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6 August 2004

Dr. Who more mentally demanding than Jane Austen?

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 11:39 pm

British television quiz show MASTERMIND is accused of “dumbing down” its questions, but a participant begs to differ:

But former contestants yesterday defended the series. Gavin Fuller became the youngest champion 11 years ago when, aged 24, he answered questions on The Crusades, 1095-1154, in the final round, and on Dr Who in the first round.

“Some of these popular culture subjects are very broad so you need to learn a lot more,” he said.

“For my Dr Who round I had to know about 158 broadcast shows. You could argue that that’s much harder than being quizzed on Jane Austen, who wrote only six novels.”

New Jersey test audience loves BRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Filed under: Uncategorized — Mags @ 9:29 pm

In an article complaining about the failure of Indian cinema to catch on internationally, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE is held out as an anticipated exception.

Yet, there is a glimmer of hope in the form of Gurinder Chadha’s Bride And Prejudice.

If the film does even half as well as her earlier Bend It Like Beckham when it opens on October 8, Hindi cinema will finally find a voice in the international arena.

The early signs are encouraging. Gurinder had her first screening of Bride And Prejudice last month and the audience lapped it up readily.

Says Gurinder: “We played to a largely white suburban crowd in Clifton, New Jersey. I am thrilled to say the film went down like a storm, although some felt the leads running through a fountain in slow motion was rather bizarre. I have much work to do to teach the world about the cinema of your land. But this is a great beginning with scores of people who have never eaten Indian food, let alone visited India.”

New PRIDE AND PREJUDICE set photos

Filed under: Pride and Prejudice (2005) — Mags @ 4:53 pm

Julie B. sends us a link to some photos from the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE set, including new photos of Judi Dench and Keira Knightley as well as some others of Keira and Matthew Macfadyen that we have already seen (but most of our visitors will not mind looking at them again, we are certain). Click on the word “Nasta” to get the next photo in the set.

Thanks, Julie!

Pride and Prejudice among list of books most often re-read

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 4:08 pm

A study by the American Library Association named Pride and Prejudice among the books most often read more than once.

Others include the Harry Potter books, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” and Shakespeare’s plays.

The article lists the re-reading preferences of several authors, educators and other avid readers.

 

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