Jane Eyre with Zelah Clarke: DVD Cover
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Jane Eyre Director: Julian Amyes Cast: Zelah Clarke, Timothy Dalton, Morag Hood

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/19/2005
  • Original Release: 1983
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 3,457

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Side #1 --
1. A Pack of Wolves [4:55]
2. Dirty Little Tricks [4:28]
3. Miserable Company [6:00]
4. In Good Health [7:47]
5. Farewell to Care [3:02]
6. Credits [1:05]
1. Live by the Bell [6:33]
2. Mysterious Stories [4:45]
3. Gentle Obedience [5:57]
4. Wrongfully Accused [3:56]
5. Sickness at Home [6:30]
6. Credits [1:25]
1. Proper Performance [7:41]
2. Solitary Visit [4:24]
3. Lady of the House [6:12]
4. A New World [4:37]
5. Intelligent Deductions [2:52]
6. Credits [1:02]
1. Patience and Perserverance [5:17]
2. Honorable Talk [5:13]
3. Under Examination [9:48]
4. Promised Explanation [1:00]
5. A Path of Danger [4:00]
6. Credits [3:05]
1. No Debt or Obligation [5:14]
2. Too Far Off to Hear [5:01]
3. Fine Day for an Excursion [4:46]
4. Gypsy Entertainment [4:53]
5. Feelings Withheld [8:11]
6. Credits [1:12]
1. Not One Word [5:27]
2. My Little Lamb [7:17]
3. May I Have a Word [2:34]
4. Blank and Cold [4:54]
5. Desired Presence [8:28]
6. Credits [1:00]
1. Second Light [4:30]
2. Pleasant Place [6:02]
3. Independent Will [4:59]
4. Mrs. Rochester [5:57]
5. Reality in Dreams [5:24]
6. Credits [1:00]
Side #2 --
1. Wedding Day [7:28]
2. Bearer of Bad News [5:05]
3. Tainted Love [3:34]
4. Arranged Marriage [5:15]
5. Difficult Decisions [6:08]
6. Credits [:59]
1. Coming in From the Cold [5:18]
2. New Found Friends [4:40]
3. Faithful and Honest [5:58]
4. Worse Off Than Before [4:16]
5. Workings of Inclination [4:53]
6. Credits [1:01]
1. Fever of the Flesh [4:52]
2. Spiritual Guidance [6:46]
3. Private Conversation [5:18]
4. Mr. Briggs' Visit [5:57]
5. Answered Prayers [5:38]
6. Credits [:59]
1. Anxiety of Mind [7:36]
2. Reversal of Roles [2:57]
3. Rich in Life [4:54]
4. Selfish Pleasure [4:55]
5. Flesh and Bone [6:22]
6. Credits [1:05]

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Editorial Reviews

A BBC miniseries that aired in 11 half-hour episodes during 1983, this sumptuous adaptation of Charlotte Brontė’s famous gothic romance achieved a level of fidelity unmatched by earlier (and later) versions. In part this was due to the total running time, which allowed for greater emphasis on scenes that were either truncated or omitted in other screen incarnations of Jane Eyre. But the credit must also go to screenwriter Alexander Baron and director Julian Amyes, whose faithfulness to the original story obviously bespeaks affection and reverence. Zelah Clarke portrays Jane, the plain, impoverished young woman raised to be a governess and sent to forbidding Thornfield Hall, whose master -- the dark, brooding Edward Rochester (Timothy Dalton, pre-Bond) -- keeps some sinister secret. Little by little, Jane becomes infatuated with this tragic and tormented figure, and eventually the shocking secret comes to light. Striking set designs and carefully tailored period costumes reflect great care (and considerable expense) in the making of this Eyre, and atmospheric lighting effects help establish a dreary, doom-laden mood. Dalton is perfectly cast as Rochester, having that saturnine quality so essential to any credible portrayal of Thornfield’s master. And Clarke makes a properly soulful Jane: reserved but courageous in her quiet way. The entire production is commendable and, with all due respect to the Orson Welles-Joan Fontaine version from 1944, represents the definitive film interpretation of Brontė’s immortal classic. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble

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Fantastic Seriesby dantes88

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July 04, 2009: This is a welcome addition to my Timothy Dalton collection. The series was well done and true to the original story. Mr. Dalton turned in a passionate portrayal of Mr Rochester and I enjoyed every moment of this fine production.

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July 08, 2008: Faithful in this case means skip it, and read the novel instead. What your imagination will conjure I guarantee will far surpass anything you'll see here. There are no new insights and limited involvement. Basically no one attached to the project had a clue how to execute scenes or write them. The script rambles and the acting is stifled. The one exception is Geoffrey Whitehead as St John Rivers, who almost makes us forget Jane. I said almost. How to describe it. Ms. Cusack is lost to the point of seeming goofy, coyly smiling one minute- glazed over (maybe stoned, it's hard to tell) the next. It's hard to even guess what she was after, (really should we have to guess?) but a wrinkled forehead, set in over-drive, is used to express just about anything, if that's any help. Basically she looks and acts like a smug 40 year old, '-been-there, done-that-' matron, who's really a dimwit. She also seems to best Rochester in discussion after discussion. Which seems out of sync with her character. Jane is intelligent, witty and understated, not an obvious, obnoxious 'last word Sam'. Mr. Jayston, who's a big improvement over his costar (and a lot more subtle), still seems to be telling the story from a distance, often (not always) externally acting the lines, and is more dandyish than sardonic, and forceful. There is also annoying narration plunked in unceremoniously, leaping in between sentences. Presumably to create the effect of the book. But it is not a book and the results are a disrupted story. There are also many fake kisses which are unwatchable. In fact too much of this feels fake, and stagy. Even the scene after they drown the fire feels mechanical and rehearsed. You never feel that ANYTHING in the story matters very much. I thought since this was an obscure BBC version, faithful to the book that somehow I'd found a gem. The low amount of reviews, (everywhere) should have raised flags. I also should have read them more carefully. I don't think there's any comparison between this and the 1983 version with Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton, which has a lot more verve, and the one I recommend. It's also very faithful but not straightjacketed. Even with some obvious problem areas in 1983, you need a completely different standard to qualify these two in the same race. It looks like they were both done on a shoestring, but the quality of acting and writing in the later one is vastly superior. If you're after something faithful, skip this, get that, or buy the book.


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