History Film / PrideAndPrejudice

''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' is hands down Jane Austen's most famous work and AdaptationOverdosed and Re-imagination Overdosed. Every decade or two, Creator/TheBBC or other TV or film studio goes on a Jane Austen kick and remakes the famous works as miniseries or film. ''Pride and Prejudice'' also gets a lot of SettingUpdate treatment. There are ''Literature/BridgetJones'' books and movies, Bollywood versions, ''Series/LostInAusten'', or web series ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries''.

* ''Film/FireIsland''

* ''Film/BrideAndPrejudice''

!!TV Tropes gives you the film and miniseries versions of ''Pride and Prejudice'':

[[folder: The 1940 film]]
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The 1940 version had a screenplay co-written by Aldous Huxley and starring Creator/GreerGarson as Elizabeth Bennet and Creator/LaurenceOlivier as Mr. Darcy.
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* HollywoodCostuming: The GorgeousPeriodDress in this adaptation is from the wrong period; the Bennet girls are dressed in 1860s hoop skirts and are all wearing heavy cosmetic makeup in the 1940s style, complete with false eyelashes and dark shiny red lipstick. It may have been necessary, given that Elizabeth and Darcy were played in that adaptation by actors well into their thirties. It should also be noted that in this instance, the costumes were recycled from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' -- the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to take as many shortcuts as they could. Likewise, heavier makeup was also common practice for black and white filming since it shows up better in the lack of color.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: When Lady Catherine de Bourgh shows up at Longbourn to talk with and intimidate Elizabeth, she warns Elizabeth that she is the trustee of Mr. Darcy's estate, and if he marries Elizabeth he'll be left penniless. Elizabeth says poverty would be nothing new for her. [[spoiler: In this version, Lady Catherine is just testing Elizabeth to make sure she's not marrying Darcy for his money - and that she's got the gumption to stand up to him when he needs it.]]
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[[folder: The 1995 miniseries]]
See ''Series/PrideAndPrejudice1995''.
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[[folder: The 2005 film]]
See ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005''.
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* HollywoodCostguming: The GorgeousPeriodDress in this adaptation is from the wrong period; the Bennet girls are dressed in 1860s hoop skirts and are all wearing heavy cosmetic makeup in the 1940s style, complete with false eyelashes and dark shiny red lipstick. It may have been necessary, given that Elizabeth and Darcy were played in that adaptation by actors well into their thirties. It should also be noted that in this instance, the costumes were recycled from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' -- the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to take as many shortcuts as they could. Likewise, heavier makeup was also common practice for black and white filming since it shows up better in the lack of color.

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The six-episode 1995 television series starred Jennifer Ehle and Creator/ColinFirth starred as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The allegedly plain Charlotte is played in the 1995 miniseries by the decidedly attractive [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MGWi3aNKb6s/S97KR_gDiKI/AAAAAAAAAg8/juaXaMNfLqg/s1600/charlotte.jpg Lucy Scott]].
* AdaptationalCurves: Elizabeth is described as having a "light" figure. The 1995 mini has her played by the taller and curvy Jennifer Ehle.
* AwkwardSilenceEntrance: At the ball in Meryton, the musicians stop playing and everyone goes silent and stares when the Netherfield party enters the room, who stare silently back. Everyone goes back to what they were doing after Sir William goes over to greet them.
* BookEnds: The first time we see Darcy and Bingley, the former is essentially giving the latter his blessing to rent Netherfield. In the last episode, when Bingley finds out that Darcy kept him in the dark about Jane being in London and is understandably angry, Darcy apologises and Bingley, mollified and hesitant, asks if he has his blessing (to propose to Jane). When an amused Darcy asks if he ''needs'' his blessing: "No. But I should like to know I have it all the same."
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: At one point, Maria Lucas comments of Mary King, "She's not very pretty, is she?" To modern eyes the actress playing Mary is very pretty indeed, but she's red haired and freckled, two big no-nos in terms of Regency beauty.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** The opening scenes, before the story proper even starts, tell us a fair bit about most of the main characters:
*** Darcy is rich and snobbish, but a good friend to Bingley;
*** Bingley is enthusiastic and easily led;
*** Elizabeth is independent and cheerful;
*** Mr. Bennet is sardonic and isn't that fond of his younger daughters, but clearly loves Elizabeth;
*** Lydia is self-absorbed and well used to getting her own way;
*** Kitty is emotional and never gets her own way;
*** Mrs. Bennet is 'nervous' and spoils Lydia;
*** Mary can't be having with her younger sisters and prefers reading;
*** Jane is calm and solicitous of her family.
* {{Flashback}}: As Darcy writes his letter to Elizabeth, a couple of flashbacks are seen, particularly one during Darcy and Wickham's childhoods and their time at Cambridge, where Darcy caught Wickham in a compromising position.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mr. Bennet is clearly not taken in (or at least somewhat skeptical) of Wickham's tale of woe, and when Elizabeth defends him her father points out that Mr. Darcy may be less a scoundrel than simply a rich man used to getting his own way. This turns out to be close to the truth.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Mary can be seen trying to attract Mr. Collins's attention in various ways, including [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness wearing a more revealing dress (for her, anyway) primping herself upon his arrival, and in general being more amiable than when she is with just her family]].
* ShoutOut: When the courier arrives with the letter giving the first news of Lydia's elopement, Mrs Bennet's voice is heard demanding if [[Radio/TheGoonShow they are all to be murdered in their beds]].

