is a name to watch. Liz Hoggard. Sat 10 Sep 2005 19.19 EDT. H e's made one of the hottest British movies ...
Sep 13, 2005 · Joe Wright. A self-professed fan of social realist helmers such as Alan Clarke and Ken Loach, Joe Wright is the first person to admit he was a surprise choice to direct the latest Jane Austen ...
