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Jude (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Camerimage Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Winterbottom

Written By:
Hossein Amini
Thomas Hardy (novel)

Actors:
Christopher Eccleston ..... Jude Fawley
Kate Winslet ..... Sue Bridehead
Liam Cunningham ..... Phillotson
Rachel Griffiths ..... Arabella
June Whitfield ..... Aunt Drusilla
Ross Colvin Turnbull ..... Little Jude
James Daley ..... Jude as a Boy
Berwick Kaler ..... Farmer Troutham
Sean McKenzie ..... 1st Stone Mason
Richard Albrecht ..... 2nd Stone Mason
Caitlin Bossley ..... Anny
Emma Turner ..... Sarah
Lorraine Hilton ..... Shopkeeper
James Nesbitt ..... Uncle Joe
Mark Lambert ..... Tinker Taylor

Synopsis:

Jude Fawley is a stone mason who loves learning. Inspired by one of his teachers, he longs to go to a university. After a brief and unhappy marriage to a practical and pragmatic daughter of a pig farmer, he moves to Christminister to be closer to his beloved scholars. There he meets and falls fatally in love with his cousin, Sue Bridehead, a thoroughly modern young woman whose wit and beauty captivates him. These two lovers join in an illicit union that flouts society's convention and tragedy ensues. Based on Thomas Hardy's "Jude The Obscure."

In 19th century Britain, a unconventional young man struggles against the limitations of a rigid, restrictive society. Based on Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, this somber period drama stars a suitably intense Christopher Eccleston as Jude, a young man with dreams of receiving a scholarly university education. Circumstances conspire against him, however, forcing him into a job as a stonemason and an unsatisfactory marriage. He remains true to his dream, however, and years later, after his wife's sudden departure, heads for the city. There he encounters his beautiful cousin, Sue (Kate Winslet), who shares his intelligence and disdain for convention, and the two develop a romantic relationship. These unlikely lovers must struggle to keep their relationship secret from a disapproving world, however, or else face the tragic consequences of public scandal. Though purists may object to several liberties taken with the text, director Michael Winterbottom fashions a relatively efficient tale of doomed romance from Hardy's tragedy. Although it was considered so shocking at the time of its publication that author Thomas Hardy never wrote another novel, the subject matter of Jude the Obscure probably won't outrage or titillate modern audiences. It may, however, depress the hell out of them, which may explain this adaptation's relative obscurity and lack of awards. Lit-flick fans flocked to the film, soaking up its sumptuous Victorian detail and the flat-out beauty of Eduardo Serra's cinematography; the mainstream audience, however, missed out on a complex picture that transcends corsets and accents to delve into the heart of what it means to stand outside of society. The difficulty of capturing the essence of Hardy's novel is that it's more than a mere story of forbidden love. Jude (grave, granite-faced Christopher Eccleston) carries two torches, one for his cousin, Sue (Kate Winslet, vivacious and prickly), the other for the life of a scholar; both are denied to him through no fault of his own. It's easier to encapsulate Hardy's intertwining issues of class, social propriety, and unfulfilled longing in the story of two cousins who fall in love, but first-time screenwriter Hossein Amini and jack-of-all-trades director Michael Winter.

A stonemason steadfastly pursues a cousin he loves. However their love is troubled as he is married to a woman who tricked him into marriage and she is married to a man she does not love. Living out of wedlock, the two are rejected by the townspeople leaving them to struggle in abject poverty.

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