Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1139 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-07-05
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Black & White, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Synopsis
The 1970 adaptation of Emily Bronte's masterpiece of passion and doomed romance on the Yorkshire moors stars Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton.

Customer Reviews

A terrific gem!

One of the most famous love stories brought to the silver screen - and certainly the best and original version of this classic tale.

'Wuthering Heights' features a host of big stars including the great Dame Flora Robson, Sir Laurence Olivier, Geraldine Fitzgerald, David Niven and Merle Oberon.

Despite the focus of love and heartbreak being centred around Heacthcliff and Cathy, one cannot help but feel the sheer heartbreak and suffering that is endured by the character 'Isabella' - wonderfully played without too much sentiment by Geraldine Fitzgerald. This is a woman whose life is unwittingly caught up between two people who love and hate at the same time, and as a consequence, she herself is used and abused and utterly destroyed, yet this goes almost unnoticed being drowned in the sentiment of the 'other' love story. Geraldine Fitzgerald steals the movie with her outstanding scene as she pleads for Heathcliff to look into her eyes to find the love he ignores, and the suffering he's inflicted upon an innocent pawn in his game for revenge upon Cathy...

They certainly don't make films like this anymore - and probably couldn't if they tried...

A terrific gem!

A dark romantic triumph
The 1939 version of Wuthering Heights may be a Sam Goldwyn picture but here at least he has the taste not to bury it under his usual excessive (over)production values and let the mostly British cast get on with it under William Wyler's inspired direction, with screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur saving their reverence for the characters and spirit of Emily Bronte's novel rather than the set dressing and place-setting details which obsess modern costume pictures.

The film grips from its atmospheric opening to its tragic and genuinely moving conclusion and while it may end at chapter 17 it never soft-peddles the characters - neither good nor bad, they all choose their own personal Hells and have to live with the consequences. Even if you're no admirer of Laurence Olivier, you will be astonished at how his mixture of ruthlessness and emotional vulnerability makes the part his own forever. Merle Oberon's mercurial Cathy, torn between Olivier's force of nature and David Niven's pillar of society, may not match his power but it's still probably her best work while Geraldine Fitzgerald is a revelation as the woman Heathcliff marries for revenge, her unrequited love compellingly transformed to bitter desperation.

Gregg Toland's photography is black and white at its best and Alfred Newman's score is perfection. A genuine all-time great - and then some.

The Region 2 PAL DVD has no extras but does have a fine transfer.

I Cried..Not once ,But Twice......
Well you must have heard and read just about everything that could be said in words, and its all true Brilliant from start to finish.Great classic story and timeless.

This film can only be compared with GONE WITH THE WIND...L...One of the most amazing actresses to date and the sweetest smile...I have seen this twice and Twice i cried.....beat that...
Do not hesitate to buy this film. Enjoy