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Gone to Earth

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Gone to Earth (1950)
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A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
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    • Michael Powell
    • Emeric Pressburger
    • Mary Webb(novel "Gone to Earth")
    • Michael Powell
    • Emeric Pressburger
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jones
    • David Farrar
    • Cyril Cusack
    • Michael Powell
    • Emeric Pressburger
    • Mary Webb(novel "Gone to Earth")
    • Michael Powell
    • Emeric Pressburger
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jones
    • David Farrar
    • Cyril Cusack
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Cyril Cusack and Sybil Thorndike in Gone to Earth (1950)
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    David Farrar and Jennifer Jones in Gone to Earth (1950)
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    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Hazel Woodus
    David Farrar
    David Farrar
    • John 'Jack' Reddin
    Cyril Cusack
    Cyril Cusack
    • Edward Marston
    Sybil Thorndike
    Sybil Thorndike
    • Mrs. Marston
    Edward Chapman
    Edward Chapman
    • Mr. James
    Esmond Knight
    Esmond Knight
    • Abel Woodus
    Hugh Griffith
    Hugh Griffith
    • Andrew Vessons
    George Cole
    George Cole
    • Cousin Albert
    Beatrice Varley
    Beatrice Varley
    • Aunt Prowde
    Frances Clare
    • Amelia Clomber
    Raymond Rollett
    Raymond Rollett
    • Landlord…
    Gerald Lawson
    • Roadmender…
    Bartlett Mullins
    • Chapel elder, dress shop owner
    Arthur Mainzer
    • Chapel elder
    • (as Arthur Reynolds)
    Ann Titheradge
    • Miss James
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Opening Narration Spoken by
    Peter Dunlop
    • Cornet player
    Louis Phillip
    • Policeman
      • Michael Powell
      • Emeric Pressburger
      • Mary Webb(novel "Gone to Earth")
      • Michael Powell
      • Emeric Pressburger
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    • Trivia
      The choir was the real choir from the local Methodist chapel. When he heard them singing, director Michael Powell said they were too good and he wanted them to sound "more ragged, like a choir of country folk" only to be told "But we ARE country folk, Mr. Powell."
    • Goofs
      As Abel and Hazel Woodus come down the hill to the chapel, the mine engine house disappears and then reappears between shots
    • Quotes

      Hazel Woodus: The world wasn't made in seven days only for Abel Woodus.

    • Alternate versions
      The reedited and shortened version titled "The Wild Heart" was produced after a disagreement and court case between director Michael Powell and producer David O. Selznick. Selznick's changes are mainly:- (1) Adding a prologue. (2) Adding scenes explaining things, often by putting labels or inscriptions on them. (3) Adding more close-ups of Jennifer Jones (Selznick's wife). He also deleted a few scenes that he felt weren't dramatic enough. Sadly some of these were major plot points so the story doesn't make as much sense as the original. In his autobiographies, Powell claimed that Selznick only left about 35 mins of the original film. In fact there's a lot more than that. About 2/3 of the original remains.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Late Show: Michael Powell (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      The Mountain Ash
      (uncredited)

      Words and music by Brian Easdale

      Performed by Jennifer Jones

    User reviews37

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    7/10
    A Foxy Tale
    I now own this title on a DVD since it has recently been issued in the UK in its' new digital, re-mastered version.The colours are certainly impressive.I also visited Much Wenlock, Shropshire recently and photographed us next to the town clock (seen at the beginning of the film) which commemorates Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897, the year the film is set.

    The music of Brain Easdale has a haunting quality and I don't think enough credit has been given to this by other reviewers since it adds immeasurably to the atmosphere of the film.While in Much Wenlock I bought a review of Mary Webb's short stories, including "Gone To Earth" as I always like to read the book from which films are adapted (to see where the film plot diverges).Yes it is rather a corny Victorian melodrama but the acting is convincing enough.I could not help but think there were certain parralls with her (Jennifer Jones) previous epic of "Duel in the Sun" (1946).For Lewton McCanless read Jack Reddin, for Jesse McCanless read Reverend Marston, for Mrs Marston read Senator McCanless etc etc.In both films Jennifer Jones plays a half breed, Native American to Gypsy and is discriminated on accordingly by society.

    This film has been hidden from view for too long since its' release in 1950 by the major tv networks and viewers should certainly see this Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger film if they can, especially if they enjoyed their other films like "Black Narcissus", "The Red Shoes" or "A Matter of Life & Death" from 1946.Technicolour has rarely been put to such good use.I suppose the main reason why you would watch "Gone To Earth" is to see the ravishing Jennifer Jones in the role of Hazel Woodus although all the cast are very effective.If viewers would like to see another example of David Farrar I saw him in "They Met in the Dark (1944) with James Mason and Joyce Howard.
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    • Apr 23, 2003

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      • November 6, 1950 (United Kingdom)
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Selznick International Pictures
      • The Archers
      • London Film Productions
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