Jane Eyre (2011)

[Tomasso]

They're rolling Janie out again. Since I've never seen any of the Jane Eyre adaptations on the big screen I plan to catch this one. The cast looks pretty good as well.


[video=youtube;C8J6Cjn06kA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8J6Cjn06kA[/video]

 

[J. M. Stovall]

We liked it! I wont say anything else to spoil it.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I'll see it eventually, and no doubt like it - I'm a sucker for every film and TV adaptation of this book.

But it won't change my love for my favorite: the outstanding 1944 Joan Fontaine/Orson Welles version!




Addendum: A cool site about ALL the adapations: http://eyreguide.awardspace.co.uk/

 

[rue]

^ I agree. No one can outdo Orson Welles version, but this looks really good.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Love that 1944 version!

As I said, I've enjoyed several other versions (most recently the BBC two-parter of a few years back), but the only one I own is the 1944 film.

It's not just the excellent performances, it's the script (which telescopes and modifies the book, but keeps the essentials beautifully intact), the noirish photography, and one of Bernard Herrmann's best scores!

Not to mention (uncredited) 9-year-old Elizabeth Taylor's heartbreaking performance as the doomed Helen Burns!

 

[rue]

There's a small part of it on YT here. Mr. Welles could snap at me anytime
*edited..... I was wrong.... I thought it was her trying on the hat. Oops.

 

[Tomasso]

Elizabeth Taylor can be seen for a moment about halfway through. Sadly, until you had mentioned it, I had never realized it was her.

I looked around the middle of your clip but didn't see her.



[video=youtube;Fz926zo5LYk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz926zo5LYk[/video]

 

[rue]

My mistake... I corrected it. I'm not thinking straight this morning lol

 

[Tomasso]

More Coffee!!!!!!

 

[rue]

Headed back to the pot of coffee right now