Saturday, May 23, 2009

Netflix Stars - Lost in Austen


5/5! Now this was great! If you loved Pride and Prejudice (and Kate & Leopold), you've got to get this in your queue. It was actually a four episode TV mini series in the UK last year - hence the length and a few obvious scene changes/breaks. Modern day Jane Austen fan, Amanda, swaps places with Elizabeth Bennet and becomes part of the Pride and Prejudice story. But just like the theory if you go back in time (what was that show, "Sliders" a few years ago?) and alter one thing, EVERYTHING changes. She arrives near the beginning of P & P and suddenly the characters in the story aren't evolving how the story was written- and Amanda tries to make things right. I thought Elliot Cowan who played Mr. Darcy, complete with smolder, bore an uncanny resemblance to Heath Ledger.

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