Wuthering Heights
1939
The 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's masterpiece of passion and doomed romance on the Yorkshire moors stars Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton. Read more
| Starring | Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robson |
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| Director | William Wyler |
| Genres | Drama |
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Wuthering Heights
The 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's masterpiece of passion and doomed romance on the Yorkshire moors stars Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton.
| Starring | Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp |
|---|---|
| Director | William Wyler |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 05 Jul 2004 Production year: 1939 |
| Format | DVD |
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Despite American script and settings, this wildly romantic film makes a pretty fair stab at capturing the power of at least the first half of a classic Victorian novel, and in all respects it's a superb Hollywood production of its day and a typical one, c
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From the (prolific) output of a largely unfashionable director, Wyler's Wuthering Heights has a distinctive look that... read more on Time Out
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
There is a gap in your life...this movie will fill it
This is my favourite story. It takes the strongest emotions we have beyond the norm, beyond the grave. I love this particular version as it is so innocent and pure, yet all the time, envy and hate are just around the corner. It's a shame they only managed to include half the book but the strength of the acting from the two central stars more than makes up for it. I struggle to watch the other versions because of this. Merle Oberon is beautiful and has the most expressive eyes I have seen. She swings from the two extremes of her character: the desire to be wild and free with the love of her life to the vanity of wearing silk dresses and need of acceptance into society, in a moment. Laurence Olivier is tall, moody and very sexy and deftly shows how rejection and the need for revenge can take over a person making them blind to the truth.
Watch this film with a duvet, lots of chocolate and a box of tissues. You will be enchanted by it and it will touch your heart forever.
Trivia Time: Merle apparently had the time the movie was set in changed to fit with the dresses she wanted to wear. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Still worth seeing
Hardly dates at all: 1930s Hollywood at its best, and infinitely superior to the 1970 or 1992 remakes.
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