De toutes les adaptations austeniennes existantes, Pride and Prejudice 1995, avec Colin Firth et Jenifer Ehle, est très certainement la plus connue et la plus aimée. Et ce n'est pas sans raison! Impossible alors de résister à l'envie de pénétrer dans les coulisses et c'est ce que nous propose ce livre. A l'intérieur, vous y retrouverez tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le casting, le choix des lieux, la création des décors et bien d'autres choses encore.

Même si j'ai beaucoup apprécié ce livre, je dirais tout de même que certaines parties sont bien plus intéressantes que d'autres. J'avoue ne pas m'être particulièrement passionée pour la façon dont on installe l'éclairage ou pour le montage des pellicules de film, en revanche j'ai trouvé formidable l'énorme travail insoupçonné qu'il faut fournir pour arriver au résultat final et je n'en ai que plus de respect pour cette adaptation!

On en profite aussi pour apprendre de nombreuses petites anecdotes qui nous donnent l'impression d'avoir fait nous-mêmes parti de l'aventure!! Par exemple, Jenifer Ehle, qui est blonde, s'est teint les sourcils la veille de son audition parce qu'elle savait qu'ils cherchaient plutôt une brune pour Lizzy! Elle porte d'ailleurs une perruque pour le film. Ils ont aussi eu beaucoup de mal à trouver l'actrice parfaite pour Georgiana. En désespoir de cause, ils ont demandé aux acteurs qu'ils connaissaient s'ils n'avaient pas une fille disponible et c'est comme ça qu'Emilia Fox, la fille de Joanna David jouant Mrs Gardiner, a obtenu le rôle! Quant à Lucy Davis, qui joue Maria Lucas, elle a d'abord auditionné pour le rôle de Lydia. Malheureusement elle n'avait aucune expérience donc ils ne pouvaient pas lui donner ce rôle mais comme elle les a impressioné, il lui ont proposé le rôle de Maria... Bref, si vous voulez connaître encore un tas d'autres anecdotes dans ce genre, il vous faut ce livre!!

En le refermant, une seule envie, se replonger encore et encore dans cette adaptation et dans les yeux de Darcy! Et vous la voyez alors d'une façon nouvelle et ne l'en aimez que plus!!

I liked it but it could have been better. So 3.5 stars if I could.

The behind the scenes pictures are great and so is the information, but it's not put together well as a book. It was more a disjointed group of essays by various people who worked on the show.

Still worth it for the anecdotes and pictures :D And every other page I'd have to go find someone to talk to "remember that scene where this happened? Well . . . " :D So I'd definitely recommend this for any 1995 BBC P&P fans :)

3.5 stars

This was pretty enjoyable! Although the 2005 version is by far my favorite, I do still watch and enjoy this one. And I always love finding out behind the scenes stuff about movies and TV. I did wish there was a little less detail about certain aspects of filmmaking that I'm not particularly interested in...I would have liked more from the actors about their experiences and relationships they formed, etc.

Interesting look into the scenes of my most favourite story ever in the history of literature and television. Many of the things, like editing in 1990’s, seem quite ancient now and are therefore interesting to read.
Some of the interview parts with the cast were a bit too long for my taste and the images could’ve been laid out more nicely (many were the size of a post stamp or smaller) but all in all, a really intesting making of.

Well, this is pretty fun. If you love the BBC version of P&P, this is cool to read. It’s important to distinguish this as a new take on an adaptation of a classic. It stood out as doing something new in the genre. You get interesting little insights into the production and the crew and actors’ experience. Good fun if you can get your hands on a copy!

My obsessive love for Colin Firth aside...I was fascinated with the details it takes to put a period movie together. After reading this book and re-watching the movie, you will be amazed to know the lengths they went to, to produce actual historical representation in the movie, like they actually made food items from the time period and re-created fabric patterns and wall coverings of the time.

De serie uit 1995 staat op eenzame hoogte en daarmee is destijds mijn liefde voor Jane Austen begonnen. Dit boek geeft de achtergrond bij de serie, en vertelt hoe de serie gemaakt is. Super interessant en leuk en vol mooie foto's.

I got this for my aunt, but I can't help but snatch peeks at it before I wrap it up for Christmas. (And I may just have to put it on MY wish list for next year.) It's just wonderful! I love all the tidbits, behinds the scenes aspects such as costuming, set design, script, etc; interviews with the cast (including a long one with Colin Firth); the great photos (all the guys in hair nets to protect their wigs, haha! and the headshots from the audition--Mr. Collins' is the most shocking, the actor actually looks somewhat handsome!) Highly recommended to any fan of the iconic BBC production.

My 4-star rating is definitely for the book, not the movie. Since this is obviously one of the greatest cinematic experiences of all time, Andrew Davies’ Pride and Prejudice will always win five stars. And I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well. It has pretty much everything you could want from a behind-the-scenes look of the movie. My only very small complaint is that sometimes it got bogged down in descriptions of setting up lighting and behind the scenes camera work that slowed it down in a few places. But other than that I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to any fans of this BBC masterpiece. You will especially love the first person interviews with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle along with all of the beautiful, full-color behind-the-scenes pictures.

Lovely behind the scenes look at one of my favorite book to film adaptations. Very very detailed, with lots of interviews, photos, and descriptions of the entire project from its conception to post production!

I felt a bit under the weather at the weekend so rewatched the BBC adaption of Pride and Prejudice and re-read this excellent book that I bought when I was a student.

This book goes in to detail about how a TV show is made from pre-production alll the through to post production. It includes interviews with Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle and many of the production team from composer Carl Davies, the assistant directors and director Andrew Davies. I love how I finally found out what an assistant director actually does along with other roles we are all used to seeing on credits. As well as details about how the production team came together to make this brilliant series this book also has anecdotes from cast and crew members. I was particularly interested in how they cast this, how Carl Davis composed and played for a lot of it and how they chose the dances.

A comprehensive and entertaining book about making this brilliant Austen classic in to an award winnign series. A must read if you are a fan.

Read- January 2021
- I enjoyed this quite a bit. The 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is my favourite TV series/adaptation of all time so I loved learning more about the work that went into it. At times it did get quite confusing which is why I couldn't give it the full 5 stars. My favourite bit was easily the interview with Colin Firth!!! Colin Freaking Firth!!!!