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Wuthering Heights

Starring: Drewe Henley, Ian McShane Director: Peter Sasdy

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Actors: Drewe Henley, Ian McShane, Angela Scoular
Directors: Peter Sasdy
Format: Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Release Date: Oct 13 2009

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B002GSXKRE
Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #14,598 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Fans of British teledramas, and of talented actor Ian McShane (Lovejoy, Deadwood), will not want to miss this impressive BBC version of Wuthering Heights, from 1967. McShane apparently cultivated his dark, brooding persona early in his career, as he makes for a sultry, deep Heathcliff and is absolutely mesmerizing in this production.Wuthering Heights opens when the papa of the wild Earnshaw estate, Wuthering Heights, returns from Liverpool with a street urchin so wild, the wee lad can't speak. The young foundling is dubbed Heathcliff, but is referred to as "it" by the rest of the household, including young Cathy and her resentful brother, Hindley. Over the years, Cathy and Heathcliff develop a bond, but Hindley never outgrows his resentment--so that when Mr. Earnshaw dies, and Hindley inherits the estate, he expels Heathcliff from the home and forces him to be a stablehand.

The eternal and very English collisions of class and propriety are shot through the story of Wuthering Heights, and are shown in their extreme in this admirable production. The acting is uniformly splendid, though it's McShane who steals the show, giving a far wilder, darker, more threatening performance than Laurence Olivier's more famous, but far more polished, one. Angela Scoular, a veteran British TV actress, is appropriately dewy and heartfelt in her love for Heathcliff, as well as in her conflict of loyalty to him and to her brother and the class system. William Marlowe is a true scoundrel as Cathy's brother Hindley, though he lets just enough vulnerability show through to indicate how threatened he is by Heathcliff's mastery of the wilds of Yorkshire.

And here is another highlight: For a TV production, the utter desolation of the Yorkshire moors is portrayed unflinchingly--and very hauntingly. The winds never seem to quiet down, and the trees are barren, the horizon foreboding. All of which gives this Wuthering Heights its affecting torment a stunning claustrophobic feeling--despite, or perhaps in spite of, the enormous open, desolate spaces. --A.T. Hurley

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Of the many British TV adaptations of Emily Bronte's gothic romance Wuthering Heights, only a handful were able to cover the entire novel by virtue of the miniseries format. The first of these was telecast in four 50-minute segments from October 28 to November 18, 1967. Angela Scoular and Ian McShane were respectively starred as the foolishly headstrong aristocrat Cathy and her rough-hewn gypsy sweetheart Heathcliff. The next full-scale TV version of Wuthering Heights would not appear until 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wuthering Heights, Nov 8 2009

By	Sylvia (LANGLEY, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

Considering how long ago that this was made and that it is in black and white and uses just a few stage sets and a lot of background wind blowers for the effect of being on the moors, this British drama still managed to capture the bleakness of the Bronte storyline. It made me feel cold even inside my warm room I reached for a blanket. Ian Macshane as Heathcliff was magnificant. I purchased this mainly because I had just seen an early film of his and wanted to see more of this fine actor.

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