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A bollywood update of jane austen's classic tale, where mrsbennet is eager to find suitable husbands for her 5 unmarrieddaughters. When Mr.bingley and Mr.darcy come to live nearby, thebennets have high hopes, though circumstance and boorish opinionsthreaten to get in the way of romance.
"...alive with swirling color, music and movement..." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"...this is a free-spirited adaptation of the Jane Austen novel..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Spinning a Bollywood tale from Jane Austen's classic novel, director Gurinder Chadha, writer Paul Madeya Berges, and producer Deepak Nayar (the BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM team) present this musical full of romance, intrigue, and cross-cultural celebration.
| Features | Director/Writer Commentary | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Widescreen Presentation | | Feature Commentary By Director And Cowriter Gurinder Chadha And Cowriter Paul Mayeda Berges | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Subtitles: Spanish | | Ashanti's Song | | The Making Of Bride and Prejudice | | A Conversation With Martin Henderson | | A Conversation With Aishwarya Rai | | Deleted Scenes | | Extended Songs |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/1/2006 |
| Running Time: 112 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 3969103 | | UPC: 00786936278330 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Aishwarya Rai | | Anupam Kher | | Martin Henderson | | Nadira Babbar | | Anu Malik, et. al. - Original Music By | | Francois Ivernel - Executive Producer | | Gurinder Chadha - Director | | Gurinder Chadha, et. al. - Producer | | Jane Austen - Based On Novel By | | Justin Krish - Editor | | Nick Ellis - Production Designer | | Paul Mayeda Berges, et. al. - Writer | | Santosh Sivan - Cinematographer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"[T]he female lead, Indian superstar Aishwarya Rai, is both beautiful and skilled: a delight to watch." 02/01/2005 p.48Movieline's Hollywood Life
"Director Gurinder Chadha fills the screen with colorful settings and musical numbers. You walk out in an ebullient mood." 12/01/2004 p.103 Rolling Stone
"[Chadha] keeps the movie alive with swirling color, music and movement. The songs are deliciously silly..." 02/10/2005 p.89 Los Angeles Times
"[L]ively and cheerful....There's a real sense of unbridled spectacle here..." 02/11/2005 p.E4 Entertainment Weekly
"[T]his festively busy and exuberantly multicultural charmer is its own intriguingly postmodern creation..." 02/18/2005 p.53-4 San Francisco Examiner 6 of 10
Gurinder Chadha crafted a richly authentic tale of friendship between cultural opposites in Bend - David Germain
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
Rarely has an adaptation of a classic been so vivacious. The colorful costumes light up the screen, - James Berardinelli
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