"I am completely at my leisure." -- Mr Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Film There is a certain inevitability to this post. But. I really liked the ending of the new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with Donald Sutherland chuckling away, instead of the expected wedding. I chuckled along with him. Turns out the US release of the film, wierdly just happening now (it's usually the other way around) has a extra eight minutes tacked on the end, which includes that wedding and a typical Hollywood kissing bit. It's a very sad reflection on Working Title and its expectations of how films will work in the US that they've done this -- and it sets a slightly dangerous predicent. Take your pick on the reports available online. UK fans have apparently begun a petition for the scenes to be added to the UK version the DVD. Please god no. At least not without a branching option, so that we purists can stick with the original cut ... [via]