Jane Eyre (DVD)
Fox Cinema Classics Collection
APPROX. 96 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1944 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Apr 24, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | 20th Century Fox |
| Year: | 1944 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 |
| Audio: |
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 English: Dolby Digital 1.0 French: Dolby Digital 1.0 Spanish: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Subtitles: | English, Spanish, French |
Special Features
- Audio commentary with Orson Welles biographer Joseph McBride and actress Margaret O'Brien
- Audio commentary with film historians Nick Redman, Steven Smith, and Julie Kirgo
- Isolated score track
- Featurette: Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind Jane Eyre
- Know Your Ally Britain (United States War Film Department film directed by Robert Stevenson)
- Restoration comparison
- Production, storyboard, and poster galleries
- Postcard screenshots
Synopsis
An all-star cast - including Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Agnes Moorehead and Elizabeth Taylor - breathes magnificent life into this captivating 1944 film version of Charlotte Bronte's gothic romance novel. Adapted for the screen by Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson and John Houseman, and directed by Stevenson, this stirring film is the definitive version of the engrossing classic!After spending her childhood in an orphanage, young Jane Eyre (Fontaine) becomes governess to the ward of an imposing older man named Edward Rochester (Welles). Ultimately, Jane's gentle influence forces Rochester to drop his foreboding veneer, and he proposes to her. But the discovery that Rochester is already married, and further, that his volatile wife is locked in the attic, prompts Jane to leave as a series of tragic events unfold in this riveting classic that also features Margaret O'Brien.
Cast & Crew
20th Century Fox
presents
Sarah AllgoodAgnes MooreheadMargaret O'BrienOrson WellesJoan Fontaine
"Jane Eyre"
Written byCharlotte BronteWritten byAldous HuxleyWritten byRobert StevensonWritten byJohn Housemanproduced byWilliam Goetz
directed byRobert Stevenson
Production Year: 1944
"Jane Eyre"
Written byCharlotte BronteWritten byAldous HuxleyWritten byRobert StevensonWritten byJohn Housemanproduced byWilliam Goetz
directed byRobert Stevenson
Production Year: 1944
