Great Writers of Romance Collection (3 Films) - 4-DVD Box Set ( Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights / The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders )

Great Writers of Romance Collection (3 Films) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jane Eyre / Wuthering Heights / The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
416 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 - 1998 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Robert Young
David Skynner
David Attwood

Written By:
Charlotte Brontë
Richard Hawley
Emily Brontë
Neil McKay
Andrew Davies
Daniel Defoe

Actors:
Deborah Findlay ..... Mrs. Reed
Laura Harling ..... Young Jane
Joanna Scanlan ..... Bessie
Ben Sowden ..... John Reed
Barbara Keogh ..... Miss Abbot
David Gant ..... Mr. Brocklehurst
Emily Joyce ..... Miss Temple
Gemma Eglinton ..... Helen Burns
Ruth Mitchell ..... Miss Scatchered
Dominique Belcourt ..... Anna
Samantha Morton ..... Jane Eyre
Gemma Jones ..... Mrs. Fairfax
Timia Berthome ..... Adele
Hermione Gulliford ..... Sophie
Ciarán Hinds ..... Edward Rochester
Robert Cavanah ..... Heathcliff
Peter Davison ..... Joseph Lockwood
Orla Brady ..... Cathy
Tom Georgeson ..... Joseph
Matthew Macfadyen ..... Hareton Earnshaw
Sarah Smart ..... Catherine Linton
Kadie Savage ..... Young Cathy
Ken Kitson ..... Mr. Earnshaw
Kevin Knapman ..... Young Hindley
Terry Clynes ..... Young Heathcliff
Polly Hemingway ..... Nelly Dean
Ian Shaw ..... Hindley
Catherine Chesire ..... Frances
Flora Montgomery ..... Isabella
David Maybrick ..... Gaddick
James Bowers ..... Gaoler
Alex Kingston ..... Moll Flanders
Nicola Kingston ..... Moll's Mother
Geoffrey Beevers ..... Judge
Lucy Evans ..... Little Moll
Anthony Bessick ..... Gypsy
Struan Rodger ..... Mr. Richardson
Chrissie Cotterill ..... Mrs. Fairley
Peter Jonfield ..... Parish Officer
Neville Phillips ..... Magistrate
Maureen O'Brien ..... Mrs. Richardson
Colin Buchanan ..... Rowland
Ian Driver ..... Robin
Caroline Harker ..... Maria
Dawn McDaniel ..... Emily

Synopsis:

Jane Eyre (1997)
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the manor is given a standard romantic flare.
Wuthering Heights (1998)
Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his step sister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
Moll is a headstrong woman whose lowly station in 18th century London leaves her in the most dire of circumstances forcing her into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. Her story involves husbands and numerous lovers, shocking family secrets, and travels to bustling London and the New World's Virginia. Moll's dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventures to criminal acts, leaving her with a price on her head as she strives to triumph against overwhelming odds.

Jane Eyre (1997)
This made-for-TV feature was the tenth screen adaptation of the classic Gothic romance by Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre (Samantha Morton, who two years later would earn an Oscar nomination for her performance in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown) grew up an orphan under trying circumstances, but through hard work and determination, she has gained an education and is employed as a governess at the Thornfield Hall estate. Jane quickly falls in love with the brooding and secretive owner of Thornfield, Mr. Rochester (Ciaran Hinds). He soon falls for her as well, but before they can reach the altar, a number of shocking secrets threaten to destroy their romance. This version of Jane Eyre made its American debut on the A&E Cable Network.
Wuthering Heights (1998)
Gipsy boy Heathcliffe is adopted by a god-fearing landowner in northern England and grows up as the soul-mate of the daughter, Cathy Earnshaw. When father dies, stern son Hindley returns and bans Heathcliffe to the stables; when they spy upon their upper class neighbors, Edgar Linton sends the dogs upon them and chases Heath but starts an affair -love comes only from him- with her. When Hindley's socialite wife Frances dies in childbirth, he is completely embittered, becomes a drunk unable to care for his son Hareton and has to sell Wuthering Hights- to Heathcliffe. After a misunderstanding Cathy marries Linton, Heath retorts by a loveless match with his sister. Even Cathy's death doesn't stop the cycle of spite, grief and harm so it poisons the next generation's lives as well while she keeps haunting Heathcliffe...
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
In her filthy cell in Newgate prison Moll Flanders, dubbed 'the wickedest woman in England' tells her story. Born in the gaol, after her mother is transported Moll is raised by the kindly mayor of Colchester and his wife, whose two sons lust after her. She enjoys sex with handsome Rowland, who teaches her that money talks, but, realizing he only wants her as a mistress, she marries his duller brother Robin, who conveniently dies after five years, leaving her wealthy. She goes to London, briefly meeting highwayman Jemmy Seagrove, and marries parvenu draper Daniel Dawkins, but he has huge debts and must flee to France, leaving Moll alone and poor. Moll meets handsome young American sea captain Lemuel Golightly, who marries her and takes her to Virginia and a good life style, along with his mother. They have two children and are blissfully happy until Moll discovers her mother-in-law is also her birth mother. She has married her own brother. She returns to England and poses as wealthy widow Lady Flanders, being proposed to by James Seagrove, who has land in Ireland. Jemmy Seagrove turns out to be a penniless fortune-seeker like Moll but there is love on both sides. He leaves her to resume life as a highwayman but says he will return for her. On a coach to London - which Jemmy robs but secretly gives Moll the other victims' goods - she meets protective banker Mr. Bland, who becomes her next spouse but dies of shock when he learns he has been financially ruined. Moll is left poor and alone again and resorts to crime. Moll moves in with landlady Mrs. Riordan, a robbers' fence, along with fellow thief Jenny Diver, whom she initially meets after stealing the loot Jenny has hidden. The two women steal - and sometimes sleep - together but Jenny is caught and hanged. Moll is depressed and even seems remorseful after stooping to rob a little girl. She takes to rolling rich drunken lechers at the theatre, including Sir Richard Godfrey, who is much taken by her, but she is caught and sentenced to the gallows. In Newgate she sees Jemmy, who has also been captured and whose fate is transportation. Moll prepares to meet her death but Jemmy arrives at the gallows, having 'persuaded' Sir Richard to commute her sentence to transportation. They sail to America together, to see her relatives again.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 April, 2015.