Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 0783421416192
Format: Color
Label: WGBH Boston
Manufacturer: WGBH Boston
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: WGBH Boston
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-02-20
Running Time: 228
Studio: WGBH Boston
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-01-21

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Summary: One of the best literary adaptations there is
Comment: I'm a lit-head and I often cringe at how classic literature is portrayed on screen. This rendition of "Jane Eyre" is excellent and despite a few soap-opera moments of expressed passion, the characters are faithfully presented. I highly recommend seeing this version of the book. But, of course, nothing quite beats the novel.

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Summary: Breathtaking
Comment: I was completely enraptured with this movie right from the beginning. It is very dark and moody - just exactly how it should be! The acting is wonderful, the music is fantastic, the costumes are gorgeous...I loved everything about this movie. I saw it first on Masterpiece Theater, but just had to have my own copy to watch again and again.

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Summary: THE ONLY VERSION OF JANE EYRE THAT I LIKE!
Comment: One night, I was fortunate enough to have stumbled upon a re-airing of this Jane Eyre version. The first few minutes already captured my attention. But it was after the first encounter between Jane and Mr. Rochester that made me realize that there's something different about this version.

I haven't read the book, but I was always curious about JANE EYRE. I tried watching other versions, but they all bored me. I was never drawn to the characters until this version came along. Ruth's Jane and Toby's Mr. Rochester had chemistry!

Some criticized this version for not being entirely true to the novel. May I say to those individuals that not only did I purchase this DVD after watching the movie on PBS, I also bought the book.

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Summary: Breathtaking
Comment: I am completely haunted by this version. It was all I could think about. I have never experienced an emotional attachment to a movie as I have this. Ruth Wilson's pain and heartbreak as Jane was so convincing I felt physical pain. Toby Stephen's as Rochester has left me completely obsessed with him. It's amazing to watch him evolve from the dark and tortured bachelor to the carrying, still tortured by secrets man, who falls in love with Jane. He physically changes when he is with her. I watched some portion of it everyday for a week after I bought it because I could not get enough of Rochester. This is definitely my favorite adaptation - Toby and Ruth were superb.

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Summary: Marvelous
Comment: I won't bother with a recap of the story--it's too delicious for that. My mother gave me Jane Eyre, the novel, when I was in middle school and I loved it. I loved the details, the imagery, Jane's inner thoughts, the subtle humor, and, of course, the relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester. One read and Bronte's story embedded itself into my memory. When I heard that BBC did an adaptation of the novel, I had to see it and when I did I fell in love all over again.

This film is gorgeous. The cast is gorgeous. The acting is spot on. This interpretation of a novel is the best I've seen since that of the classic Pride and Prejudice (you know what I'm talking about). It's as faithful as it can be, and the passion between Jane and Rochester is...just awesome. Some may say that some scenes are too modern for 1800s England, but let's be real--these are people, in love, passionate by nature. Can we reasonably expect them to wait to kiss or for Rochester to touch her in some provocative way until Jane Eyre is Jane Rochester?

The DVD itself is packaged without much fanfare, the main menu is minimal and there isn't that much in way of special features, but the film makes up for that. I do think the Masterpiece Theatre should release these dramatizations like how BBC Video released North and South. It's more eye-catching.

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After a wretched childhood orphaned Jane Eyre yearns for new experiences. She accepts a governess position at Thornfield Hall where she tutors a lively French girl named Adele. She soon finds herself falling in love with the brooding master of the house - the passionate Mr. Rochester. Jane gradually wins his heart but they must overcome the dark secrets of the past before they can find happiness. When Jane saves Rochester from an eerie fire she begins to suspect that there are many mysteries behind the walls of Thornfield Hall. Her fears are confirmed when Rochester's secret past is revealed destroying her chance for happiness and forcing Jane to flee Thornfield. Penniless and hungry she finds shelter and friendship in the shape of a kind clergyman and his family. But she is soon shocked to uncover the deeply hidden truth of her own past. This lavish and sensual new version of Charlotte Bronte s classic novel is modern and moody timeless and romantic. Starring Toby Stephens as Mr. Rochester Ruth Wilson as Jane and Francesca Annis as Lady Ingram.System Requirements:Run Time: 240 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: UNRATED UPC: 783421416192 Manufacturer No: WG41619