Jane Eyre is a 1970 British television film directed by Delbert Mann, starring George C. Scott and Susannah York. It is based on the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The film had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 1970 and was released on television in the United States in 1971.

Jane Eyre
Original Movie Poster
Based onJane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
Screenplay byJack Pulman
Directed byDelbert Mann
StarringGeorge C. Scott
Susannah York
Ian Bannen
Jack Hawkins
Nyree Dawn Porter
Rachel Kempson
Kenneth Griffith[1]
Ken Barrie[2]
Music byJohn Williams
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerOmnibus Productions
CinematographyPaul Beeson
EditorPeter Boita
Running time110 minutes
Budget$1.6 million[3]
Original release
ReleaseDecember 1970 (1970-12)

Plot

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Jane Eyre is an orphan raised by her tormentingly abusive aunt and cousins until she is sent to Lowood School, where cruelty is an education strategy. The headmaster reminds the students that "God saw fit to make them orphans." Jane's best friend, who had tuberculosis (called "consumption" in those days), was forced to stand in the rain as punishment and died the next day. On leaving, Jane takes a position as governess to a girl named Adele at Thornfield Hall. Fully aware of her low rank and plain countenance, she makes the best of her situation. But Thornfield holds many secrets, and despite mysterious occurrences Jane cannot comprehend, she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfield and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, she discovers that Rochester is already married, that his wife is insane and has been living in accommodations in the attic. It is the wife who was behind the mysterious occurrences because, though she is insane, she understands what's going on. Jane leaves Thornfield and learns to make her way as an independent woman in a society where a woman's well-being was nearly always tied to her husband or male relatives.

Cast

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Production

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Filming started 18 May 1970 in Yorkshire.[5]

Chinese release

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In the 1980s,[specify] the movie was dubbed into Mandarin and widely released in China.[6] The two leading voice actor and actress are 邱岳峰 (Qiu Yuefeng) and 李梓 (Li Zi) . The dubbed version became dominant form by which the classic was known to the Chinese, with the dubbed monologues of the film becoming more widely recited than the original English.[6] The dubbed version was also released on audio cassette tape, and the cassette version was more popular than the dubbed film.[6]

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Soundtrack

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John Williams composed the score, recording it at Anvil Studios, Denham, outside London.[citation needed]

Jane Eyre: Limited Edition[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Love Theme from Jane Eyre"3:15
2."Overture (Main Title)"3:55
3."Lowood"2:25
4."To Thornfield"1:51
5."Festivity at Thornfield"2:08
6."Grace Poole and Mason's Arrival"3:00
7."Meeting"3:07
8."Thwarted Wedding"2:37
9."Across the Moors"2:37
10."Restoration"3:56
11."Reunion (End Title)"4:22

References

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  1. ^ "Jane Eyre (1970)".
  2. ^ "Ken Barrie Obituary".
  3. ^ Hall, John (18 May 1972). "Catching an omnibus to fortune". The Guardian. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Ken Barrie Obituary".
  5. ^ "Wuthering Heights remake stars Anna". Evening Standard. 19 March 1970. p. 19.
  6. ^ a b c Liu, Jin (22 August 2013). Signifying the Local: Media Productions Rendered in Local Languages in Mainland China in the New Millennium. BRILL. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-9004259027. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Jane Eyre: Limited Edition". La-La Land Records. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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