Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 British romance film directed by Joe Wright, based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name. The film depicts five sisters from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality and misconceptions. Keira Knightley (pictured) stars as Elizabeth Bennet, while Matthew Macfadyen plays her romantic interest Mr. Darcy. The film avoided depicting a "perfectly clean Regency world", presenting instead a "muddy hem version" of the time. It was marketed to a younger, mainstream audience; promotional items noted that it came from the producers of 2001 romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary before acknowledging its provenance as an Austen novel. Pride & Prejudice earned a worldwide gross of approximately $121 million, which was considered a commercial success. It earned a rating of 82 percent from review aggregator Metacritic, labelling it universally acclaimed. The film earned four nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, including one for Knightley as Best Actress. Pride & Prejudice has failed to match the cultural impact of the British 1995 television series, though Knightley has become associated with her character among younger viewers.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1263:

Scottish–Norwegian War: The armies of Norway and Scotland fought at the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Largs

1835:

Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales, Texas, encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales

1925:

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (bust pictured) successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird

1941:

World War II: Nazi German forces began Operation Typhoon, an all-out offensive against Moscow, starting the three-month long Battle of Moscow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow

1996:

A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the static ports of the aircraft caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

splurge: 1. To gush, to flow or move in a rush. 2. To spend (usually money) lavishly or extravagantly. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splurge

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.   --Mahatma Gandhi https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi