Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Jane Eyre (Motion picture : 1996)

Title:

Jane Eyre / Miramax Films in association with Rochester Films Ltd [and others] ; a Dyson Lovell, Riccardo Tozzi production ; screenplay by Hugh Whitemore and Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Dyson Lovell ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [2021]

Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures

Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

"An orphaned young girl, Jane Eyre (Anna Paquin, True Blood), suffers humiliation and abuse at the hands of her aunt (Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve) and is subsequently banished to a strict boarding school for several years. Upon her release, the adult Jane (Charlotte Gainsbourg, I'm Not There) becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, caring for the child of Mr. Rochester (William Hurt, Goliath). She soon finds herself in a passionate romance with the handsome and mysterious Mr. Rochester. Swept up in the possibility of a happy new life, Jan is shattered when terrible, untold secrets from his past are revealed, threaning to tear her and her lover apart forever"--Amazon.com.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG.

Subjects:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Film adaptations.

Eyre, Jane (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.

Young women -- England -- Drama.

Governesses -- England -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

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