Pride & Prejudice

Jane Austen Summer Series

Beloved adaptations on the big screen!

Jane Austen’s classic novel about misread cues, matched wits, societal rules and impossible love finds the perfect pitch in Director Joe Wright’s hands. For starters, his exceptional ensemble cast is more than the sum of their parts. The chemistry between willful, opinionated Elizabeth Bennett (Keira Knightley) and Mr. Darcy (Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen) practically oozes off the screen. Tom Hollander’s creepy Mr. Collins and Brenda Blethyn’s unfiltered Mrs. Bennett bring the comic relief. Rosamund Pike is perfect as Elizabeth’s gentle sister Jane, as is a young Carey Mulligan, in her first film role. Above all, the late, great Donald Sutherland’s wise, wistful and loving Mr. Bennett, written to perfection by Austen, is a father figure for the ages.