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Spend a night-in with Pride and Prejudice AND a new Blu-Ray Player!

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Jane Austen’s much loved Pride and Prejudice has finally made it’s way to Blu-ray! And just in time for Mother’s Day!

But this isn’t just another release of classic 1813 novel! A&E Home Video has digitally remastered the Emmy Award-Winning 1996 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice featuring the lovable Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and Tony-winner Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet.

Firth and Ehle, with the help of an amazing cast, bring to life the wit, romance, and intelligence of this Jane Austen classic as viewers are transported to Georgian England. Digitally remastered for the most optimal viewing experience, you are certain to fall in love all over again with the dashing Mr. Darcy and the independent and determined Elizabeth Bennet.

The Pride and Prejudice: Blu-Ray Edition not only offers you an amazing viewing experience but it also comes with some very special features: take a walking tour of the shooting locations with Adrian Lukis and Lucy Briers, listen to interviews with key cast members, watch a short video documenting the restoration process, and much more.


Pride and Prejudice on Blu-ray: Uncovering the Technical Restoration Process from A&E Home Video on Vimeo

If you have always been a Jane Austen fan or if this is your first time entering the world of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, you’re sure to love the Pride and Prejudice: Blu-Ray Edition!

A&E Home Video would love to make this Mother’s Day extra special for one lucky 5 Minutes for Mom reader by giving away a Pride and Prejudice: Blu-Ray Edition AND a Blu-Ray player!!! That’s right, one winner will be receiving their very own copy of this much loved DVD and a their very own Blu-Ray player — a package worth more than $300!!!

To enter this giveaway:

  • Leave a comment on this post. This giveaway is open to US and Canadian shipping addresses.
  • Either link back to our Mother’s Day Giveaway 2009 post and include a “Mother’s Day 2009 Giveaway” button in that post or on your sidebar or link to this post.
  • As always, non bloggers are welcome to participate. We understand you can’t link, but please spread the word to your friends!
  • Additional entries can be earned by Subscribing to our Feed, Signing up for our Newsletter, or spreading the word via Facebook, Twitter, email, etc.

And, for a second chance to win this great prize package, head over to the A&E Home Video Facebook page. To enter, just leave a note on their “wall”!

Please visit our Mother’s Day Giveaway 2009 post and our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our contest and giveaway rules.

Reader Interactions


1,636 Comments

  5. Iā€™d love to be entered. This is one of my favorite movies

    thanks for sponsoring this.

    2kidsblogger(at)gmail(dot)com

  6. I don’t own a br player and I haven’t seen the movie so I would love to win

  11. Personally, I could do without the movie, I’ve never been a fan of movies that are based on books, the book is ALWAYS so much better! I would, however, love to have a BR player, we’re so geeky over here, but also so broke šŸ™ Thanks for the giveaway!

  12. I would love to see this movie on my brand new Blu-Ray – thanks for the awesome give away.

  27. Fantastic giveaway. Jane Austen is one of my favorite Victorian writers.

  28. Love to have a blue-ray player. Thanks for the contest and the link to A&E facebook.

  31. Please enter me in the contest. The Blu-Ray player would be so fun to have.

  33. THIS IS WONDERFUL!
    WHAT A GREAT GIVEAWAY WEEKEND YOU’VE GOT GOING!

    I DON’T ON A Blu-Ray player!!!
    WOULD CRY TEARS OF HAPPINESS IF I OWN!

    PLUS, PRIDE & PREJUDICE IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME GUILTY PLEASURES!

    PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT! HOPE THAT LUCKY RABBIT PULLS MINE OUT!
    THANKS!

    ZESTYWONDERLAND@GMAIL.COM

  35. My kids have been wanting a blu-ray player, and my daughter needed to watch pride and prejudice and read the book for school so I can get both things done by winning.

    Thank you so much

    camper223[at]live[dot]com

    Happy Mother’s Day To All

  36. I love this version of Pride and Prejudice – great pick PLUS a Blue Ray player to play it on! Well planned giveaway.

  37. I have wanting a Blu-Ray player for quite awhile and would LOVE to win this one! Thanks!

  38. The chances of winning are very slim but hey, someone has to win, right?! And my DVD player just bit the dust last month so I could So use this!!

