Comments on: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE's Redeeming Features

By: alix

alix — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:54:53 +0000

julie- it is interesting that JW is bleeped in your version because the American versian doesn’t

By: Sandi A.

Sandi A. — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:41:55 +0000

ET also wrote the letter at Lampton scene: together with the coming and going of Lizzy as she is trying to tell the Gardners and Darcy about Lydia.

If ET was invited in as a script doctor, then it would be unusual for her to receive any credit in the film at all. Generally it is the main script writers that are listed in the credits – no matter how many script doctors / consultants were used. I cannot remember, but is Lee Hall mentioned in the credits, as she wrote the revisions of DM’s script in Feb 2004?

ET has been willing to be acknowledged in various interviews / JW’s commentary as having had input into the script, as well as presenting the Golden Globes – doesn’t sound as though she is ashamed of her involvement!

By: Julie P.

Julie P. — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:47:54 +0000

JW mentions the blackbirds in the commentary, which I listened to this afternon. We hear it again just before the 2nd proposal, and he reminds us that the blackbird is “Lizzy’s bird.”

BTW, the subtitling for the UK disc is pretty bad. It leaves out quite a lot of words, but there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason as to which words are left out. I don’t know any of the other 10-15 languages that are available (such popular languages as Icelandic, Slovenian and Croatian are available, but not French or German), so I cannot vouch for the quality of the subtitles in those languages.

One thing that cracked me up about the commentary is that JW is *bleeped* twice. Both times are very early on — within the first 5 or 10 minutes.

One more thing — this is for everyone who complained that Emma Thompson should have written the whole script: JW informs us that ET wrote the scene when Charlotte tells Elizabeth about her engagement.

As for ET being “ashamed” of her involvement, I can’t think she’d have been so eager to present the film at the Golden Globes if she were ashamed of it.

By: Sandi A.

Sandi A. — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:58:00 +0000

JW made the blackbird Lizzy’s birdsong. It starts with the opening credits, heralding the overture, and presumably elsewhere in the film as well.

By: A Lady

A Lady — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:16:24 +0000

Lizzie is Anguished???? (Either I’m going crazy or something just doesn’t seem right about this)

By: Georgia

Georgia — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 02:20:47 +0000

I love that the Christianity Today article points out the symbolism of birds in this film. Throughout, there are bird images and bird calls interlaced in the soundtrack. Somewhere I saw a comment by Joe Wright that he feels falling in love is very primeval, very connected to nature, and he wanted to convey that. If anyone else has found comments about the use of bird images and sounds in the film, I would love to hear about it.

By: Sarah F.

Sarah F. — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:51:45 +0000

Damned by faint praise?

By: Meghan Belle

Meghan Belle — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:35:23 +0000

The Church of Jane (all proclaim) -

Hallelujah… Amen!!!!