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It’s been 20 years since Joe Wright adapted Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. His six-year-old daughter was ‘completely bewitched’ by the film

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Joe Wright adapted Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice 20 years ago .

The 2005 film is returning to theaters for a limited release on April 20 .

Wright tells Vanity Fair that he hadn't seen the film in its entirety since it was released.

He says his daughter, 6 , "was completely bewitched" by the movie.

Keira Knightley and Keira Macfadyen were as different offscreen as well as offscreen.

Director Matthew Wright directed the film, which earned Knightley a best actress Oscar nod .

The cast included Rosamund Pike , Carey Mulligan , Jena Malone and Talulah Riley .

The film earned Wright a BAFTA for most promising newcomer.

Pride & Prejudice's hand flex has become so iconic that now adorns tee-shirts sold by Focus Features for $ 35.95 a pop.

The film's final scene was shot at a house called Stourhead in Somerset , which is where I live now.

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