Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A romance ahead of its time The five Bennet sisters
- Elizabeth or Lizzie (Keira Knightley) Jane (Rosamund Pike) Lydia (Jena Malone) Mary (Talulah Riley) & Kitty (Carey Mulligan)
- have been raised well aware of their mother&s (Brenda Blethyn) fixation on finding them husbands & securing set futures The spirited & intelligent Elizabeth however strives to live her life with a broader perspective as encouraged by her doting father (Donald Sutherland) When wealthy bachelor Mr Bingley takes up residence in a nearby mansion the Bennets are abuzz Amongst the man&s sophisticated circle of London friends & the influx of young military officers surely there will be no shortage of suitors for the Bennet sisters Eldest daughter Jane serene & beautiful seems poised to win Mr Bingley&s heart For her part Lizzie meets with the handsome & it would seem snobbish Mr Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) & the battle of the sexes is joined Their encounters are frequent & spirited yet far from encouraging Lizzie finds herself even less inclined to accept a marriage proposal from a distant cousin Mr Collins (Tom Hollander) & supported by her father stuns her mother & Mr Collins by declining When the previously good-natured Mr Bingley abruptly departs for London leaving a devastated Jane Lizzie holds Mr Darcy culpable for contributing to the heartbreak But a crisis involving youngest sister Lydia soon opens Lizzie&s eyes to the true nature of her relationship with Mr Darcy Actors Keira Knightley Talulah Riley Rosamund Pike Jena Malone Carey Mulligan Donald Sutherland Brenda Blethyn Pip Torrens Matthew Mac Fadyen Judi Dench Tom Hollander Samantha Bloom Peter Wight & Jay Simpson Director Joe Wright Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Bulgarian ; Croatian ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Hebrew ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Turkish ; Icelandic ; Russian ; Slovenian Duration 2 hours & 1 minute (approx)