Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)

Pride and Prejudice (Original Title: Pride & Prejudice ) is a British- French film drama from 2005 directed by Joe Wright with Keira Knightley in the lead role. The screenplay is based on the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen from the year 1813.

Action

In Hertfordshire the Bennet family lives, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, who is known to everyone only Kitty, and Lydia. Mrs. Bennet's only ambition is to marrying off their daughters befitting to secure their future. Because the estate of Bennet is not bequeathed to the female heirs; it is after the death of Mr. Bennet's a distant relative, Mr. Collins ( an Anglican priest), are responsible. The story begins when the family talks about their new neighbor, a Mr. Bingley, who has rented this for a long empty stehendene Netherfield Park. The younger daughters are dreaming of a marriage, because Mr. Bingley has a relatively large income of five thousand pounds a year. Mrs. Bennet also followed the plan to marry one of her daughters with the unknown.

The first meeting of the family with Mr. Bingley takes place at a ball in Meryton, a nearby village. The Mayor Sir Lucas is the host. He has a daughter named Charlotte, who in about the age of the two eldest daughters of the Bennet, Jane and Elizabeth, and has especially with Elizabeth 's close friends. Before the arrival of Mr. Bingley's the setting of the two sisters is clear. The beautiful Jane, a marriage of love wishes, however, is rather shy and quiet nature. For Elizabeth also comes just a love marriage in question, but she doubts it, to find true love ever. She is skeptical, and sees the world more realistic than Jane. Nevertheless, the two sisters shared a deep friendship. When Mr. Bingley enters the ballroom, he is not alone. With him are his sister and his friend, Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth is told mainly from their perspective is informed by Charlotte Lucas precisely on the new arrivals. As the daughter of the resident mayor she is well informed. While Jane is immediately drawn by Mr. Bingley in the spell, Elizabeth is intrigued by the mysterious Mr. Darcy. He seems very bored and haughty. Charlotte reported that he possessed an income of ten thousand pounds a year. Soon after the arrival of Mr. Bingley asks Jane to dance, and it quickly becomes clear that the two will fall in love. Mr. Bingley appears friendly and open-hearted, but also a little shy on. Elizabeth believes that he is the ideal partner for her sister. Your own cautious overtures are rejected immediately, and Mr. Darcy only shows her the cold shoulder. A little later she overheard a conversation with Charlotte Lucas between Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, in the former expresses his admiration for Jane and the latter only the words " ... not too bad ... not handsome enough to tempt me " for Elizabeth finds. But they are not so easily defeated, she pays him back rather his arrogance. After a ground dialog lets him stand and leaves the field victorious.

The next day, Jane receives an invitation to dinner from Netherfield. But Mrs. Bennet refuses her daughter's coach, and Jane has to travel the way on horseback. Mrs. Bennet thus enforces Janes stay overnight in Netherfield. Drenched by a rain shower she caught a cold and writes the next morning to go home. Elizabeth, enraged at the audacity of her mother immediately rushes to her sister.

In Netherfield Hall, she meets both Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley again. She recognizes his sincere love for her sister and is happy for the couple, whose affection is becoming increasingly apparent. In Mr. Darcy, she suddenly wakes up unconscious desire to know them closer. He notes that Elizabeth behind her sophisticated exterior hides a sharp mind and true wisdom. However, his fascination bothers Mr. Bingley's sister Caroline, who has thrown himself secretly keep an eye on the handsome friend of her brother. She feels like before Mr. Darcy from the lower society representing the Bennets in her eyes, annoyed and tried the two sisters in the eyes of men decrease. When the two women exit occurs for the first time to a closer contact between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, as he helps her into the chariot, and takes her hand.

The next day comes Mr. Collins, the heir to the benne chen family property, visit his relatives. He quickly makes it clear that he plans to marry one of his cousins ​​in order to keep the inheritance in the family. When he manifests Mrs. Bennet, to be interested in Jane, it refers to a speedy engagement and asks him to but to make friends with Elizabeth. He did not seem thrilled, but agrees. It quickly becomes clear that Mr. Collins is a very selfish, unctuous man of rather moderate mind and never could make a decent partner for Elizabeth.

