Wuthering Heights (1970)Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate. Director:Robert Fuest |
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Wuthering Heights (1970)Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate. Director:Robert Fuest |
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Anna Calder-Marshall | ... | |
| Timothy Dalton | ... | ||
| Harry Andrews | ... | ||
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Pamela Brown | ... | |
| Judy Cornwell | ... | ||
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James Cossins | ... | |
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Rosalie Crutchley | ... | |
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Hilary Heath | ... |
Isabella Linton
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| Julian Glover | ... | ||
| Hugh Griffith | ... | ||
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Morag Hood | ... | |
| Ian Ogilvy | ... | ||
| Peter Sallis | ... | ||
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Aubrey Woods | ... | |
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Wendy Allnutt |
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The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy-- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor. Written by Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>
This version of Wuthering Heights, starring Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall, is the only one I truly feel has realized Bronte's work, no transformed it! into screen. The music, although I haven't heard it since 1970, when the film was released, haunts me today. It's melancholy flute solo underscores a savage, brilliant performance by Timothy Dalton, and I cannot understand why this version is not available on video. Bravo! Timothy Dalton. You are Heathcliff, and this is one of my all-time favorite films. Certainly the one I most miss being able to view.