* HollywoodCostuming: The GorgeousPeriodDress in this adaptation is from the wrong period; the Bennet girls are dressed in 1860s hoop skirts and are all wearing heavy cosmetic makeup in the 1940s style, complete with false eyelashes and dark shiny red lipstick. It may have been necessary, given that Elizabeth and Darcy were played in that adaptation by actors well into their thirties. It should also be noted that in this instance, the costumes were recycled from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' -- the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to take as many shortcuts as they could. Likewise, heavier makeup was also common practice for black and white filming since it shows up better in the lack of color.

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The 2005 film was directed by Creator/JoeWright and stars Creator/KeiraKnightley as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Jane Bennet and Darcy's sister are given HairOfGoldHeartOfGold; fittingly though, as both are pure and innocent girls, and their hair colour is never specified in the text.
* AdaptationExpansion: This film contains many scenes and lines of dialogue which did not exist in the book.
* AdaptedOut: Mr and Mrs Hurst, the Gardiners' children, Mrs Phillips, and most of the Lucases were left out due to time constraints.
* AlmostKiss: Between the principles durning the proposal/fight. After yelling at each other, the two stare, pant, lean in...and bid each other an angry good day!
* AndStarring: Creator/JudiDench in the CBB.
* BookEnds: The first and second-to-last scenes are shots of characters on a meadow at dawn.
* CannotSpitItOut: The adorable scene at Mr Collins' house, where Darcy makes the most incredibly awkward conversational gambits ever heard by human ears.
* ColorCodedCharacters: [[WordOfGod The costume designer]] said that she did this to differentiate the sisters and reflect their respective personalities. Jane wears [[PurityPersonified white, gold and pale pinks]], Elizabeth wears [[CloserToEarth deep greens and reds]], Kitty and Lydia tend to wear bright pink and cream, while Mary tends to wear plain brown and black.
* DomesticAbuse: In the 2005 movie, a background event suggests this is the future of the Wickhams' relationship. The [[WordOfGod director's commentary]] states it unequivocally.
%% -->Did you see her hem? Six inches deep in mud. She looked positively ''mediaeval''.
* EmpathicEnvironment: During the stormy exchange between Lizzy and Darcy...it's storming.
%% * EnglishRose: Jane.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A RunningGag in the extended ballroom scene at Netherfield. When Mr. Collins approaches Lizzy, Mr. Bennet can be seen glowering in the background. When Lizzy is dancing with him, Jane is slightly out of focus but looking back and forth between them with a mix of alarm/amusement. Darcy stalks past the camera several times, staring intently at Elizabeth as he goes, until he pops up suddenly and asks her to dance.
* GenkiGirl: Lydia and Kitty, but the former more so.
* GibberishOfLove: Bingley struggles to form coherent sentences when he's around Jane. The result isn't always [[ThatCameOutWrong complimentary]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Jane Bennet is a lovely blonde with sweet temper and pure heart.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Lizzie and Darcy at the end instead of a kiss.
* HeldGaze: Darcy and Lizzy lock eyes for the entirety of their dance, and often thereafter.
* HiddenDepths: Dame Judy Dench imbues the otherwise overbearing Lady Katherine with a sense of tragedy merely with her nuanced delivery of one line.
-->"If I had ever learned, I would have been a...great...proficient."
* LipLockSunBlock: The BigDamnKiss at the end is backlighted by a rising sun.
* MeaningfulLook: Miss Darcy looks knowingly at Darcy and Elizabeth when Elizabeth visited Pemberley. She absolutely knows her brother loves Elizabeth!
* PaletteSwap: WordOfGod said she made Lydia and Kitty wear almost the same attires to have a a visual asymmetry between them and to serve as mirror images of each other.
* PragmaticAdaptation: A necessity, given that they had to compress a 500-page book into a 2-hour movie.
** Darcy's {{Pride}} is toned down while his [[NoSocialSkills lack of social skills]] is emphasized. Furthermore, he and Elizabeth have BelligerentSexualTension from the start instead of her warming up to him after he explains the situation with Wickham.
** Wickham is [[DemotedToExtra demoted to a casual acquaintance]] of Elizabeth's instead of a RomanticFalseLead, and the main point of contention between Elizabeth and Darcy is his interference in Jane and Bingley's relationship. Accordingly, Elizabeth's reprimand to Darcy for wronging Wickham isn't fueled by any lingering fondness for the latter, but is instead more of a counter-argument to Darcy's IDidWhatIHadToDo mentality.
* RomanticRain: Mr Darcy's first proposal takes place outside in the Rosings Park during a rainfall (unlike in the novel where it happened in the Hunsford Parsonage). Lizzy refuses him and it's full of passionate love/hate tension.
* RunningGag: "How is (insert character name)?" "S/he's (insert location)".
* TakingTheVeil: Mr Bennet jokingly expresses a hope that Lydia is going to do this.

