Jane Eyre Franco Zeffirelli Digital Life DVD

Jane Eyre
starring: Anna Paquin, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Fiona Shaw
directed by: Franco Zeffirelli

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936204407
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 2102
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1996

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Academy Award(R)-winner William Hurt (1985 Best Actor -- KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN; SMOKE) leads an all-star cast in this story of passion and intrigue! Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is a young woman whose will to overcome a life of hardship leads her into a passionate romance with a handsome -- and mysterious -- gentleman (Hurt). Swept up in the possibility of a happy new life, Jane is shattered when terrible, untold secrets from his past are revealed, threatening to tear her and her lover apart forever! Also featuring the talents of Anna Paquin (THE PIANO), Joan Plowright (ENCHANTED APRIL), and sexy Elle MacPherson (SIRENS), this enduring tale has captivated moviegoers everywhere, just as Charlotte Bronte's classic best-seller has entertained for generations!

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Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet) and screenwriter Hugh Whitemore strip away a bit of the familiar romanticism of Charlotte Brontë's novel and come up with a more plain but somehow quite interesting film adaptation. Charlotte Gainsbourg (The Cement Garden) makes for an oddly appealing but deliberately unlovely version of Jane (previous actresses have included Susannah York and Joan Fontaine), and William Hurt is excellent as an equally revised Rochester, brusque and self-involved but not the totem of torment and charisma we've seen before. The story clings to the usual chapters in the book, but with Zeffirelli shaping the principal characters to reflect their cautious perceptions of one another--rather than to a Hollywood notion of grand passion--the film has a wonderful accessibility. Great support from Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Paquin, and the rest of the cast. --Tom Keogh

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- Jane Eyre
This is by far the best Jane Eyre movie yet. I had to own this classic. My 13 year old Grandaughter was here for a visit this summer. We watched it together and now she has fallen for it too. My husband also agrees that is is very well done. Love it!

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- Bleh
Jane Eyre is one of my most beloved classics. Everyone has different tastes and takes on Bronte's wonderful literary work, so when offering my review on this adaptation to it, its of course based upon my opinion and perception.

For me this adaptation lacks Bronte's Jane Eyre on so many levels.
The romance is tepid. The passion is lackluster. The gothic feel you get when reading the book and following Jane through the dark halls of Thornfield Hall is totally nil here. Having a dark room lit with candles doesn't constitute "goth." I don't recall a convincing scene of the budding romance either.

Mr. Rochester is a combination of so many extremes of emotion in the book. He's funny, witty, mischievious, dark, brooding, tormented and quite the rascal - sometimes all within the same scene! William Hurt is none of the above in my opinion.

Jane in the book is quiet and ... Read More

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- Very short and very poor
I won't take a long time writting this review. Simply put, this film is horrible in my opinion because (1) it leaves out so many scenes that are vival to understanding Jane's passion, (2) its acting is far from superior, (3) its sets are no better than in the 1983 BBC Jane Eyre, and (4) the film costs as much money as many of the other Jane Eyre versions that are considerably more accurate and better produced.

Now, for people who have read the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, they realize that a man named St. John Rivers plays an important role in the novel. In this film, St. John and his sisters all but eliminated. The same situation of elimination occurs for many other minor characters. The dialogue from the novel that is kept is combined and changed from classic English to modern American. I am sorry if people have a problem hearing the long discussions Jane and Edward have together. However, ... Read More

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- Saint Jane the Plain
Jane Eyre is by far the most modern and cinematic of the Great Eight novels by the "Austen/Bronte Team" simply because it boasts a woman protagonist who never leaves center stage, who has the grit, complexity, intelligence, and character to infuse any length movie with utterly fascinating rhythms. This movie seizes on one of those chords and strums it relentlessly. The result is a pretty good souffle but one that's missing a few key ingredients.

Anna Paquin as the young Jane is surprisingly emotionless and squinty; she makes clear that the film will keep Jane's passion out of the mix. We will get all the stoicism and forbearance imaginable. This Jane Eyre is a saint, one who endures all, overcomes all, and forgives all. She laughs only once when the young executor of her estate chases his wind-blown hat.

She falls in love with the self-centered and distractingly irritable William Hurt as Mr. ... Read More

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