Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983) | Timothy Dalton, Zelah Clarke | Best ever production of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983) | Timothy Dalton, Zelah Clarke | I rarely stood up from my chair

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Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983)

	Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983) Timothy Dalton, Zelah Clarke BBC Warner, 2005 average customer review:based on 279 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Jane Eyre (Zelah Clarke) is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Her first job in the outside world is governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester (Timothy Dalton) a man of many secrets and mercurial moods. The tentative trust between them slowly develops into romance but their hopes for happiness will soon be jeopardized by a terrible secret .Running Time: 330 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051218926

Best ever production of Jane Eyre

I think this production of Jane Eyre is the best ever. I have seen them all. If you enjoy the beauty of the prose of Charlotte Bronte, you will truly appreciate the dialog. It is almost verbatim from the book. After watching this, you will not be able to watch any other version. Enjoy!

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I rarely stood up from my chair

It was like reading a good book, well in this case, it was like reading Jane Eyre by Bronte. With a good book, I couldn't put it down.. with a good tv adaptation, I couldn't stop the dvd.

Timothy Dalton may not be the Rochester I was imagining from the book, but he surprised me. He fit the character. Dalton is my favorite Rochester. As for Zelah, she was fantastic as Jane. No one could have picked a better Jane.

I gave this 5 stars for the overall content of the DVD, the only complaint about the DVD is there are no subtitles.

Charlotte Bronte would be proud

This is the most faithful adaption of Bronte's Jane Eyre I've seen. The script lifted right out of the book and all of the characterization is dead on. The producers aptly cast Timothy Dalton and Zelda Clark, and I am completley puzzled by the "Zelda hate" that so crudely peppers the negative reviews. She was certainly not unattractive (calling her ugly is so tacky), nor was she a bad actress, in my opinion she is the best in the roll to date.
The only critiscism I grant the naysayers is in the production quality which leaves something to be desired. One must remember that this was a relativly low budget endeavor and I certainly do not think it materially detracts at all from the enjoyment of this movie.

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Excellent BBC work as usual

Excellent production from the BBC as usual.

I love this version of the book

Faithful adaptation, but loses a lot in style

Right off, I have to admit that this version is very faithful to the orinal novel. I cannot find any fault with it in that way. If you want something that feels like the novel done word-for-word, this is the one. In that aspect, I really enjoyed it. There were, however, some stylistic flaws that got in my way.

First thing is the cinematography. It was terrible. I understand that this was made for TV in 1983, but that understanding only makes it seem a little bit better. It is kind of like watching a home video. I suppose that I have gotten used to even TV movies trying to reach the level of cinematic excellence in filming that films have now. It threw me off a little bit because the filming looked a lot like that done for soap operas. I am not a fan of soap operas, and at times it was hard to get away from that feeling.

The sound quality of the production was ok, but it kind of felt like a filmed version of a stage play. If they moved too far away from the camera, they sounded far away and kind of like they were fighting to be heard.

While I liked overall Timothy Dalton's portrayal of Rochester, he seemed, at times, too happy to be Rochester. I have never seen a Rochester smile so much. Yes, he is supposed to be charming, but there is a stretch in the middle when he completely loses the brooding quality that I have come to associate with that character. And, by the way, he is far too pretty to be Rochester. I almost laughed when Jane said that he was not handsome. Come on, he was James Bond. He's gorgeous.

One last comment about the DVD. Why couldn't they have taken out the credits for each episode. I watched the whole thing straight through, and I was a little annoyed at having to fast forward through 11 sets of beginning titles and 10 sets of end credits. It interrupted the story.

Overall, this was a very faithful adaptation, but the poor production quality, though understandable because of when it was made, limited my enjoyment of it.

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