  44. What a great prize I love the classics and hubby will never buy them

  48. This is my favorite movie of all time bar none… I hope I win I hope I win!

    eeohlin at gmail dot com

  50. This is awesome….I love this movie – Would so love to win. I will keep spreading the word about your site…

  57. wow!!!!!!!!!! ty 4 the awesome giveaway and 4 the entry:) happy mother’s day:)

  62. I would like to win these and then I would save them and give them to my hubby for Fathers Day !!
    He is the big movie buff in our family, so this would be perfect for him.

  79. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE all things Jane Austen and this is my all time favorite movie.

    Please count me in for the giveaway!

    Thanks a bunch!
    Melissa in Mel’s World

  96. I’ve never seen Pride and Prejudice but would like to as I’ve heard it’s great. Getting the DVD player to play it on would be super too.

  98. I am really looking forward to seeing this show, I just rented the DVD and purchased some munchies for a great, quiet Saturday night with an awesome movie!

  102. I would love to have a blu ray and I love jane austen. Signed up for the newsfeed and newsletter.

  103. i like watching movies at home. this would be nice to see it in a nice picture. i havent seen this movie yet. thanx

  110. We have been wanting a Blu-Ray player for a long time. It would be wonderful to win one, plus a great movie!

    Thank you for the giveaway!

  115. Well I was told that when we bought our Xbox 360 that we could watch HD videos on it! Of course now the format is not available anymore!

  121. Player/what a great giveaway. I’m subscribed…oops, on my previous entry, I thought I had clicked on the flower link

  122. I enjoy the variety of flowers…the colors add such beauty. This would make a nice gift for my mom or mother-in-law.

  123. This is such an awesome Mother’s day giveaway.
    Thank you so much for all of the chances to win.

  134. “Pride & Prejudice”, A new Blu-Ray, Feet kicked up, I’m on my way!

  155. I would love to win the Blu-Ray Player. I don’t have one yet and it’s a luxury that can’t afford right now.

  164. You know, I love the book but have never seen this movie so I think winning a copy of my very own is a great way to make sure I finally get to. šŸ™‚

  167. I’ve never seen Pride & Prejudice… and I don’t have a Blu-Ray dvd player. I’d love to win this!

  172. I’d love a Blu-Ray player, they look so neat in the stores! Thanks for such an awesome contest.

  176. I would love to win this Blu-Ray player and the Pride and Prejudice Blu-ray disc.
    I do not own a Blu-Ray player so it would be great to win one.
    Thank you for having this great contest.

  179. I always enjoy the Jane Austen movies, and there’s no chance we’ll be getting a Blu-Ray player if I don’t win one.

  182. Have been wanting a Blue-Ray player and have always loved Pride & Prejudice. I subscribe to your newsletter.

  183. Pride and prejudice is probably my mother’s favorite book and movie of all-time.

  189. I’d love to spend a night in with Pride and Prejudice AND a new Blu-Ray Player!

  190. I would love to win a Blu-Ray player. This is another great giveaway. Thank you

  192. I’d love to have this! Thanks for the fantastic giveaway!

    braaisjo at gmail dot com

  193. Iā€™ve never heard of this movie before, but the description has got me interested. Thanks!

  204. Wow!

    Great giveaway offering!

    Please, include me in your drawing!

    Thanks and good luck to all!

  214. Such a Jane Austen fan… and our DVD player just broke. This would be fantastic!

  218. Have never seen the whole movie, but love to be able to finish watching it and watch it whenever.

  228. I LOVE Pride and Prejudice! …and can you be any sweeter than to offer a Blu-ray player? So cool!

    judy7885 at gmail dot com

  229. This is my favorite film adaptation of my favorite novel and the only way I’m getting a Blu-Ray player is if I win one!

  234. I am also Subscribed to your RSS feed via Google reader
    Twincere(at)hotmail(dot)com

  235. I receive your email newsletter. Thanks!
    Twincere(at)hotmail(dot)com

  236. Pride & Prejudice is one of my favorite movies, and Collin Firth is a talented actor.I would love to add it to my movie collection, and I don’t have Blu_Ray so that makes it a double treat!!

    twincere(at)hotmail(dot)com

  237. Pride & Prejudice is a classic, and who could resist a beautiful Blu Ray player (I’d love one but can’t afford it!)?

  250. I have been dying to get a blu-ray player but with the current economy have not been able to afford one, Thanks for the chance to win!

