Romance Double Feature: Emma and Jane Eyre

Tuesday, 22. September 2009. 03:26 by admin

Product Description
Star-studded casts, including Samantha Morton (In America), Kate Beckinsale (The Aviator) and Ciaran Hinds (Rome), headline these acclaimed adaptations of two of literature s most enduring romances, collected on one value-priced DVD.

Emma, Jane Austen’s story of a rich, clever, and beautiful young woman who can’t resist orchestrating other people’s love lives. As her romantic plans go ridiculously wrong, however, it’s Emma herself who risks missing out on her perfect match!

Charlotte Brontë’s moving story of Jane Eyre is about the improbable love between a young governess and her mysterious and tragic employer. After a wretched childhood as an orphan, Jane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Ha… More >>

Romance Double Feature: Emma and Jane Eyre


Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983) (1983)

Monday, 31. August 2009. 23:19 by admin

Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983)

Jane Eyre–the mother of all gothic romances–gets abundant passion in this 11-episode BBC miniseries. Young Sian Pattenden is wonderfully willful and impetuous; viewers will immediately identify with the child Jane as she fights against ill-treatment at the home of her aunt and at boarding school. It’s a shame to see her grow up into Zelah Clarke–until Clarke asserts her own quiet yet fierce spirit. The plot really starts rolling when Jane takes a position as governess at Tho (more…)