pride and prejudice

Director:

Joe Wright born 1972, London, England, UK
Jane Austen (novel)
Deborah Moggach (screenplay)


See also: Pride and Prejudice#Main characters

• Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet
• Talulah Riley as Mary Bennet
• Rosamund Pike as Jane Bennet
• Jena Malone as Lydia Bennet
• Carey Mulligan as Kitty Bennet
• Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet
• Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet
• Claudie Blakley as Charlotte Lucas
• Simon Woods as Mr. Charles Bingley
• Kelly Reilly as Caroline Bingley
• Matthew Macfadyen as Fitzwilliam Darcy
• Rupert Friend as Mr. George Wickham
• Tom Hollander as Mr. William Collins
• Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
• Rosamund Stephen as Anne de Bourgh
• Cornelius Booth as Colonel Fitzwilliam
• Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Gardiner
• Peter Wight as Mr. Gardiner
• Meg Wynn Owen as Mrs. Reynolds
• Tamzin Merchant as Georgiana Darcy
• Sinead Matthews as Betsy

Filming

It was filmed entirely on location within England in the summer of 2004 and used several stately homes, including Chatsworth House in Derbyshire and Wilton House in Salisbury (as Pemberley), Groombridge Place in Kent (as Longbourn), Basildon Park in Berkshire (as Netherfield Park) and Burghley House in Lincolnshire (as Rosings - the adjacent town of Stamford served as Meryton). The Temple of Apollo and Palladian Bridge of Stourhead also appeared (as set in the Gardens of Rosings).

Box office

The movie took the number one spot in the UK its first week, earning £2.5 million ($4.5 million) while playing on 400 screens. It stayed on the top spot for two more weeks, earning a total of over £14 million at the UK box office at that time and was featured on 1,335 screens at its widest domestic release.

The film debuted with an opening weekend of US

$2.9 million on 215 screens. Two weeks later, this was increased to 1,299 screens, and box office returns increased to $7.2 million. The film has grossed over $121,147,947 worldwide at the cinema box office.

Awards

Pride & Prejudice garnered a number of nominations in the 2005/2006 film awards season, notably four nominations in the Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role for Keira Knightley, Achievement in Art Direction, Achievement in Costume Design for Jacqueline Durran, and Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) for Dario Marianelli's score. It was nominated for five BAFTAs, and won the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer (for Joe Wright, director)

Certification:

Netherlands:AL
| Singapore:PG
| Australia:G
| Germany:o.Al.
| Belgium:KT
| Canada:G (all jurisdictions)
| Czech Republic:U
| Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)
| Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)
| Finland:K-3
| Sweden:Btl
| Portugal:M/12
| France:U
| Brazil:Livre
| Argentina:Atp
| Hong Kong:I
| Singapore:M18 (Region 1 DVD rating)
| USA:PG (certificate #41539)
| Iceland:L
| Hungary:14
| Malaysia:U
| South Korea:12
| Ireland:G
| UK:U

Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine) is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films.

Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films and Gramercy Pictures. Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form NBC Universal.

Focus' most successful release to date is Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned $83,043,761 at the North American box office. However, this is not counting the domestic total of Traffic (2000), which earned $124,107,477 under the USA Films banner.


release date

Germany	25 July 2005	(Hamburg) (premiere)
Netherlands	26 July 2005	(Amsterdam) (premiere)
UK	5 September 2005	(London) (premiere)
Canada	11 September 2005	(Toronto Film Festival)
UK	16 September 2005
Netherlands	22 September 2005
Switzerland	29 September 2005	(German speaking region)
France	7 October 2005	(Dinard Festival of British Cinema)
Belgium	12 October 2005
Australia	13 October 2005
Germany	20 October 2005
Austria	21 October 2005
USA	11 November 2005	(limited)
France	20 November 2005	(Arras Film Festival)
USA	23 November 2005
Singapore	8 December 2005
Finland	23 December 2005
Greece	4 January 2006
Sweden	4 January 2006
Switzerland	4 January 2006	(French speaking region)
Malaysia	5 January 2006
Denmark	6 January 2006
Estonia	6 January 2006
Norway	13 January 2006
Poland	13 January 2006
Japan	14 January 2006
France	18 January 2006
Portugal	19 January 2006
Iceland	20 January 2006
Panama	20 January 2006
Czech Republic	26 January 2006
Argentina	2 February 2006
Hungary	2 February 2006
Italy	3 February 2006
Switzerland	3 February 2006	(Italian speaking region)
Turkey	3 February 2006
Israel	9 February 2006
Brazil	10 February 2006
Mexico	10 February 2006
Spain	10 February 2006
Thailand	20 February 2006	(Bangkok International Film Festival)
Hong Kong	23 February 2006
Thailand	23 February 2006
Philippines	1 March 2006	(Manila)
Venezuela	10 March 2006
South Korea	24 March 2006
Slovakia	30 March 2006
Egypt	10 May 2006

Also Known As (AKA)

Orgullo y prejuicio	Argentina / Colombia / Spain / Venezuela
Orgueil et préjugés	Belgium (French title) / Canada (French title) / France
Stolthet och fördom	Finland (Swedish title) / Sweden
Гордость и предубеждение	Russia
Ask ve gurur	Turkey (Turkish title)
Gordost i predrasuda	Serbia
Orgoglio e pregiudizio	Italy
Orgueil & préjugés	France
Orgulho & Preconceito	Brazil
Perifania & prokatalipsi	Greece
Stolthed & fordom	Denmark
Stolz & Vorurteil	Germany
Ylpeys & ennakkoluulo	Finland