The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

economist sunsuntribune diversions saturday nov 12 2005 a9 keira knightiey stars in a remake of jane austens classic novel pride and prejudice the movie costars canadian donald sutherland period filmhater joe wright defies himself and directs pride prejudice a period film firsttime english filmmaker joe wright hates period films and he had never read the classic eng lish novel pride and prejudice on top of that he thought keira knightiey bend it like beck ham was too beautiful to be cast in the lead role of eliza bennet and yet mr wrights pride 81 prejudice yes the theatrical ver sion is spelled with an amper sand starring keira knightiey which he set in 1793 is in theatres this week while period films always seem stiff to him he relished the chance to make jane austens microscopic examination of human nature come alive on the screen he told anne brodie on movies the york region newspaper group he says the novel has honesty truth and energetic vibrancy which he tried to express in new ways he started with hiring actors of the proper age young 20-some- things ms knightiey rosamund pike and jenna malone play their ages because ms austens charac ters were those ages mr wright wanted them to experience young emotions for the first time no adults prancing around trying to be girls as usual ly happened in early versions of pride and prejudice incidentally eliza bennet is reluctant to reveal her age which is 20 because 20 was over the hill for landing a suitable rich hus band says mr wright well its not 17 or 18 any more is it he just didnt see gorgeous ms british girl of the moment cant be stopped pride prejudice starring keira knightiey dame judi dench donald sutherland and rosamund pike directed by joe wright keira knightly stars as eliza beth bennet in this at least the ninth film adaptation of jane austens popular 1813 novel but firsttime director joe wright didnt want ms knightiey in the key role because he consid ered her too beautiful to play the 20something socialclimbing spinster but ms knightly cant be stopped except in die dreadful domino shes hollywoods eng lish girl of the moment and there is no reason why gwyneth pal- trow should play all the period english flowers much to mr wrights relief ms knightiey is an admirable elizabeth shes frumped up a little see wrights page 20 director joe wright middle and star keira knightiey try to stay warm during shooting knightiey as plain eliza until he met her in a montreal bar he found her to be unconventional a scruffy tomboy therefore per fect for the role while he didnt dress down her beauty she wore no makeup none of the actors did for authenticity makeup in those days was worn only by prosti tutes or painted ladies all five bennet daughters are hunting for rich husbands aided and abetted by their frantic moth er does that make them gold dig gers not necessarily mr wright noted if impoverished women like the bennets didnt marry into money they would be destitute women could not inherit in those days the inheritance laws were repealed in the mid- 1800s when it became clear that womens lives were being economically devastated see sutherland page 20 get local exposure for your business by advertising in york region business times our business readership includes owners managers and other key decision makers as well as chamber of commerce and board of trade members affordable advertising campaigns tailored to small and large businesses ad rates start at 70 per month and include professional copywrrtinaand design call oursales departmentor infonnatioh 055731 717 targeted distribution of 1 6000 monthly copies