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Jane eyre movie timothy dalton11/9/2022 ![]() A reviewer on IMDb, “overseer-3,” complained about all the changes the film makes. Rochester’s non-French niece (“Jane Eyre 1934”). (As any reader of the novel knows, Jane Eyre’s plot is too complex and long to effectively compress into an hour!) Characters such as Helen Burns and Mr. At only sixty-two minutes, this adaptation made numerous changes to the plot and characters. The Jane Eyre movie of 1934, directed by Christy Cabanne, was the first “talkie” film adaptation it featured Virginia Bruce and Colin Clive. (Evidently, even some of the older version took certain liberties with the text!) Rochester from falling off a cliff (“Films”). The silent film of 1914, for instance, ended with Jane saving the blind Mr. Lucasta Miller notes that the silent films “made the most of the wild-eyed madwoman” in the attic, obviously relishing the sensational gothic aspects of the story. Several more silent films were made in the next twenty years. I say first American film adaptation, because Italy released a silent film adaptation in 1909 (“The Enthusiast’s Guide to Jane Eyre Adaptations”). The first American film adaptation was released in 1910, and it was a silent picture. Early silent pictures and first "talkies" I use the term in the paper to refer to Jane Eyre aficionados who express their love for the novel online. The term “Eyreaholic” was apparently coined by IMDb user Lovely Drama. Yes, I am something of an Eyreaholic myself. Since there are so many, I will focus on the most significant ones, including the five that I have seen, the 1970, 1973, 1983, 1996, and 2006 versions. Note that since 1910, there has been at least one Jane Eyre adaptation per decade. In addition to examining how the Jane Eyre adaptations have presented the story, I will look at the responses of “Eyreaholics” and determine how they represent the modern readership. Purists gripe about Jane and Edward’s “racy” farewell scene in the latest 2006 adaptation, while others appreciate the modern touches. There are those who will defend one adaptation’s merits over another’s, arguing fiercely in favor of the 1983 miniseries over the 1973 version (or vice versa). When I browse through the message boards for Jane Eyre on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), I find that the fans (or “Eyreaholics”) belong to different “camps,” so to speak. People who are introduced to the story by an adaptation meet in online message boards with longtime fans of the novel. ![]() What is remarkable is how the Jane Eyre movies and miniseries have allowed fans of the novel to share their feelings, opinions, and questions about Jane Eyre. (You can also read my review of Jane Eyre 2011: Cary Fukunaga's Gritty, Gothic Adaptation). ![]() ![]() Currently, there have been over twenty film and TV adaptations, with another film announced for 2011 featuring Mia Wasikowska of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. ![]()
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