Pride & Prejudice(2005)

PG
2h 9m
- Drama
- Romance

Release Date: Nov 11, 2005 | Wide

Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?

Releases

Original Release | Nov 11, 2005

Nov 23, 2005 | Wide

20th Anniversary Re-Release | Apr 20, 2025

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Total US & Canada:
$44,785,261
Total International
$83,455,628
Total Worldwide:
$128,316,398

Total US & Canada:
$38,591,603
Total International
$82,163,069
Total Worldwide:
$120,754,672

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Director & Top Cast

Joe Wright
Director

Keira Knightley
Elizabeth Bennet

Matthew Macfadyen
Mr. Darcy

Brenda Blethyn
Mrs. Bennet

Donald Sutherland
Mr. Bennet

Talulah Riley
Mary Bennet

Rosamund Pike

Jane Bennet

Jena Malone

Lydia Bennet

Carey Mulligan

Kitty Bennet

Claudie Blakley

Charlotte Lucas

Sylvester Morand

Sir William Lucas

Simon Woods

Mr. Bingley

Kelly Reilly

Caroline Bingley

Pip Torrens

Netherfield Butler

Janet Whiteside

Mrs. Hill

Sinead Matthews

Betsy

Roy Holder

Mr. Hill

Rupert Friend

Mr. Wickham

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,SDDS

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom,France,United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

