The Pride & Prejudice DVD comes with a few bonus materials. The six-minute "A Bennet Family Portrait" takes a look at the five Bennet sisters and their parents. The eight-minute "Jane Austen, Ahead of Her Time" gives a little background on one of the early masters of the English novel. "Behind the Scenes at the Ball" is basically a six-minute making-of featurette. These three extras all seemed to me worth the 20 minutes I spent watching them. However, I didn't get much out of the 13-minute "Pride & Prejudice: HBO First Look" since it mostly duplicates material found in the three extras I described earlier.
Also, the DVD contains an audio commentary track by Joe Wright, who makes his debut as a feature film director in Pride & Prejudice. I liked what he did with his movie, but I quickly grew bored with his commentary.
There are actually two DVD versions of Pride & Prejudice, but they differ only in the aspect ratio of the feature film. One is anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1), while the other is full frame (1.33:1). The DVD details for the widescreen version are given below.
DVD Details for the Widescreen Edition:
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1), Color
Feature Film Run Time: 2 Hours 8 Minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for Some Mild Thematic Elements
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
English Captions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Spanish Subtitles
French Subtitles
Audio Commentary by Director Joe Wright
A Bennet Family Portrait (6 min.)
Jane Austen, Ahead of Her Time (8 min.)
Behind the Scenes at the Ball (6 min.)
Pride & Prejudice: HBO First Look (13 min.)
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