It's been 20 years since Pride & Prejudice graced the silver screen — and we still can't get enough of those " excellent boiled potatoes ."
Adapted from the 1813 novel written by the late British author Jane Austen — who was born on Dec. 16, 1775 — the film premiered in the U.S. on Nov. 23, 2005, and starred Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy. The period drama offered audiences many memorable scenes, from Elizabeth rejecting Darcy in the pouring rain to Darcy walking through a meadow at daybreak to propose to her, plus it's hard to forget Darcy's meme-worthy hand flex .
Pride & Prejudice is far from the only Hollywood take on Austen's second novel. There's the 1995 miniseries starring Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, which is often compare

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