Jane Eyre
1996
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel of Gothic romance gets the Zeffirelli treatment in this moving adaptation. Orphaned Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg) grows into a strong-willed heroine after enduring a miserable childhood (where she's played by Anne Paquin). Things start looking better when she falls in love with the brooding .. Read more
| Starring | William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin |
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| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Genres | Drama |
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel of Gothic romance gets the Zeffirelli treatment in this moving adaptation. Orphaned Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg) grows into a strong-willed heroine after enduring a miserable childhood (where she's played by Anne Paquin). Things start looking better when she falls in love with the brooding Rochester (William Hurt), lord of the manor where she gets a job as governess. Unfortunately, Rochester's family skeletons threaten to sabotage their happy ending. Director Franco Zeffirelli (HAMLET, OTHELLO, ROMEO AND JULIET) stays faithful to the book while stressing natural characters and landscapes over stylized gloom and mystery, with rewarding results.
| Starring | William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria Schneider, John Wood, Fiona Shaw, Amanda Root, Elle Macpherson, Billie Whitelaw |
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| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jun 2003 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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A faithful adaptation, by Hugh Whitemore and director Franco Zeffirelli, aimed squarely at the middle ground. Its... read more on Time Out
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Glum and emotionally stolid version that fails to evoke the necessary romance.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Bad adaptation of this Bronte classic, was disappointed by this 1968 version with William Hurt. Such a great book, this film did the book no justice. The original Black and White version remains the best.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Not quite the original....
Were I the director of this film I would have fumed at the amount of story that appears to have ended up on the cutting room floor.
The start of the film comes across as quite disjointed as it skips through Jane's childhood touching down briefly on a mere couple of the many key events of the novel.
True, the film is never as good as the book but Charlotte Bronte has been let down quite badly here by a film that seems in too much of a rush to get to the end and covers little of the enjoyable bildungsroman she so painstakingly put together.
Nevertheless, for the viewer that has not read the book, the film would prove much less irritating and even quite an enjoyable way of spending a rainy Sunday afternoon... -
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Burton's Alice actress set for Jane Eyre
- 24 Nov 2009
Actress Mia Wasikowska will swap Tim Burton's fantasy land for the Victorian era for her next movie - she's in negotiations to star in a remake of period drama Jane Eyre. The acting newcomer, who will soon grace cinema screens as Alice in Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, is in talks to join 300 star Michael Fassbender in a new version of the Charlotte Bronte classic, reports Daily Variety. The last movie adaptation of Jane Eyre was released in 1996, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Read more
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel of Gothic romance gets the Zeffirelli treatment in this moving adaptation. Orphaned Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg) grows into a strong-willed heroine after enduring a miserable childhood (where she's played by Anne Paquin). Things start looking better when she ...
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