Pride and Prejudice (2003)

Director:

Andrew Black

Writers:

Jane Austen (novel)
Anne K. Black (writer)
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Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Love has met its match.

Plot:

Elizabeth Bennet is a hard-working, intelligent college student who won't even think about marriage until she graduates...

Plot Keywords:

Pride | College | Prejudice | Austen | Marriage

Cast

Kam Heskin	...	Elizabeth Bennet
Orlando Seale	...	Will Darcy
Ben Gourley	...	Charles Bingley
Lucila Solá	...	Jane Vasquez
Henry Maguire	...	Jack Wickam
Kelly Stables	...	Lydia Meryton
Amber Hamilton	...	Kitty Meryton (as Nicole Hamilton)
Rainy Kerwin	...	Mary Lamblen
Kara Holden	...	Caroline Bingley
Hubbel Palmer	...	William Collins
Honor Bliss	...	Anna Darcy
Carmen Rasmusen	...	Charlotte Lucas
Doug Chamberlain	...	Host
Daniel Shanthakumar	...	Bombay House Waiter
Ken Norris	...	Mr. Gardiner
Bob Nelson	...	Professor
Jared Hess	...	Reverend Steve Two-Trees Green
Maire Nelligan	...	Mrs. Green
George Nelson	...	Bishop
Clay Bunker	...	Waiter
Stacy Johnson	...	Dumb Girls
Joni Clausen	...	Dumb Girls
Jake Suazo	...	Officers
John Deans	...	Officers
Aaron Grimmer	...	Crowd Member
Barbara Smith	...	Newscaster
Oscar	...	Austen the Pug
Bryn Fairclough	...	Female Guard
Bob Bunker	...	Old Billionaire
Officer Forrester	...	Police Dog Handler
Maclain Nelson	...	Masked Horseman
Eddie King	...	The Sugerland Run
Jason Fitt	...	The Sugerland Run
Mike McCaleb	...	The Sugerland Run
Tovin Benson	...	The Sugerland Run
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aaron Orullian	...	Mr. "Three's a Crowd" (uncredited)

Directed by
Andrew Black

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jane Austen		novel
Anne K. Black		writer
Katherine Brim		writer (as Katherine Swigert)
Jason Faller		writer

Produced by
C. Logan Deans	....	associate producer
T. Kent Elliott	....	associate producer
Elizabeth Faller	....	associate producer
Jason Faller	....	producer
Ray Frye	....	associate producer
Jo Ann Givan	....	associate producer
Larry E. Givan	....	associate producer
Kynan Griffin	....	co-producer
Mary Kirkham	....	associate producer
Daniel Shanthakumar	....	executive producer
Ajmer Singh	....	associate producer
Harpal S. Toor	....	associate producer
Anne Woolley	....	associate producer
Ronald Woolley	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Ben Carson

Cinematography by
Travis Cline

Film Editing by
Alexander Vance

Casting by
Kate Kennedy

Production Design by
Anne K. Black

Art Direction by
Benji Harry
Justin Partridge

Set Decoration by
Kohl Glass

Costume Design by
Emily Kawasaki

Makeup Department
Katherine Brim	....	key hair stylist (as Katherine Swigert)
Katherine Brim	....	key makeup artist (as Katherine Swigert)
Annika Lourke	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Kynan Griffin	....	unit production manager
Jennifer Kirkham	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Conforto	....	first assistant director
C. Logan Deans	....	second assistant director
Maclain Nelson	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jenni Bushman	....	assistant art director
Christina Cline	....	assistant art director (as Christina Lyon)
Tomek Debowski	....	key swing
Corbin Frost	....	property master
Anna Robinson	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Mark Noakes	....	supervising sound editor
Rob Nylund	....	sound mixer
Aaron Orullian	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Clark Edmunds	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer: main title sequence
Clark Edmunds	....	digital effects artist
Dan Fredley	....	visual effects (DVD version) (uncredited)

Stunts
Tomek Debowski	....	stunt driver
Clark Edmunds	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Chamberlain	....	gaffer
Andrew Chojnacki	....	key grip
Brett Shumway	....	dolly grip
Marty Stiles	....	assistant camera
Vinny Walsh	....	best boy electric

Editorial Department
Chris Regan	....	color timer

Transportation Department
Tomek Debowski	....	unit transportation coordinator

Other crew
Amanda Angel	....	craft service
Marta Becerril	....	script supervisor
Jenni Bushman	....	assistant air director
Casey McLean Deans	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Bestboy Pictures
• Camera 40 Productions

Distributors

• Excel Entertainment (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Phoenicia Pictures (2006) (all media) (Middle East)

Also Known As:

Pride and Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy (USA) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Alberta) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire, England, UK

Company:

Bestboy Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Darcy lies on the street in Las Vegas, the blood trickling from his nose and mouth is briefly smeared, then trickling again.

Quotes:

Lydia Merylon: Oh, this is just great girls. Here we've just spent 20 minutes picking out the perfect array of romantic items, and what do we come back to find? Two kegs of ice cream, pills for cramping, pills for bloating, and six super size boxes of Tampax? Why don't we just put up a big neon sign that says, "Men, run for your lives! Menstruating monsters approaching!"

Movie Connections:

References "Days of Our Lives" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Jane's Attraction

Very watchable, but could have been better

If you're attracted to the P&P story line and are entertained by the idea of the plot working itself out in different cultural contexts, then this is the movie for you. The context here is the LDS or "Mormon" culture of Utah. Like "Clueless," the movie's strength comes from recycling the plot of one of Austen's classic novels. As it is, it's fun, though rough around the edges.

P&P poses some real challenges when you transport it to a modern setting, since a lot of the things that mattered to women in the Regency period just don't matter any more. By placing the story in the LDS context, the producers subjected the women to a culture with a few crucial similarities. I know very little about the LDS culture, but the film suggests that LDS women *want* to get married and the men expect them to be virgins. This gives the story its foundation.

This is clearly a low budget production. It shows in some of the technical aspects and in the acting, but the actors are at least competent. There's lots of gentle humor, but the movie lacks the sharp wit that is Austen's trademark.