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Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate.Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate.Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate.
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Hilary Heath
- Isabella Linton
- (as Hilary Dwyer)
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- TriviaOliver Reed briefly sought the lead role.
- GoofsAfter Cathy has died Heathcliff at her grave site can't bear it and pounds his head against the nearby tree. As he runs his fingers down the tree you can see that that bark is made of perhaps rubber.
- Quotes
Nellie: It's for god to punish the wicked.
Heathcliff: Why should god have all the satisfaction?
- Crazy creditsAfter a funeral scene, the opening credits appear in blue letters on a background of darkened, almost silhouette like, Yorkshire moor landscapes, scenes which appear again later in the film.
- Alternate versionsA video released in the UK in the '80s ran only 80 minutes and was rated 'U', but the 2003 submission was the full 100 minute version and rated 'PG'
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Untold Truth of James Bond (2020)
- SoundtracksI Was Born in Love With You
(uncredited)
Words by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Music by Michel Legrand
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American International Pictures Best Movie
I remember reading the review of this version of "Wuthering Heights" in VARIETY in 1970. The reviewer said, "While suffering only in comparison to the 1939 classic ...". Well, I recently saw the 1939 version and this version is in every way superior. From the haunting, soulful score to the sensitive acting, to the realistic countryside, this "Wuthering Heights" is more passionate, more brooding, more obsessive. Anna Calder-Marshall did not possess the stunning beauty of Merle Oberon, but she hits all the right notes essaying the social-climbing Kathy. Those only familiar with Timothy Dalton's sour work as James Bond will be astonished at his sensitive, magnetic Heathcliff. The dowdy Flora Robson has been replaced by the buxom, nurturing Judy Cornwell. Cornwell's "milkmaid dresses" almost overflow, and she is so nurturing one almost expects her to "pop one out" and feed Heathcliff or Cathy at some critical moment. Nonetheless, Cornwell's expressive face and body language at times nearly steals the movie, but, by no means throws it off balance.
Other fine performances include Ian Ogilvy as Edgar, Harry Andrews and father and Hillary Dwyer as Isabella.
Even the photography, editing, and, most important, directing by Robert Fuest is superior to the 1939 version. It's especially amazing, given AIP's product at the time, that this masterpiece could be made. I don't like costumers particularly, but I watch this "Wuthering Heights" about once every two years. It's worth my time because it's THAT good.
I give Wuthering Heights (1970) a "10".
Other fine performances include Ian Ogilvy as Edgar, Harry Andrews and father and Hillary Dwyer as Isabella.
Even the photography, editing, and, most important, directing by Robert Fuest is superior to the 1939 version. It's especially amazing, given AIP's product at the time, that this masterpiece could be made. I don't like costumers particularly, but I watch this "Wuthering Heights" about once every two years. It's worth my time because it's THAT good.
I give Wuthering Heights (1970) a "10".
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