We have estimated Then I stumbled across the 1973 and 1983 adaptations. Cathy Allen. David Rintoul is my favorite Darcy of all time, and Mr Collins is played to perfection by Malcolm Rennie. You have me thinking maybe I didnt give this version a fair chance, but I love your theory that we bond with the first version we see (for me, it will always be 1995). As I watched each episode, I felt I was looking at paintings and engravings directly from the regency era. None of the film versions stands up to any litmus test in my mind because they stray too far from the book in both context and spirit. I dont mind it so much to listen to as background and yet, its not my first pick to watch when I need my Austen fix. I have several more complaints about the 05 one not being true to the period but i supposed i have flamed enough. James had 2 brothers: Son I Garvie and one other sibling. This was and still is my favorite for all of the reasons you outlined (although it wasnt the first version I saw). I always try to compare any P&P movie/tv series/re-do against the book rather than against each other, since that is the template each production should go by. the 73-one! I was particularly pleased that the director cast a group of women who could actually be mistaken for sisters. Anne, Thanks for your response. I found myself grimacing at that when I viewed it again recently. It was a bit of a shock to the system, Im ashamed to say it, but the initial shock was purely cosmetical; e.g. I have thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed Laurel Anns wonderful review and all the insightful comments offered above and agree with so many of you! I liked the twist with Wickhams character but not what it did for Georgianas, and I did not like the plot between Mr Collins and Jane, including poor Charlottes ultimate fate. I was thrilled when PBS showed it on US tv but in those days, you could only watch it once or twice, so it had to live on in fond memory. After all, you then compare everything to that first viewing Keira Knightley also playes very soft and emotionell, but they talk too fast in the movie. of George Garvie and Charlotte (Finlay) Garvie. Now for the first time we could hear Austens words and see the plot unfold as she imagined itwell not word for word or scene by scenebut screenwriter Fay Weldon did adhere much more faithfully to Austen intensions than we had ever seen before, nor since. Have you seen this version? Not that thats bad, its just a different interpretation of Austens story. I love the Colin Firth (note I dont say Jennifer Ehle) and Keira Knightley versions also. They think that Darcy is far away in Town. [1] They appeared together in the Thames Television serial 'Something In Disguise', written and dramatised by Elizabeth Jane Howard.Miss Garvie is a Trustee of The Actors' Children's Trust (helping children of actors). In the last few weeks Ive taken up writing a P&P spinoff; so Im reading the book over again. My introduction to Jane Austen was through this version on Masterpiece Theater in 1980 as well, and I have long suspected that we prefer the first version we see; so your bonding theory makes total sense to me. He quite blatantly inspects the house and its furnishings. She survives him with their three sons. http://tamaraausten77.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/pride-and-prejudice-1980s-mini-series.html. After having sat through them though, with a mind open to the craft, enterpretation and details the funky, lacklustre mists melted away. stepping on toes all the way *apologetic*). Elizabeth has visited Pemberley and met Mr. Darcy again. I too, recommend The Jane Austen Collection DVDs. Henry Tilney Not to mention the stagey tendencies. And now onto what I consider the really weak points of the production: The leads. All perfectly timed and resolved with a delicious ending! And this Mr. Collins was the best, most true to the book version. You can imagine theyll be recounting conversations back to each other, inventing catch phrases, and shrieking with laughter for years to come. Judy Parfitt gives us an imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh that is quite younger than I had envisioned in the book, but still as imposing. He then married the actor. And I think Rintoul is a bit too stiff as the stiff Mr. Darcy. I must watch it again! So for me, the 1980 version is rather special. Huffing, puffing, sighing and moaning my way through it. Elizabeth Bennet is such a determined person. Everyone seems to bond with the first version that they see, so for those who love the 2005 Keira Knightley version with pigs in the Longbourn kitchen and Mr. Darcy walking across a misty morning glade to find Elizabeth in her nightgown, or the 1995 version with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy taking a bath or a dip in Pemberley pond, think long and hard about what Jane Austen wrote about and what she wanted us to experience with her characters, and watch the 1980 version again. As another commenter said, there is no emotion in most of the performances Mr. Bennet comes across as stern to the point of being emotionally abusive, not witty and sarcastic although Judy Parfitt owns the role of Lady Catherine, in my estimation. It is a trust universally acknowledged that friendships forged over a love of Jane Austen last forever! Ive never watched the 1980 version and although I may find it lacking in the romance we experience in the Kiera Knighley movie and the Colin Firth mini series, I think it will be a good look at how Ms Austen intended her audience to view the book. Robert Powell and Elizabeth Garvie explore the extraordinary and unique world of one of the best-loved authors of all time. I found it therefore disappointing that there was no scene