Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
Wuthering Heights is a 1939 film, directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the celebrated novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, although the film only depicts sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston. Some consider it to be the best film version of Brontë's novel ever made (although it omits almost the entire second half of the book), and was the film responsible for making Laurence Olivier a Hollywood star. The film earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best cinematography, which Gregg Toland won for his work on the film.
In 2007, Wuthering Heights was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Main cast
- Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff
- Merle Oberon as Catherine Earnshaw Linton
- David Niven as Edgar Linton
- Flora Robson as Ellen Dean
- Donald Crisp as Dr. Kenneth
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Isabella Linton
- Leo G. Carroll as Joseph
- Hugh Williams as Hindley Earnshaw
Omissions From the Novel
The film omitted any mention of Cathy's daughter and Heathcliff's son, both of whom play a major role in the last portion of the book. In the film, neither Heathcliff nor Cathy have any children.
Wuthering Heights (1939) - Videoclip (Angra)
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992)
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights was a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights.
Paramount Pictures was forced to use the author's name in the title of the film as Samuel Goldwyn Studio (later sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) owned the rights to the simple title Wuthering Heights due to the copyright on their 1939 film version of the novel. The film stars Ralph Fiennes as the tortured Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche as the free spirited Catherine Earnshaw. The role of Heathcliff opened up doors for Ralph Fiennes to play Amon Goeth in Schindlers List. Spielberg claimed he liked Fiennes for Goeth because of his "dark sexuality".
Main Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff
- Juliette Binoche as Cathy Earnshaw Linton (and later as Catherine Linton, Cathy's daughter)
- Jeremy Northam as Hindley Earnshaw
- Simon Shepherd as Edgar Linton
- Sophie Ward as Isabella Linton
- Janet McTeer as Nelly Dean
- Jason Riddington as Hareton Earnshaw
- Jonathan Firth as Linton Heathcliff
- Sinéad O'Connor as Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights (1992) - Movie Trailer