is opening stateside the night we leave for London. (that's November 19 for all you Bridget fans)

although I suppose it's been playing in London already?

Colin Firth, sigh.

It's been far too long since the last one! Looking forward to it!

Bridget Jones gets my motor running!

flygirl, I thnk it opens towards the end of November here too (probably times to coincide). So you can always watch it in Bridget's home town!

And I'm afraid Colin Firth's never lived up to his dazzling self in the BBC's drama serialisation of Pride and Prejudice. Do you lot get that in the US? Colin Firth in wet shirt and breeches???

wet shirt and breeches, oh my!

I think I see a new DVD in my future...




Kate, didn't you promise us a Venice trip report? where've you been hiding yourself girl?

:-"

Hi flygirl

I'm a huge Bridget Jones fan, and Edge of Reason will open here in the States while I'm in Rome. I'm looking at it as something to look forward to when I get back.

hey Gracie! we are just going to miss you. we arrive Rome Nov 23 in the evening.

have a fabulous trip!!

What I am curious about is who will play the actor Colin Firth that Bridget is supposed to interview? I expect they'll use someone else...

Yes, we USer's got that Pride & Prejudice. I liked it. Seemed on par with Lawrence Olivier's and Greer Garson's version. Such beautiful people.

I'm with all of you. On opening night in London, check out bridgetjonestheedgeofreason.co.uk/ for all of your Bridget Jones needs!

flygirl- mea culpa mea culpa. I have my Venice report hanging over my head like homework.

But then they say patience is a virtue...

..and all good things come to those who wait....

Oh, flygirl, bewarned - I got all six BBC P&P VHS tapes from the library one weekend when DH was away and wound up bingeing on Elizabeth and Darcy until 2:30 in the morning 'cuz I couldn't stop myself (or the tapes). I just love the crunchy-gravel period dramas. Which often means I must watch them by myself... Persuasion was very good, too. Ciaran Hinds, quite nice!

To make this travel related, I'd love to see Groombridge Place, aka Longbourn.

That Firth version of P & P far superior to Laurence and Greer I thought, since L and G were well overage, and so much of the plot was altered, and the costumes all wrong.

I still have fond memories of a previous BBC P&P from about 20 years ago with Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul, it was excellent, but lower budget and on videotape.

But, Colin's version was excellent I thought and the DVD well worth owning for those of us who like a Austen film fix now and again.

Elaine, did the actor playing Darcy (David Rintoul) have very dark curly hair in that version? I really loved one of those BBC mini-series with an actor with dark curly hair. I know it was a Jane Austen adaptation, but I can't remeber much about it. Thanks.

David Rintoul does have dark, curly hair. I about wore out that tape until the Colin Firth version came along. Keira Knightly is currently filming a feature film version of P&P; don't know who is playing her Darcy. I also wondered if the interviewing Colin Firth in the Piazza Navona scene would be left in "Edge of Reason" and if so, who will play him? Jane Austen lovers should check out www.pemberley.com for a list of all her books, sequels and film adaptations.

Yes, David Rintoul did have the dark abundant curly hair (at the time I told my friends he had to be the handsomest man who'd ever lived) but it turns out in real life, he's getting pretty bald.
Amazon has this older BBC show on DVD which is now cheaper than the VHS version which they also have. And of course Amazon also has the Colin DVD version, with add-ins about 'the making of..."

Love that description "crunchy gravel."

<i>&quot;That Firth version of P &amp; P far superior to Laurence and Greer I thought, since L and G were well overage, and so much of the plot was altered, and the costumes all wrong.&quot;</i>

So true! And it was soooo melodramatic! I roll on the floor laughing when Lydia and Wickham arrive back at the Bennett's house with a full fanfare of heralding trumpeters on horseback! And the anti-bellum dresses were a bit ahead of their time in Regency England.

Love the Colin Firth version. It was my very first DVD that I purchased. And can't wait for the new Bridget Jones. Taped Oprah last Friday when Renee, Hugh and Colin were on.

Colin &amp; Hugh!!

That BBC adaptation of Pride &amp; Prejudice was the BEST ever -- and DH agrees with me. He was totally hooked.

oh man, they were on Oprah? I would have tivo'd it! dang.

anyone know of any other Colin and Hugh and Renee sightings on the talk shows? I'll tivo em all!

elaine, I wish I had come up with it, but I must confess I nicked it off the Washington Post's TV reviewer. On a different tack, &quot;Love Actually&quot; has some gorgeous scenes of Thameside London, not to mention Colin and Hugh both looking fit. Why is it that the current crop of Englishmen actors do &quot;befuddled&quot; so very well?

&quot;crunchy gravel&quot; - I like that too! I also like the fact that in order to HEAR the crunchy gravel, in these films... they don't overload it with useless music over every scene. bleh.

question, for you Londoners: (trivia).

using the term &quot;fit&quot; as AHaugeto did... obviously I know it means 'fit, in good shape&quot; but I got the impression there is a slight bit of slang usage which goes a little bit above that, from England? In Brittany I heard a song in the car a lot which had lyrics something like &quot;you're fit, you're fit, and gosh don't you know it&quot; (talking about some stuck up girl).

if I saw a good looking chap I wouldn't just say &quot;he looks fit&quot; unless I meant to say he looks healthy and works out. I got the impression it has a slang meaning of something like &quot;hot&quot; or something.

if you've read this far into my very long post... am I on to something or just babbling?