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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0054961833498 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Acorn Media Manufacturer: Acorn Media Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Acorn Media Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 25, 2006 Running Time: 248 minutes Studio: Acorn Media Theatrical Release Date: 1973 Sales Rank: 61423 MPN: ACRDAMP8334D
Description: After a childhood that would have broken weaker girls, Jane Eyre finds a respectable position as governess to the ward of the enigmatic Mr. Rochester. Twenty years her senior, brusque, and hardened by loss, Mr. Rochester finds his spirited new employee strangely bewitching. Despite the social chasm that divides them, they are drawn to each other as equals and contemplate true happiness at last. But there is an impediment to their love that tests Jane’s integrity and strength almost beyond endurance.
Considered by many to be the best adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s romantic classic, this BBC miniseries is true to the original story, with dialogue taken directly from the novel. Best of all is the perfect casting and chemistry of the unlikely lovers, with Sorcha Cusack (Casualty) as Jane and Michael Jayston (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) as Mr. Rochester.
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Rating: - my second favorite version of the novel on film
I never thought I would enjoy another version of Jane Eyre as much as I have for years the Timothy Dalton/Zelah Clarke version; and while that one remains for me the most loved, I have to admit that after ... Read More
Rating: - By far the best J. Eyre adaptation
After watching pretty much all of the versions of Jane Eyre (one of my favorite books, ever), I can not urge you enought to forsake all other, lesser adaptations, and get this one. It is most faithfull rendition ... Read More
Rating: - The second best adaptation
I watched every Jane Eyre adaptation. T. Dalton's is my favorite. I can't take my eyes of him. It is not just look, but certain magnetism and he plays character very true to the book. Mr. Rochestor suppose to be ... Read More
Rating: - Dominant Jane and Gentleman Rochester
The '73 BBC production of "Jane Eyre" with Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston is a decent adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel - and heaven knows there are few enough decent versions around - but it pales ... Read More
Rating: - ADMIRABLE, BUT NOT REALIZED (3 1/2 stars)
I have to give this production an extra star for effort. It certainly wasn't the lame chick flick that BBC 2006 was. They did stick close to the novel and the adaptation does have it's charm... but it lacks power, ... Read More
- my second favorite version of the novel on film
- Dominant Jane and Gentleman Rochester