| Record Number |
805341 |
| Title |
Jane Eyre [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Distributed by Shock DVD, [2011] |
| ©2011 |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
"KAL1865." |
| Based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1943. |
| Special features: commentary by Joseph McBride (Orson Welles biographer) and Margaret O'Brien; commentary with film historians Nick Redman, Steven Smith, and Julie Kirgo; isolated score and f/x track; Locked in the tower : the men behind Jane Eyre featurette; Know your ally Britain (United States War Department film directed by Robert Stevenson); restoration comparison; theatrical trailer; production, storyboard and poster galleries. |
| Creation Note |
William Goetz in charge of production ; screen play by Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson, and John Houseman ; directed by Robert Stevenson. |
| Performer note |
Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood, Henry Daniell, Agnes Moorehead, Aubrey Mather, Edith Barrett, Barbara Everest, Hillary Brooke. |
| Summary Note |
Jane comes to Thornfield Hall as a governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram and her party to stay at his estates. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all their chances for happiness. |
| Target audience note |
Rated: PG. |
| Language note |
In English. English subtitles. |
| Subject - Name |
Brontë, Charlotte, -- 1816-1855 -- Film adaptations |
| Eyre, Jane,(Fictitious character)Drama |
| Brontë, Charlotte, -- 1816-1855 -- Film and video adaptations |
| Subject |
Governesses -- England -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama |
| Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Drama |
| Working class women -- England -- Drama |
| Film adaptations |
| Romance films. |
| Film adaptations. |
| Feature films. |
| Fiction films. |
| Feature films |
| Added Author |
Stevenson, Robert, 1905-1986 |
| Goetz, William, 1903-1969 |
| Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 |
| Houseman, John |
| Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 |
| Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 |
| O'Brien, Margaret, 1937- |
| Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Jane Eyre. |
| Added title |
Jane Eyre (Motion picture : 1943) |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F JANE |