This film is the story of the Bennet family, a middle-class family in England around 1800. The principal characters are: Mrs. Bennet, a hyper-excitable woman obsessed with getting at least one of her daughters into a financially advantageous marriage. Mr. Bennet (Donald Sutherland), who is relaxed, easygoing, and unflappable. He is somewhat amused by the high-spirited behavior of the rest of the family. Jane (Rosamund Pike), the oldest of the daughters. She is serious and thoughtful, but quite shy.Elizabeth (Lizzie, Kiera Knightly), the second daughter and the main character. She is wise, witty, and outspoken. She enjoys (and is very good at) verbal sparring. Mary (Talulah Riley), the third, not at all interested in chasing men. She spends her time reading, playing the piano. Katherine (Kitty) (Carey Mulligan), like Lydia (Jena Malone), is a boy-crazy teenager. The two of them are not interested in any serious pursuits; they just want to go to parties and dances. Kitty is impressionable and takes her cues from Lydia. Lydia is even more frivolous than Kitty.Charles Bingley (Simon Woods) is a wealthy and good-nature gentleman from London who moves into a nearby estate, causing great interest among the Bennets. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Matthew Macfayden) is an extremely wealthy gentleman from the North of England. The reason that an advantageous marriage is important is that the house and land are covered by a covenant that would give it to the eldest male heir on Mr. Bennet's death, but, having no sons, it will go to their cousin, William Collins. This would leave the family destitute.Elizabeth "Lizzie" overhears her mother telling her father a nearby estate, has been rented by a Mr. Bingley. Mr. Bennett finally divulges that he has already met Mr. Bingley. He says that they can all expect to see Mr. Bingley at an upcoming public ball. Lizzie herself and the eldest sister Jane smile with pleasure, as the younger Lydia and Kitty jump up and down. At the public ball, Mr. Bingley enters the hall along with his pretentious sister Caroline, and Mr. Darcy. Mrs. Bennet introduces her daughters to the newcomers. She also introduces Lizzie's close friend Charlotte Lucas. Mr. Bingley strikes up a conversation with Jane. Darcy makes a cruel remark about Lizzie & she engages in verbal sparring with him. Caroline invites Jane to stay at Netherfield. Mrs. Bennet plans a cold on Jane (By making her go on horseback in a storm) so that she has to stay a few days there.Lizzie, worried about Jane, goes to visit on foot & is seen by Caroline & Darcy in her dis-shelved look. Lizzie is sure that Charles loves Jane, by the way he cares for her. Caroline insults the unpolished behavior of the Bennet family & engages Lizzie in verbal spars. Soon Lizzie and Jane leave. Then the dreaded cousin William Collins, a minister, comes to visit the Bennets. He is extremely shallow, pompous, patronizing, boring, and conceited. Dinner is very tense; the family sees right through him. Lizzie, in particular, does some verbal sparring with him. After dinner, he approaches Mrs. Bennet about marrying Jane. Mrs. Bennet says that Jane appears to be taken, but that Lizzie is available.The next morning, the girls go out to see a parade of the militia; Kitty and Lydia are particularly interested in flirting with them. Later, they meet one of them, a handsome lieutenant named Wickham. On their walk home they encounter Bingley and Darcy. Darcy and Wickham stare at each other coldly. Wickham tells Lizzie that Darcy had cheated him out of Darcy's father's generous bequest to him. Her opinion of Darcy goes even lower.The family goes to Bingley's dance. Collins asks Lizzie to dance with her, to her great disgust. Then Darcy appears and asks Lizzie to dance. She accepts. She asks Darcy about Wickham, & he dodges the subject. Caroline, as usual, makes insulting remarks to Darcy about the Bennets. Caroline notices Charles smiling at Jane & knows he loves her & she is determined to stop him. Collins proposes to Lizzie & she turns him down. Mrs. Bennet is angry, but Mr. Bennet supports her. Caroline sends a letter saying that they are all leaving Netherland with Charles going with Darcy's sister Georgina. Lizzie tells Jane to go to London and stay with their aunt and uncle, and she is sure that Bingley will send for her before the week is out.Charlotte Lucas comes to visit Lizzie and tell her that she is engaged to Mr. Collins. Lizzie is appalled that she would marry such a shallow man. Charlotte replies that she is desperate--she is 27 and in danger of becoming a penniless old maid.A few weeks later, Charlotte invites Lizzie to visit her at her new home with Mr. Collins. Mr. Collins takes Lizzie and Charlotte to visit his patron, aristocratic Lady Catherine DeBourg, who is also Darcy's aunt. Mr. Darcy, and his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, are also there. Lady DeBourg is an incredibly haughty, arrogant, insolent, and overbearing person. She is openly disdainful of the Bennets' lower-class upbringing.FritzWilliam asks Lizzie about Darcy & Darcy is surprised to find out that Lizzie thinks he is a pompous ass. Fitzwilliam reveals that Darcy, not Caroline, was the one who had separated Mr. Bingley from Jane. Darcy proclaims his love for Lizzie, but Lizzie is angry at him for breaking up Jane & Charles. But Darcy says that he knew Jane didn't love Charles as all Bennets think about is money. Lizzie throws the Wickham story in his face. Darcy explains the relationship with Wickham. Darcy's father did indeed leave Wickham with a generous allowance. Wickham gambled it away and came back for more. Darcy refused. Later, Wickham returned, and tried to elope with Darcy's sister Georgiana, to get her 30,000-pound inheritance. Georgiana was only 15 at the time and was thrown into a state of deep despair by this.Lizzie and Jane both return home. Lizzie hasn't told Jane that Darcy has intentionally kept Charles away from her. Lydia has been invited by Colonel Forster to go on a trip to the South coastal resort at Brighton. Mr. Bennet allows it, over Lizzie's protests. The Bennet sisters' aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, are visiting, and will be going on. a vacation in the Peak district to the North. They invite Lizzie to come with them, and she accepts. Lizzie's aunt and uncle suggest a visit to Pemberley, Darcy's grand estate, which is nearby and is open for visitors. Lizzie consents to the trip when she is told that Darcy is away. The housekeeper tells the visitors what a kind, caring, and generous person Mr. Darcy is. Lizzie begins to think that her earlier impression of him may have been wrong.Lizzie meets Georgina & then Darcy returns from his trip early. Georgina tells Lizzie that Darcy has told wonderful things about her. Darcy & Lizzie have a decent conversation for the first time. Lizzie receives the letter that Lydia has run away with Wickham. Darcy calls up Charles, & they both go to London looking for Lydia & Wickham. Wickham is found & Bennet promises a settlement of 100 pounds a year to Wickham to get Lydia married to him. Darcy was the one behind the scenes driving this whole thing to protect the honor of the Bennet family. The Bennets later learn that Mr. Bingley is returning to town. Mr. Bingley arrives at the house, with Darcy. Mrs. Bennet, while pretending to be indifferent, is clearly excited at the thought that Bingley will propose to Jane.Bingley and Darcy then walk a short distance from the house, and Darcy helps Bingley rehearse his proposal to Jane. Lizzie begins to realize that Darcy brought Bingley back to town, attempting to repair the damage that he had caused by separating them. Bingley returns and proposes to Jane, and she accepts. Lady DeBourg arrives. After issuing a few insults, she imperiously demands to speak to Lizzie alone. She tells Lizzie that she has heard a rumor that her nephew Darcy and Lizzie are to be married. She demands that Lizzie promise that the rumor is false, and that she will never marry Darcy. Lizzie refuses to do so and tells Lady DeBourg to leave.Lizzie had been unaware of the rumor, and realizes that it must have come from Darcy, and that it means that Darcy is genuinely interested in her. She meets Darcy. When Lady DeBourg had reported to him Lizzie's refusal to deny the rumor, he realized that there was hope that Lizzie might marry him. He says that he hopes that her view of him has changed from their earlier encounters. He apologizes for his past behavior and proposes to her. Just at the instant the Sun is rising between them, she accepts.Later that morning, Darcy, in Mr. Bennet's study, asks for Lizzie's hand in marriage. He gives his consent, saying "I could not have parted with you, my dear Lizzie, to anyone less worthy." After she leaves, Mr. Bennet, who has now had three of his five daughters betrothed or married within a few days, calls out "If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, for heaven's sake, send them in, I'm quite at my leisure."

