Minding your P and Ps
The San Francisco Bay Guardian has a fun rundown of film versions of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, modern, multicultural and otherwise.
TYPE PRIDE AND Prejudice into the search engine of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), and the flood of Jane Austen love pours forth: there’s a 2003 Mormon-ized version, several lesser-known TV renditions – most not available for home viewing including a 1952 take featuring Peter Cushing (!) as Mr. Darcy – and some punny, in-name-only homages (Pride and Extreme Prejudice, Snide and Prejudice).
We still think some Janeite should name a weblog “Snide and Prejudice.” (And we desperately want to see Peter Cushing’s Mr. Darcy–if memory serves, the same version also features Prunella Scales as Lydia!)
February 10th, 2005 at 7:36 pm
Who is Peter Cushing and what has he been in (besides that lame version of P&P)?
February 10th, 2005 at 11:08 pm
Peter Cushing’s filmography at the IMDb
He’s probably best known to the modern generation as Grand Moff Tarkin from the original STAR WARS, but he was in a million old Hammer horror films. If you’ve ever watched a Saturday afternoon creature feature, most likely you’ve seen him.