"Jane Eyre" (2006) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Susanna White

Writers:

Charlotte Brontë (book)
Sandy Welch (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

21 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The T.V. adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre is about a young woman who becomes governess to the ward of Mr...

Plot Keywords:

Jane | Ward | Governess | Aunt | Costume Drama

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Ruth Wilson	...	Jane Eyre (4 episodes, 2006)
Toby Stephens	...	Edward Fairfax Rochester (4 episodes, 2006)
Lorraine Ashbourne	...	Mrs. Fairfax (4 episodes, 2006)
Pam Ferris	...	Grace Poole (4 episodes, 2006)
Ned Irish	...	George (4 episodes, 2006)
Cosima Littlewood	...	Adele (4 episodes, 2006)
Aidan McArdle	...	John Eshton (3 episodes, 2006)
Tara Fitzgerald	...	Mrs. Reed (3 episodes, 2006)
Elsa Mollien	...	Sophie (3 episodes, 2006)
Rebekah Staton	...	Bessie (3 episodes, 2006)
Arthur Cox	...	Colonel Dent (2 episodes, 2006)
Tim Goodman	...	Sir George Lynn (2 episodes, 2006)
Daniel Pirrie	...	Richard Mason (2 episodes, 2006)
Francesca Annis	...	Lady Ingram (2 episodes, 2006)
Christina Cole	...	Blanche Ingram (2 episodes, 2006)
Claudia Coulter	...	Bertha (2 episodes, 2006)
Bethany Gill	...	Eliza Reed / ... (2 episodes, 2006)
Georgie Henley	...	Young Jane Eyre (2 episodes, 2006)
Sam Hoare	...	Lynn Brother (2 episodes, 2006)
Cara Horgan	...	Eliza Reed (2 episodes, 2006)
Hester Odgers	...	Helen Burns (2 episodes, 2006)
Amy Steel	...	Dent Twin (2 episodes, 2006)
Beth Steel	...	Dent Twin (2 episodes, 2006)
Charlotte West-Oram	...	Mrs. Dent (2 episodes, 2006)

Runtime:

Finland:202 min (4 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Belton House, Belton, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The lavender dress Jane wears when she prepares for Mary and Diana's return is the same dress Esther Summerson wears in 2005's "Bleak House" (2005). In “Jane Eyre” it is worn without a lace collar.

Goofs:

Continuity: The view from Jane's bedroom changes several times.

Quotes:

Jane Eyre: You think because I am poor, plain, obscure and little, that I have no heart?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007) (TV)

Outstanding drama - the best of the BBC

A lavish production in all the right ways (script, cast, direction, location, details), this is a perfect literary adaptation - very much in the heritage of the BBC's 1996 Pride and Prejudice, but perhaps even better. Toby Stephens (the son of Dame Maggie Smith) plays the brusque, flawed Mr Rochester with exactly the right admixture of arrogance and warmth, while newcomer Ruth Wilson is luminous as English rose Jane Eyre - like a swan swimming, her impassive face nevertheless conveys a wealth of feeling churning beneath. The location filming is handled deftly, with careful camera angles leaving us with the sense that we haven't seen everything yet - and oh, what locations: this is how it was always supposed to look.

Highly recommended.