Episode 45: Pride & Prejudice

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The LFTS team discusses the delightful wittiness of Jane Austen’s writing, Joe Wright’s clever, more realistic approach to a classic period film, and why Mr. Darcy’s romantic appeal has stood the test of time.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay.
0:09.0	Today we are talking about Pride and Prejudice, the 2005 film directed by Joe Wright, screenplay by Deborah Magog, based on the novel by Jane Austen.
0:18.2	I'm joined by the lessons from the screenplay team, Trisha Rand.
0:20.9	Hello, everyone. Brian Bittner. Hello, Mr. Tucker. And Alex Kayos. Hi. We're talking about
0:26.7	Pride and Prejudice because I had not seen this film. And when I said that aloud, everyone else
0:33.5	on the team said, what are you doing, not having seen this film? And so we decided to do a podcast
0:39.3	about it because that's probably the best way to force me to watch a thing. Yes. And it works.
0:45.7	So I have now seen Pride and Prejudice. And yeah, it was definitely, I remember seeing it on posters
0:52.8	a lot. Like it was a film that I felt like it was kind of remarkable that I hadn't seen
0:57.4	because I saw a lot of movies at that time.
0:59.7	So yeah, so it was interesting going and seeing that.
1:01.8	I think it's also my first Jane Austen exposure of any kind.
1:07.4	Wow.
1:08.4	Which we can talk about.
1:09.7	Yeah, because I don't think I was ever like in school.
1:13.3	I don't think we ever had to read any of her books.
1:16.1	And generally speaking, I don't read a book unless I'm forced to.
1:19.7	So, but yeah, we can talk about all that.
1:22.5	Wow.
1:23.4	But learning more about it and her has been really interesting.
1:26.2	So yeah, so mission accomplished.
1:27.9	I've seen it.
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