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Double Pack DVD - Atonement and Pride and Prejudice: This great box set includes the following titles :
Atonement : Keira Knightley (Love Actually) and James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland) star in this extraordinary film from the Director of Pride & Prejudice. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia (Knightley) and their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner (McAvoy) embrace. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach, and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination, and Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life.
Pride and Prejudice: From the producers of "Bridget Jones' Diary" and "Love Actually", Pride and Prejudice is a 'must see' and 'must own' for anyone inspired by the romance of finding true love. The first movie adaptation of the novel in 65 years, Pride and Prejudice is an enchanting cinematic voyage that remains faithful to the setting and period of Jane Austen's original.
The classic tale of love and misunderstanding unfolds in class-conscious England near the close of the 18th century. The five Bennet sisters; Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Jane (Rosamund Pike), Lydia (Jena Malone), Mary (Talulah Riley) and Kitty (Carey Mulligan) have been raised well aware of their mother's fixation on finding them husbands and securing set futures. Free-spirited Elizabeth, however, has plans beyond such strict confines and, encouraged by her adoring father, strives for a life of independence. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighbourhood of the rich gentleman, Mr Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr Bingley brings with him his two sisters and the dashing (and richer) but proud Mr Darcy. Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters, while another may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip and scandal.
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