The following day, looking for the daughters of the Bennet family along with Charlotte Lucas, the city on Meryton, in the just is stationed a regiment. Especially the younger daughters Lydia and Kitty are excited by the prospect of officers and potential future husbands. While walking through the city learns Elizabeth Lieutenant Wickham know who attracts them apparently. She is fascinated by his friendly nature. On the way back to Longbourn, the family estate of Bennet, accompanied Wickham. The small group meets Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, who is on his way to Longbourn to extend an invitation for an upcoming ball in Netherfield. However, as Mr. Darcy, Mr. Wickham recognizes changes the friendly atmosphere, and Darcy flees precipitately and without saying goodbye. Elizabeth is investigating at Wickham, how could it come to this rift. Wickham tells her his story: He and Darcy grew up together, since his father was steward of the Darcy family. Darcy's father loved Wickham as a son and knew he wanted to enter the service of the Church once. On his deathbed he was carrying his son on, Wickham to transfer the parish on the Country Estate, but after the death of his father ignored Darcy 's desire and gave the pastor another, because, as Wickham, could not bear that his father 's son the estate manager who preferred his own son. Wickham ended as a poor infantryman in the army. Elizabeth is shocked and completely taken by Wickham. Against Mr. Darcy she cherishes deep resentment.

On the soon held ball in Netherfield differs Mr. Collins not of Elizabeth's side and makes his concern only too clearly - for everyone except Elizabeth. Jane and Mr. Bingley are of one heart and soul, and no one doubts an early engagement. Elizabeth is as alienated, as Mr. Darcy asks you to dance. Not only that, she has vowed to hate the man who has destroyed Wickham's future, she can explain why Darcy suddenly finds her pleasure either. During the dance, the two clashed, as Elizabeth asks him to quarrel with Wickham, however, he is not ready to agree. Despite their open dislike both the fascination and the mesmerizing effect of the other can not escape.

The following morning, Mr. Collins Elizabeth makes a marriage proposal flatly rejects this. Mrs. Bennet is horrified, but she has counted on the security of the heritage by Elizabeth and their marriage. She turns to her husband that he would again speak to his daughter. But rather than move them to the marriage, he makes clear that he supports Elizabeth's decision, and who supports his favorite daughter. At the same time Jane receives a letter from Netherfield, which destroyed all their hopes. The Bingley depart on the same day, with no prospect of a return. Jane is persuaded Elizabeth to go to London and visit her aunt and uncle to see her again in the hopes of Mr. Bingley there. Elizabeth believes that the Bingleys are left solely at the initiative of the sister to tear the brother of Jane's environment. She told her sister not to give up, even though Jane assured, something Caroline never be trusted.

Shortly after Jane's departure also leaves Mr. Wickham Meryton, as he has been shifted to the north. Elizabeth's hopes of a possible engagement or marriage must be buried. The days are long for Elizabeth. Some time later, Charlotte Lucas comes to Longbourn to tell Elizabeth of her engagement to Mr. Collins. Unlike Mrs. Bennet, who report to the Lucas to be only interested in the heritage, Elizabeth is shocked to hear that Charlotte has appeared on Mr. Collins. She sees the hopes for a love match her ​​friend disappear, but her Charlotte explained the seriousness of the situation, because she is already 27 years old and probably not many marriage proposals will get.

After Charlotte's wedding and their departure for Rosings, where Mr. Collins has a parish, Elizabeth is left alone in Longbourn. Therefore, they accepted the offer of the new Mrs. Collins to visit her, only to you. In Rosings she notes that the patroness of Collins ' Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy 's aunt. She meets Darcy at Rosings again. From a friend who traveled Darcy Elizabeth learns that this has preserved a friend before a mismatched marriage recently. The name of your friend: Charles Bingley. Elizabeth is outraged that he destroyed the love of the young couple and their sister plunged into misfortune. More surprised she is when she receives a marriage proposal from Mr. Darcy. But she refuses snubbed, and the two begin to passionately argue about Bingley, Jane and Wickham. A short time later, Elizabeth receives a letter from Darcy, in which he opened her his motives and the true facts: Wickham asked for the death of the old Mr. Darcy disbursement of heritage and not the parish as such. Darcy gave him the money and let him go. After Wickham, however, had gambled everything and demanded more money, he refused. Some time later, Wickham came back to the family and explained his passionate love for Georgiana, Darcy's younger sister, who was then just fifteen. He tried to persuade her to run away with him. As, however, was made ​​clear to him that he would never see in this way some of Georgianas heritage, which amounts to 30,000 pounds, he disappeared without saying goodbye. Jane and Bingley Darcy separated from the seemingly simple reason that he did not see reciprocated love, invested his friend. He believed that Jane Bingley was indifferent. He tells Elizabeth that it had been the grounds of a friend. After reading the letter, Elizabeth recognizes its mistake and Darcy's true goodness. It begins slowly to forget their hatred.

When they return home to Longbourn, she meets her uncle and aunt from London, who brought Jane home. Elizabeth is invited to come along on a trip to the mountains. At the same time experiencing the family that Lydia was invited by a couple of friends to Brighton, a place to stay, many officers. Elizabeth sees the danger that Lydia could be kidnapped. But their concerns are thrown to the winds.

On Elizabeth's journey with the relatives they visit while driving past the estate of Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's family. Elizabeth is impressed by the solemnity and the cool elegance of the estate and recognizes more and more that she has been wrong about Mr. Darcy. You will slowly realize that in her more than just pure repentance slumbers and notes that it is well on the way to fall in love with Mr. Darcy, especially when they meet unexpectedly the homeowner and his sister. Elizabeth and her relatives are invited, nor to stay in Derbyshire for two more days. The tender bond that develops during this period, between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy is, however, abruptly cut when Jane reported in a letter that Lydia has eloped from Brighton with Mr. Wickham. The shame this does about the family, makes a further continuation of the connection between the lovers impossible, and both from traveling. What Elizabeth does not suspect - Mr. Darcy riding straight to London to do there Lydia and Wickham locate to finance the marriage between the two, thus limiting the damage that Lydia has done. As the newlywed couple visited Longbourn, Elizabeth Lydia, however, slips over Darcy's share of the wedding out, and Elizabeth realizes how much he has done for the family. At the same time it is also the next meeting between Elizabeth and Wickham. She has not left but for him as a cold look. When, a few days later, Darcy returns to Netherfield with Bingley, germinate between Jane and her Mr. Bingley again feelings. He makes her to seek advice from the hopeful to redress friend, a marriage proposal, and while the family is pleased with the new son- in-law, Darcy and Elizabeth leave the house separately. They feel that the possibilities of a similar joy are playful, because both think of the other, he was no longer interested in a connection.

On the night of Lady Catherine de Bourgh appears in Longbourn; it wakes up the Bennets because they absolutely had to talk to Elizabeth. She asks what it did with the rumors that she and Mr. Darcy are engaged in coming. They accused her of interfering in things that they do not understand, and explains Mr. Darcy had long been betrothed to her daughter. She accuses Elizabeth and their low birth. Elizabeth herself can not hide the fact that an engagement between them does not exist, but she refuses to promise to refrain from such a connection. It calls Lady Catherine to go and retires to her room. Since she can not sleep, she is standing at dawn to walk. Here she meets Mr. Darcy, and they confess their mutual love. Darcy holds with her father for her hand. Mr. Bennet takes his daughter to the prayer, he can not understand where their sudden affection comes from that. You beaming with joy assured him their starched after the misjudgment love for Mr. Darcy and tells him how much this 've done for her family, which her ​​father convinced. Elizabeth thanks him for permission to marry.

Background

Locations

  • Pride and Prejudice was filmed in England. The filming location for Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's house, was Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, as its landscape park was the park of Stourhead with the multi-lobed Bridge and the Temple of Apollo located there, regendurchnässt in which Mr. Darcy meets Lizzy and her first marriage proposal makes. As a lock of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Rosings, Burghley House in Lincolnshire was used. Basildon Park in Berkshire was that of Mr. Bingley temporarily rented Netherfield. And Groombridge Place in Kent was the scene of Longbourn, the home of the Bennet family. Some streets of the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire provided the backdrops for the scenes in Meryton. The scene is in the Lizzy on a rock over a escarpment, was filmed at Stanage Edge in the Peak District National Park.

