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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767020299
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767020294
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Release Date: October 26, 1999
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 19, 1997
Sales Rank: 7443
MPN: AAED70026D




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Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/29/2000 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Nr

Amazon.com:
The fascinating British actress Samantha Morton stars as the titular heroine in this provocative version of Jane Eyre, based on Charlotte Bronte's oft-filmed, 1847 novel. The familiar contours of Bronte's story are all here: Jane, the unhappy orphan, grows up to become governess at Thornfield, a gloomy estate owned by the imperious and worldly, but curiously desperate, Mr. Rochester (Ciarán Hinds). While the latter's grasping attentions stir the inexperienced young woman, the gothic goings-on at Thornfield suggest layers of unwholesome secrecy in Rochester's life. Most productions of Jane Eyre carefully reflect Bronte's absorbing balance between romance, horror, and Jane's psychological passage to adulthood. But this 1997 television movie is interesting for its near-reckless emphasis on Jane and Rochester's mutual obsession and galloping jealousies. The dramatic strategy throws off the story's overall tone, but such problems are worth it to see Morton and Hinds explore Jane Eyre's darkest possibilities. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not the Best Version...Not the Worst
Having read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte in high school and having viewed many version of Jane Eyre, I believe this version is not the best or even the second best - and hence, not worth a person's time or money.

My reasons are as follows:
(1) The film is too short, leaving out too much of the novel. For instance, it completely skips Jane's conversation with her Aunt Reed when her aunt is on her deathbed.

(2) The acting is not as good as might be desired. The actors ... Read More



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - If You've Never Seen or Read Jane Eyre:
either skip this one all together, or watch it first- because it's pretty bad.

jane eyre has been my favourite book (i could read the book and watch most of the film versions any time with pleasure) since i was very young, and i ordered this copy thinking i would like it as much as the others.
wrong.

the acting is decent (i wouldn't expect less from Ciarán Hinds), the setting isn't too shabby, and it's fairly true to the the story- however there are few points that drove ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Avoid this version at all costs
I won't write a diatribe about what I hated with this version, so I'll sum it up in as few points as possible:

-Samantha Morton too cute and young - she looked like she was 12
-Ciaran Hinds: too old and creepy for the part, came across as a raging, shouting bull during the whole movie. Rochester was an angry man but he wasn't THAT angry all the time.
-No chemistry whatsoever between the two characters. Samantha Morton looked mortified to have to kiss Ciaran Hinds in the kissing scenes. ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A different view of a classic.
I thoroughly enjoyed this version of one of my favourite novels. Both of the main actors gave credible and passionate performances to their characters.



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Jane Eyre (A&E, 1997)
Not a great version. Both Jane and Edward come off as angry and hard instead of the sympathy inspiring characters they are in the book. The Timothy Dalton version is much better and truer not only to the book, but to the spirit of the book. Jane does not leave Thornfield because of her pride as intimated in this version, she leaves because it would be morally wrong to stay. The whole book is about doing the right thing despite the main character's own personal desires. That in the end is what brings her happiness. ... Read More



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