Pride and Prejudice (1980)
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, (more)
- Director(s):
- Cyril Coke
- Category:
- Television
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Fay Weldon wrote the teleplay for this 5-part BBC TV adaptation of Jane Austen's 1812 novel Pride and Prejudice. Class-obsessed Mrs. Bennett (Priscilla Morgan) is dead set upon marrying off her five daughters to wealthy and influential young men. Headstrong Elizabeth Bennett (Elizabeth Garvie), the family's second daughter, resists her mother's plan. She is the "pride" that is "prejudiced" against snobbery and pomposity. Elizabeth is particularly incensed by the vain, aristocratic Fitzwilliam Darcy (David Rintoul)--at least until she realizes that Darcy is as prejudiced against high-toned class distinctions as she is. Telecast in the US on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre in the fall of 1980, Pride and Prejudice was later released to video in an uninterrupted, 226-minute single serving. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 265 mins
Complete Cast of Pride and Prejudice
- Elizabeth Garvie - Elizabeth Bennet
- Natalie Ogle - Lydia Bennet
- Tessa Peake-Jones - Mary Bennet
- Edward Arthur - Mr. Hurst
- Peter Howell - Sir William Lucas
- Michael Lees - Mr. Gardiner
- Priscilla Morgan - Mrs. Bennet
- David Rintoul - Mr. Darcy
- Sabina Franklyn - Jane Bennet
- Malcolm Rennie - Mr. Collins
- Osmund Bullock - Mr. Bingley
- Andrew Johns - Captain Denny
- Peter Settelen - Mr. Wickham
- Moray Watson - Mr. Bennet
- Director(s):
- Cyril Coke
- Writer(s):
- Fay Weldon
- Producer(s):
- Jonathan Powell
- Categories:
- Television
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