* TrueBlueFemininity: Jane Bennet.

* HollywoodCostuming: Sometimes the GorgeousPeriodDress in adaptations was from the wrong period; in the 1940 adaptation, the Bennet girls are dressed in 1860s hoop skirts and are all wearing heavy cosmetic makeup in the 1940s style, complete with false eyelashes and dark shiny red lipstick. It may have been necessary, given that Elizabeth and Darcy were played in that adaptation by actors well into their thirties. It should also be noted that in this instance, the costumes were recycled from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' -- the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to take as many shortcuts as they could. Likewise, heavier makeup was also common practice for black and white filming since it shows up better in the lack of color.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: While she is a ShrinkingViolet, she's also a KnowNothingKnowItAll who loves to lecture and moralise. A lot of adaptations file off the unlikable parts of Mary, making her more sympathetic.

* HollywoodCostuming: Sometimes the GorgeousPeriodDress in adaptations was from the wrong period; in the 1940 adaptation, the Bennet girls are dressed in 1860s hoop skirts and are all wearing heavy cosmetic makeup in the 1940s style, complete with false eyelashes and dark shiny red lipstick. It may have been necessary, given that Elizabeth and Darcy were played in that adaptation by actors well into their forties. It should also be noted that in this instance, the costumes were recycled from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' -- the studio was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to take as many shortcuts as they could. Likewise, heavier makeup was also common practice for black and white filming since it shows up better in the lack of color.

* ColorCodedCharacters: [[WordOfGod The costume designer]] said that she did this to differentiate the sisters and reflect their respective personalities.

-->Did you see her hem? Six inches deep in mud. She looked positively ''mediaeval''.

* EnglishRose: Jane.

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* TheDungAges: The 2005 movie hewed more closely to this, imagining that country squires at that time period were basically landlord farmers with a pretensions of sophistication; also in that adaptation, Caroline invokes it when criticizing Elizabeth. (This is very inaccurate, by the way. They simply were not; Austen's Mr. Bennet would likely never have been within 20 feet of a live chicken or pig in his adult life.)