  257. I watch this movie every time it’s on & having a player to go with it…is just too exciting!

  262. What a great prize to win, I’d love to be able to see this on such a great DVD player!

  266. Ah, that would be a nice eve, curled up on the couch…Happy Mother’s Day!

  269. Please enter me in this awesome giveaway. I am not able to get around very well anymore so spend most of my time trying to occup my time on the computer or TV. I would love to have this so I could watch DVDs. I love movies like this one.

  271. I absolutely love Jane Austen and have been slowly working my way through her works. This is a wonderful prize! Thanks!

  278. A wonderful prize–who doesn’t like Jane Austen? Thanks for the giveaway.

  281. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES AND TO SEE IT ON BLUERAY WOULD BE AWESOME

  283. I really hope to win, I just got a DVD Player 2 years ago, I would love to upgrade to a Blu-Ray player.

  284. all these prizes are amazing i really hope to be on eof the lucky mommies to win one. it would make my mothers day exciting.

  315. I’ve been wanting a Blu-Ray player for quite a while now. This would be fantastic!

  318. I would love to own this DVD…I am so addicted to Pride and Prejudice that I have my husband watching it with me too! šŸ™‚

  325. It would be nice to win this since Blu-Ray seems to be the wave of the future & we don’t have one yet. Thanks for the contest.

  327. I love this movie! And the book. šŸ™‚ I just read Austenland by Shannon Hale and it made me want to watch this version again. And the Blu Ray Player would be awesome too!!

  329. I haven’t sat down and watched the entire show. This would allow me to do it.

  334. We have been wanting a Blue-Ray DVD Player for the longest time and it would truly be a Mother’s Day Gift for me because I would love to see my 3 children enjoying watching quality videos that I hand pick for them! Having this would rock their little worlds, and so it would rock mine too! Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter.

  336. My mom is like a superhero and no one deserves it more. Additionally her birthday is May 12th, she usually gets both holidays as one. She deserves so much more. My mother deserves a real Mother’s Day.

  345. I am just getting into Jane Austen. This would be great. Thanks for the opportunity.

  346. Colin Firth is amazing in this! I wish I was Elizabeth Bennett!! I could watch this over and over… too bad its like six hours long!! šŸ˜‰

  347. My DH and I have been dying to get away together but it just hasn’t been in the budget lately. This would be awesome!

  353. This is a wonderful giveaway! A blu-ray player and a great movie! Please count me in, for a chance to win.

  354. WOW this is great my Mom loves to watch movies, this will be a great gift.

  356. My BF is into new technology but i do not see a Blue Ray Player in our future unless i am lucky:)
    I have been enjoying your blog…Thank you:)

  357. This is one of my fave Jane Austen adaptations, thanks for the chance to win!

  360. i would love that it is so awesome my 13 kids would love that too so please let me win

  361. I am a Jane Austen fan and a Colin Firth fan. I would love to win this dvd and Blu Ray player!

  365. I would love to win this gift! My husband would too…he always quotes “I just love that Mr. Darcy!”

  371. I subscribe

    “Canadian Contests, Freebies, Coupons, Deals, Games and Fun:
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  373. I would love to win this one. It would be the greatest mother’s day gift

  374. I missed out on HD-dvd (probably a good thing actually) and been wanting to go blu ever since!

  383. My wife would go crazy if I gave this to her for Mothers Day! Thanks for letting me enter this contest!

    -robert

  390. I know this is a mother’s day giveaway…but my husband would love the player! Thanks for the giveaway!

  391. This movie would be a great addition for starting teaching high school English next year, plus it is one of my faves.

  400. I know this is for mothers day but I would love to win this for my husband.

  401. what a great giveaway for mothers day. love pride and prejudiced and blu ray to watch it on. wonderful

  410. I love Pride & Prejudice but I haven’t watched this version. This would be great to win!

  411. I subscribe to your newsletter, but don’t have a blog, so can’t link. I’d love to win this for Mother’s Day šŸ™‚

  416. Don’t think I’ve ever seen this movie, that’s why it would be a great one to win!

  430. love to win blu ray, heard it super clear and i can’t see little detail! :<

  431. This version of P&P is really great, thanks for the wonderful opportunity to win this prize. I signed up on Facebook.

  439. This is the best version of this movie that I’ve seen. Thanks for the chance to win!

  477. Oh how FUN!!! I put the button on the TOP of my blog!! WOW ALL the prizes ā€¦ just for being a mom šŸ™‚ My hubby is currently deployed (USMC)so we werenā€™t going to celebrate Motherā€™s Day this year as itā€™s next to impossible for him to help the kids get something around! But I celebrate being a mom all year round with two Beautiful children with my AMAZING hubby! Thanks for the opportunities for the giveaways!!