Storyline

The story is based on Jane Austen's novel about five sisters - Jane (Rosamund Pike), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Mary (Talulah Riley), Kitty (Carey Mulligan), and Lydia Bennet (Jena Malone) - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when wealthy young Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) and his best friend, Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), arrive in their neighborhood. — Marcy Gomez This is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr Bennet (Donald Sutherland) is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife (Brenda Blethyn). The Bennets' five daughters; the beautiful Jane (Rosamund Pike), the clever Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), the bookish Mary (Talulah Riley), the immature Kitty (Carey Mulligan), and the wild Lydia (Jena Malone). Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr. Bennet dies, their house will be inherited by a distant cousin who they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighborhood of the rich gentleman Mr Bingley (Simon Woods), who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr Bingley brings with him his sister, Caroline (Kelly Reilly), and the dashing (and richer), but proud, Mr Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen). Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters, while another may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters, many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip, and scandal. — Dom This tale of love and values unfolds in the class-conscious England of the late eighteenth century. The five Bennet sisters - including strong-willed Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and young Lydia (Jena Malone) - have been raised by their mother with one purpose in life: finding a husband. When a wealthy bachelor takes up residence in a nearby mansion, the Bennets are abuzz. Amongst the man's sophisticated circle of friends, surely there will be no shortage of suitors for the Bennet sisters. But when Elizabeth meets up with the handsome and - it would seem - snobbish Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), the battle of the sexes is joined. — focus features In Georgian England, Mrs. Bennet (Brenda Blethyn) raises her five daughters - Jane (Rosamund Pike), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Mary (Talulah Riley), Kitty (Carey Mulligan), and Lydia (Jena Malone) with the purpose of getting married with a rich husband that can support the family. They are not from the upper class, and their house in Hertfordshire will be inherited by a distant cousin if Mr. Bennet (Donald Sutherland) dies. When the wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) and his best friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) arrive in town to spend the summer in a mansion nearby their property, the shy and beautiful Jane falls in love for Mr. Bingley, and Elizabeth finds Mr. Darcy a snobbish and proud man, and she swears to loathe him forever. This is the beginning of their wonderful love story. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil