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Overview

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6.5/10   3,123 votes
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Director:
Franco Zeffirelli
Writers:
Charlotte Brontë (novel)
Hugh Whitemore (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 April 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
The passionate tale of forbidden secrets!
Plot:
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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(5 articles)
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I agree with the previous reviewer.... more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (USA) (complete title)
Jane Eyre (France)
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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
France | Italy | UK | USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Goofs:
Continuity: When young Jane and Helen Burns are lying together in bed, their hands and arms jump around between shots. more
Quotes:
Jane Eyre: Remember, the shadows are just as important as the light. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Woman and Wife (1918) more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
I agree with the previous reviewer...., 28 January 2005
2/10
Author: Dorothy Wilson (thebigd56) from United States

This version is pretty insipid, I'm afraid. Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books and has been since childhood, but William Hurt's weary, throwaway acting style is completely unsuitable to the bold passion of Edward Rochester and poor Charlotte Gainsbrough looks like a bored, petulant teenager whose dental braces hurt! I also can't believe that they eliminated Edward's great marriage proposal scene from the end of the book, one of the most moving moments in literature. I do appreciate that they finally used such a young, plain woman to play Jane, a character who is supposed to be a worldly 18, but if you want to see a version that closer approximates the personalities and passions of the novel, please see the 70's version with George C. Scott and Susannah York. York was too old, tall and pretty to play Jane, but no one has touched Rochester's character the way that Scott did.

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