of him expressing his worries about Lizzy marrying Darcie. She accepts it and takes a seat on a fallen tree and reads it. Every actor was perfect in their role especially Lady Catherine, Mr Collins and Mrs Bennett who is so often played as a hysteric. I thought I would end up not liking this, but I did. My hat is off to you for defending the BBC version despite your self-acknowledged bias toward it. Logically, I dont agree with much of it, but its still up there. Personally, Im a fan of the five adaptations of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE I have seen, including the recent television spoof, LOST IN AUSTEN. She makes no secret of her love for TV, movies, and, most especially, books. Jessie Jack Garvie Gray married James Menzies on 12 Apr 1901 at 4 Marshall Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. I thought this book which is my sixth review for the Jane Austen Challenge was an extremely good read. It first aired in five (55) minute episodes on the BBC in the UK in 1979, and on US television on Masterpiece Theatre between October 26 and November 23, 1980. There was the television broadcast, and that was it. If I had ever learnt, I should have been a true proficient. One of my favorite lines in all of Jane Austen, and for me, it BELONGS to Judy Parfitt! I was shocked & chagrined at the shifting of the story, both in time (as shown by the 1830s Romantic Era costuming) and in tone: Mr. Bennet was not nearly as sarcastic and curmudgeonly, nor, more notably, was Lady Catherine. I really liked the way Amanda Grange extends the diary to cover the time before the action begins in the novel Pride and Prejudice so the reader gets the back story to Georgiana going to Ramsgate and also the reader gets to enjoy the time after the two couples have got married. You raise an interesting point re. Finally the conclusion, it now my favorite! another theater to catch the end of a second showing. It is definitely a classic. (Baird) Garvie . I love Elizabeth and Darcys portrayals. For example we know from Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice that Jane Bennet is staying at Netherfield Park with the Bingleys and Darcy because she develops a cold while riding to visit the Bingley sisters and it starts to rain. It was the first thing I saw when I turned on P&P95, and I turned it off within seconds. Pigs in the kitchen seemed rather crude to me. In this bicentenary year, I think it is time for me to share. READ THE BESTSELLING AUSTEN-INSPIRED ANTHOLOGY. Yes, thisPride and Prejudiceis worth watching if you really like Jane Austen, and you may well enjoy it more than I did. This is the third version I saw I watched th 1995 version first, then 2005, and then 1980. version was a pretty movie, just not P & P to me). I think the only bit I found myself disliking was the format of the book on my Kindle with loads of blank pages in my edition of the book. It was almost worth the wait since Lady Catherine is played by Judy Parfitt, yes, Sister Monica Joan in Call the Midwife, whose hilariously funny performance crackles with energy. I suppse the sensation could be likened to the very first time we as children/toddlers first hear a composition by, say, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, Schubert, Chopin/what-have-you (you know, composers whose work everyone and their mother have an opinion on, often conflicting ones, when hearing it performed by different musicians and artists) often times, that very first hearing will set the tone for how we like the piece to be played. She is also quite interested in men and gets skittish around the handsome villainous Wickham. Aunt and Uncle Gardiner are also excellent. Since the 1980 P&P aired there has been one major miniseries filmed in 1995 and a movie in 2005. Mr. Everything pretty much follows suit with the first proposal. Not one thing clicked it was pure, unadulterated dislike and frustration. I am an American but was living and going to high school (lower 6th Form/ first year of A-Levels) in England in 1979 and kept hearing from the other girls speak about the BBC production of P&P that was running on tv at the timeit ruined me for life!!! Ive watched it since and it seems a bit stagey to me in places now (ie looks like a filmed stage play) but thats the way programmes were made at the time. His performance was so dull and the Lizzys father in that one is a bore as well, no fun in his voice, no endearing qualities to make him standout. Georgette Heyer Fukunagas Jane Eyre of 2011 (Mia Wasikowska/Michael Fassbender) was beautifully done as far as cinematography/art direction goes perhaps even the most striking of them all. I support your theory as well. Howeverhats off to designer Joan Ellicottwe have chemisettes, gloves, caps, and bonnets. I have to say that the 95 version is my least favorite, due to that casting choice, the overacting done by at least a few of the cast (which may not have been their fault; you never know what a director has told an actor to do) and all the many additions to the movie that were not in the book. ASIN: B000244FDW, DVD cover and images courtesy of 2004 BBC Worldwide; text 2013 Laurel Ann Nattress, Austenprose, Editor of Austenprose.com, Jane Austen Made Me Do It, and director of Austenprose PR, Laurel Ann is a champion of historical books, period drama, and Jane Austen. That should read 9-12 for my goal, not ) 12. :) Thank you so much for your thoughtful blog! Regency Romance I will have to look for it to watch again. This is my absolute favorite version for all the reasons listed above and many more. I think that Greer Garson really gets the character. She was married to the actor Anton Rodgers from 1983 until his death on 1 December 2007. 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