  488. This is by far the best version of Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth will always be Mr. Darcy. All P&P fans have hit rewind a few times during the pond scene. hehehe.

  489. We would love this movie and player. Please accept my entry. Thank you.

  492. I’m not a blogger, but I’d love to win. I posted on the wall of the Facebook page.

  497. Would love to win this. I loved the book, haven’t seen the movie yet but would love the chance to!

  498. The Motherā€™s Day 2009 Giveaways is an awesome idea ā€“ I would love to celebrate my motherā€™s with this wonderful prize!

  501. *I noticed my URL was missing a letter so I’m re-entering for this wonderful giveaway! Thanks!

    I blogged about the giveaways and added the button to my sidebar! šŸ™‚

  503. WE WERE ADMIRING BLU RAY AT WALMART WOULD LOVE TO OWN ONE THTA WOULD BE AN AWESOME MOTHERS DAY!

  507. my family has never seen this movie i would love to see it i will buy the pop corn

  510. Our dvd player just bit the dust. Thanks for the chance to replace it with a much better one!

  511. My hubby is a huge movie buff and this would be an awesome Father’s Day gift for him.

  515. My mother loves this movie and my wife has been wanting a blu-ray player but neither one of them ever get themselves anything nice because they’re always too busy worrying what they can do for others. so why not kill two birds with one stone…hope to win this..
    P.S. I’m not cheap ladies, I’ve just been laid off.

  522. I had the opportunity of being in Jane Austen’s home in England. I would be thrilled to win this prize. CV

  528. Wow! What a great prize to win. I just love Pride and Prejudice. I have read the book and undoubtedly enjoy the movie. Thank you for the opportunity to enter for this awesome prize!

  535. Ok- this is an awesome gift and a great combination- I would love to bring this baby home!!!
    I am a subscriber, following you on twitter and a newsletter follower. Your site ROCKS!

    Thanks in advance for this chance- from my Mom and I!

  545. Love the movie and would enjoy the blu-ray DVD player even more. Especially on those rainy Sunday afternoons snuggled up in bed.

  553. This would make Mother’s Day extra special with the Blu-Ray Player. Thanks for the chance to win.Button on sidebar and blogged linked to giveaway.

  555. Believe it or not, I have never seen Pride and Prejudice. It would be nice to watch it on a new blu-ray!!

  560. This would be a DREAM come true for my hubby! We just bought a new HDTV and this would really make our family movie time AWESOME! Thanks for this great giveaway!

  565. Wow screaming prize!! Happy Mothers Day to all!
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  566. nice giveaway, i could use a blue-ray.. havent made the upgrade yet.
    thanks! (freaaa@gmail.com)

    PS – getting “slow script” error messages from your site tonight- first time thats every happened .

  585. This is just awesome giveaway! Thank you!

    natatheangel AT yahoo DOT com

  586. An upgrade to Blu-ray is overdue at our house, and what a terrific first movie to watch with it.

  589. I’d love to see this movie and own a blu-ray player. Please count me in to win.

  590. Wow there is a lot of entries for this blu-ray player and pride and prejudice dvd…I’d like to add my name to welcome Mr. D’arcy to my home too!

  591. I would love to win Pride and Prejudice: Blu-Ray Edition and a Blu-Ray player. I want to start streaming netflix films to my tv and I need a bluray player to do this

  599. thanks for the great Mother’s Day giveaway!! would love to win this!!

    cool site!

  615. Watching Pride and Prejudice is this mom’s idea of a good time! Thanks for the chance to win.

  616. Your Mothers Day Button is up on my left hand side bar under “Come and Play” šŸ™‚

  620. This is by far my favorite of all time out of all the movies, tv series, etc. And might I add Colin Firth in this is just dreamy! šŸ˜‰

  633. Pride & Prejudice! It’s one of my absolute favorite movies. How can anyone NOT appreciate the love story between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet? It’s so beautiful and there are so many memorable moments/lines in that film.

    Like when Mr. Darcy says, “I have fought against my better judgment, my family’s expectations, the inferiority of your birth by rank and circumstance. All these things I am willing to put aside and ask you to end my agony.”

