VHS : Wuthering Heights (1939)
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starring: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crispdirected by: William Wyler
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783100951
Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC
ISBN: 6302278929
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: December 12, 1994
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 1049
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 13, 1939
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
One of the most compelling tragic romances ever captured on film, Wuthering Heights is an exquisite tale of doomed love and miscalculated intentions. Though only half of Emily Bronte's classic tale of Heathcliff and Catherine was filmed by director William Wyler, it lacks for nothing.
The story begins when a Yorkshire gentleman farmer brings home a raggedy gypsy boy, Heathcliff, and raises him as his son. The boy grows to love his stepsister Catherine, with catastrophic results. Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon were perfectly cast as the mismatched lovers, with Olivier brooding and despairing, Oberon ethereal and enchanting. This won cinematographer Gregg Toland a much-deserved Oscar for his haunting and evocative depiction of mid-19th century English moors. (Quite a trick, as this was shot in California!) Though nominated for seven other Oscars, it won none of them, as it was released in 1939, one of the best years in Hollywood history and the same year as Gone with the Wind. Interestingly, the script was written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht, best known for their witty 1931 flick, The Front Page. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - classic always
Life is so hard. This movie helps me in my belief about life, love. death. Excellent classic
Rating: - A dark romantic triumph
The 1939 version of Wuthering Heights may be a Sam Goldwyn picture but here at least he has the taste not to bury it under his usual excessive (over)production values and let the mostly British cast get on with it under William Wyler's inspired direction, with screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur saving their reverence for the characters and spirit of Emily Bronte's novel rather than the set dressing and place-setting details which obsess modern costume pictures.
The film grips ... Read More
Rating: - Will Never Forget It
I remember this film well,but in a hazy way....Merle Oberon after she dies, running with Laurence Olivier to gather heather she loved.
To me , this is one of the top romantic classics...the cinematography was interesting and very artistic. Each scene seemed to be filmed to capture the feeling of that moment.
Either Merle in all her brilliance resting in the sun, or the fading scene of these two lovers wandering off to the heather.
I just cannot express rightfully ... Read More
Rating: - More than a love story....
Few films explore the depths of dysfunction quite like the 1939 version of "Wuthering Heights." It is perhaps one of the greatest love stories ever captured on film, great because it is more than just a love story; it is a portrait of the long term results of alcoholism and child abuse. Based, of course, upon the novel of the same name, the film stops after the first few chapters. The book, however, goes on to show with immense psychological detail how the abused Heathcliff himself becomes an abuser and ... Read More
Rating: - Great Movie Absurd Overpricing.......................
I just bought the Import edition of this dvd on Amazon Trust me the picture quality is absolutely beautiful.Beware to those who say imports are inferior sometimes the are better than then the american releases.Anyhow this movie is absolutely a masterpiece I Highly Recommend any edition you could get your hands on but as always these movies will make it on Dvd again.
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