Production

  • Emma Thompson, who won the Golden Globe for best screenplay for the film " Sense and Sensibility ", revised the script. Two scenes in the film come from her pen, namely the confession of Charlotte Lucas when she tells Elizabeth of her engagement, and Elizabeth's trial, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner and Mr. Darcy of Lydia's flight to report with Wickham. According to the director, it was Thompson's idea to let Knightley into the room and rush out again.
  • For the U.S. version of an alternate ending was filmed. In the deleted scene, which connects to the very end of European Version, one sees again Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy in the evening to sit outside and kiss. The alternate ending is found as bonus material on the German DVD release.
  • The production amounted to 28 million U.S. dollars, according to estimates. The grossing in U.S. cinemas amounted to around 38.4 million, in the other countries around 82.7 million U.S. dollars.

Scenes

  • The scene in the dining room at Rosings, in the Elizabeth by Lady Catherine is questioned about her family, was the first that was turned off, the conversation between Wickham and Elizabeth under the tree by the river the last.
  • The opening sequence of the film shows Elizabeth, who is reading through the countryside. The book's title is " First Impressions " ( " First Impressions " ), written under the working title of Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice.
  • The scene with the marriage proposal of Mr. Bingley was planned shorter. Simon Woods was so brilliant that it was extended spontaneously.

Actor

  • The actresses of the Bennet sisters ( Rosamund Pike, Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, Carey Mulligan and Jena Malone ) and Tom Hollander who plays Mr. Collins, had joined up earlier than the rest of the crew on the set of Benne Chen house in Kent and made among themselves familiar with the house and. They played to better understand the premises, hiding and " cops and robbers ".
  • According to director Tamzin Merchant as Georgiana Darcy himself played the piano.
  • Rosamund Pike was the first choice of director Joe Wright for the role of Jane Bennet. She leaned for the role of Rita Skeeter in " Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire " from.
  • Matthew Macfadyen looks very bad. While filming the scene in the fog at the very end of the film Joe Wright was behind the camera and waving a red flag in order to show the actor's direction.
  • Jena Malone, the embodied Lydia Bennet is actually older than Keira Knightley, who plays Elizabeth.
  • The actor Rosamund Pike and Simon Woods, representing Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley, had prior to the film, a relationship which, however, was terminated. The director said he had called after the election of Simon Woods and Rosamund Pike asked her if the occupation was a problem, she said no. The two had not seen each other for two years and the next day they danced together.
  • Donald Sutherland, showing the Mr. Bennet, recalls director Joe Wright to his father and therefore was the first choice - as well as Judi Dench for the role of Lady Catherine.
  • Keira Knightley learned Wickham actor Rupert Friend at the familiar turning and was then in a relationship with him until early 2011.

Reviews

  • Peter Travers praised in Rolling Stone the script and Keira Knightley.
  • Filmdienst 21/2005: A lively, but ultimately rather trivial literature adaptation, which represents the comedic aspect of the substance in the foreground and the socially critical sharpness of the original somewhat diluted.
  • Andreas Kilb in FAZ.NET on October 20, 2005: With Joe Wright's film version of Pride and Prejudice that one could find after all the TV movies (...) expect with some suspicion, it now behaves that she is not only not rigid costume drama, but a small miracle. A miracle of taste in equipment and backdrop of skill in filling the roles of narrative economy.

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 2006, the film was Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Costume Design and Keira Knightley nominated in the categories for Best Actress. However, this was beaten Reese Witherspoon ( Walk the Line ). Keira Knightley and the film was nominated for the 2006 Golden Globe Award.

Joe Wright won the 2006 BAFTA Award. There were four other nominations for this award, including for Brenda Blethyn and Deborah Moggach. The film won the 2006 in two categories ( including as the best British film ) Empire Award and received two more nominations ( Keira Knightley, Joe Wright).

France 2005 in film Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster (producer) Film score Dario Marianelli Peter Wight (actor) Stamford (Lincolnshire) 78th Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Actress Empire Awards Hugh Thomson Metacritic Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
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