    And I’m equally exited (okay, even more excited…) about the Blu-Ray player! My husband would be thrilled about it too. We’ve been wanting to get one for some time now.

  640. I’ve only seen the previews for the movie – it sounds amazing. Thanks for the giveaway!

  649. I’ve always liked Pride and Prejudice…and we still don’t have Blu-ray even after having our HDTV for almost two years!! Would love a chance to win this!!

  653. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorites. I think my husband would even watch it knowing it’s on Blu-Ray.

  669. We haven’t had the experience of blu-ray viewing yet but I have this feeling that when we do it will become the next hot item on someone’s ‘must have’ list. A Mother’s Day surprise would be ideal timing… šŸ™‚

  693. My daughter and I recently read this book together to help her “get through” it. We both ended up LOVING it!

  705. I would love to win this. I have three small kids and we never really leave the house to do things anymore!

  709. Pride & Prejudice is one of my favorite books and favorite movies. I would love to add the blu-ray edition to my collection!

  710. I recorded this a while back and just watched this again about two months ago–I still love it. Thank you for the generous offer!

  726. This is how I want to spend the evening on Mother’s Day!! Watching my movie. Blessings.

  732. Thanks for the great contests! I’m very excited about the possibilities of winning. šŸ˜€ I added your button to my blog, LifeMoreSimply.blogspot.com and will also be writing a post about it!

  734. I LOVE Pride and Prejudice and would love to own the Colin Firth version. That way I could watch it and actually get through it all before I had to take it back!

  736. I haven’t seen this version and would love to have it. Thanks for the contest!

  737. I haven’t seen this version of this movie, and I don’t have a Blu-Ray player yet. This would be a great prize to win.

  740. Would love to see this version (ashamed to say I have never seen it) plus seeing in blu-ray version would be a major experience.

  743. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite all time movies. I never get tired of watching it!! But I don’t own it and I would love to!

  751. Subscribe to your newsletter too…love the blue ray!
    Still waiting for Mr. Darcy……

  752. Subscribe to your feed. I would LOVE an evening with Mr. Darcy…he needs me…lol

    Would love a blu-ray!

  760. I love Jane Austen and Pride and Pred. has always been my favorite! There is no other who plays it better than Colin Firth!!

  771. While I love this story and the movies that have been made, this A&E production is DA BOMB!!! If I win this, I will cry like a baby!!!

  776. wow! a blu ray player! I still do not own one of these! thanks for the chance to win one and the dvd!

  780. I love this version of Pride and Prejudice. I would love to win! I have your button on my sidebar and I blogged about this giveaway, and I’m a subscriber too.

  804. Now that I think about it, this would be a great way to reward myself!

    madamerkf at aol dot com

  811. The A & E version of Pride and Prejudice is the best! As a BIG fan of Jane Austin, I would love to win.

  812. WOW. I’d LOā™„OVE to win this! šŸ™‚

    I have twitted your mother’s day give away.
    I subscribe, and the twit will appear on my facebook status. I’ve done all I can to win. heheh.

    Thanks for the opportunity!

  813. I’d love a blu-ray player. My husband drew the technology line at VCRs šŸ™

  830. Jane Austin is one of my favorite authors. This is a great prize that I’d love to win. Thanks.

  844. A Blue-ray player is not in my budget any time soon so I would love to win this. And what can one say about Pride & Prejudice? It is a classic for all time.

  851. please enter me in this giveaway!

    1. I have added the mother’s day giveaway button to my side bar.

    2. I subscribed to your feed
    via google reader (KLH001)

    3. I signed up for your newsletter (krisha at ymail dot com)

    4. I twittered about the giveaway (http://twitter.com/kilo_lima_hotel)

  855. I’d SOOOO love to win this…Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite Jane Austen novels.

  865. I’ve gotten Blu-Ray Disney movies for my daughter but have no Blu-Ray player yet! This would be so great!

  881. Wow! This would be a win-win situation in my house. The hubs would love the blue-ray and I would love the movie šŸ™‚

  882. Hello! This is a marvelous prize drawing!
    Please count me in. My family would really enjoy this together. Many thanks, Cindi

  886. This is my wife’s favorite movie. I would love to win this for her on mothers day.

  888. I would love to win this awesome prize package we are really movie buff’s in our house!
    photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net

  890. WOW great prize pack!!! I am lost on all the other ways to enter but I do know how to post so figure one entry is better then none.

    thanks and good luck all