Plot
A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Release Year: 2011
Rating: 6.4/10 (756 voted)
Director:
Andrea Arnold
Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, James Howson
Storyline A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Writers: Andrea Arnold, Emily Brontë
Cast: Kaya Scodelario
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Catherine Earnshaw
Nichola Burley
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Isabella Linton
James Howson
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Heathcliff
Oliver Milburn
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Mr. Linton
Amy Wren
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Frances Earnshaw
Steve Evets
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Joseph
James Northcote
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Edgar Linton
Paul Hilton
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Mr. Earnshaw
Shannon Beer
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Young Catherine Earnshaw
Solomon Glave
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Young Heathcliff
Simone Jackson
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Ellen Dean
Jonny Powell
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Young Edgar Linton
Paul Murphy
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Lawyer
Filming Locations: Cotescue Park, Coverham, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Box Office Details
Budget: £5,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: £156,931
(UK)
(13 November 2011)
(81 Screens)
Gross: £605,504
(UK)
(19 February 2012)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
UK:
(theatrical version)
Did You Know?
Trivia: Jessica Alba was one of the choices to play Catherine Earnshaw when John Maybury was on board to direct.
User Review
Failed attempt to shock
Rating:
Saw this at the Venice film festival last week. It had quite a few walk
outs near the beginning (probably the strong Yorkshire accents with
lots of background noise made it unintelligible for non native English
speakers) and they were the lucky ones as it certainly did not improve
over the following 2 hours.
The director's main aim seemed to be to try and shock audiences who
thought they were coming to an Emma Thompson type costume drama by
making the film as morose as possible and throwing in lots of swearing,
violence and a bit of necrophilia. Unfortunately the only shocking
thing was that they had managed to make such a bad film out of a
classic novel.
There were numerous petty things which annoyed me about this film, e.g.
the use of pathetic fallacy with the weather is way over the top (the
Earnshaws live under a constant biblical downpour whereas there rich
neighbours in the next door valley have a climate from a fruit juice
advert); the cameraman either had Parkinson's or had been previously
employed in one of those American police series where reality is
represented by a constantly jerky camera; the actors playing the adult
Cathy and Heathcliff look nothing like their younger selves -
Heathcliff even appears to have changed race!; would a 19th century
strict Christian father be happy with someone sleeping with his teenage
daughter in the house?; would a 19th century Heathcliff be able to swan
around Edgar house willy nilly? I could go on.
Most importantly I think the director fails completely in making us
feel any sympathy for her characters. Heathcliff has a hard time of it
in his youth but has no redeeming features. It's not helped by the fact
that the actor playing the adult Heathcliff is atrociously bad at his
job.
I have no problem with making Wuthering Heights dark and brooding but
make it a bit less daft.
Plot
Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart...
Release Year: 1992
Rating: 6.6/10 (5,481 voted)
Director:
Peter Kosminsky
Stars: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer
Storyline Heathcliff is Cathy Earnshaw's foster brother; more than that, he is her other half. When forces within and without tear them apart, Heathcliff wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible, even into a second generation.
Writers: Emily Brontë, Anne Devlin
Cast: Juliette Binoche
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Cathy Linton
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Catherine Earnshaw
Ralph Fiennes
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Heathcliff
Janet McTeer
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Ellen Dean
Sophie Ward
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Isabella Linton
Simon Shepherd
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Edgar Linton
Jeremy Northam
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Hindley Earnshaw
Jason Riddington
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Hareton Earnshaw
Simon Ward
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Mr. Linton
Dick Sullivan
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Parson
Robert Demeger
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Joseph
Paul Geoffrey
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Mr. Lockwood
John Woodvine
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Mr. Earnshaw
Jennifer Daniel
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Mrs. Linton
Janine Wood
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Frances Earnshaw
Jonathan Firth
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Linton Heathcliff
Taglines:
A passion. An obsession. A love that destroyed everyone it touched.
Release Date: 16 October 1992
Filming Locations: Aysgarth Falls, Aysgarth, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Ralph Fiennes insisted on keeping a scene from the book in which Heathcliff bangs his head against a tree, pining for Cathy. He did it so sedulously, that he drew blood.
Quotes: Heathcliff:
Why did you betray your own heart, Cathy? You loved me. And what right had you to leave me? The poor fancy you felt for Linton? Nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us. You of your own will did it. I've not broken your heart Cathy, you have broken it. And in breaking it, you've broken mine.
User Review
The best adaptation of Wuthering Heights that I've seen.
Rating: 10/10
Having been fascinated by the Brontes for several years and growing up in
Yorkshire, I've longed to see a faithful adaptation of Wuthering Heights for
a long time. Why it's taken me so long to see this version I don't know!
I just watched this film tonight and I'm left shattered by it. It is
stunning. It's probably a sacrilege to some to say that I thought the 1939
version with Laurence Olivier was awful, but there it is. That was
saccharine and gave no hint as to the darkness of the original novel. This
version, however, recaptures all that darkness and torment and shatters your
soul with it.
Ralph Fiennes is an astonishing Heathcliff. Capable of tenderness but torn
apart by what he can't have all for himself. The chemistry between him and
Juliette Binoche is electrifying - Heathcliff and Cathy were born to be
together and to see them almost forced apart by each of them failing to be
true to their heart well.. it breaks YOUR heart. The poetic dialogue with
Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors and the movie score complements this
perfectly.
Supporting roles are also solid especially the actress who played Ellen
Dean and an interesting cameo by Sinead O Connor as Emily Bronte! The only
complaint I could make about this film is that it's not long enough! Years
seem to fly by far too quickly and we barely get an insight into why Cathy
and Heathcliff's souls are intertwined. However, what we DO see is stunning.
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