There was also a version with Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds.
That was not bad, but I felt like it should have been better, you know? I love Samantha Morton and Hinds was so great as Captain Wentworth in Persuasion. They were both very fine in it, but I didn't really feel the chemistry.
I'm very fond of the "young Jane" part of the 40's version with Joan Fontaine and Orson Wells. Peggy Ann Garner played the kid-Jane and she was just terrific (and a very young, but already stunning Elizabeth Taylor played the poor doomed Helen, IIRC.) The first part of the movie was moody and harsh and the young Jane had such a spine, then she grew up into Fontaine and turned into a shy little mouse, like, WTF? Wells is interesting to watch, as always, but it's like he's acting in a totally different movie from the one Fontaine is in.
(and a very young, but already stunning Elizabeth Taylor played the poor doomed Helen, IIRC.)
You recall correctly. Poor, doomed, gets-her-hair-whacked-off Helen.
It's like "you might be a redneck", only in scarlet and midnight black!!
I need to build a little shrine for this sentence.
(Oh, and for the record: I couldn't stand Wuthering Heights.)
Huh. Jilli, called that wrong, gotta say.
Hey, I saw a promo for
The Libertine
on TV last night!!!
Hey, what's The Libertine about anyway? And why will it be one of the most controversial movies of the year?
I could Google, I guess, but I think Buffista-ing it will produce more interesting answers....
I heard it's a crappy movie, and that stays with me more than anything else.
I think this is the third time it's been released -- they keep trying, and it keeps bombing.
I think this is the third time it's been released -- they keep trying, and it keeps bombing.
I also heard that while the title is appropriate for the man it's about, you wouldn't really know that from the movie - at least not from what they show you, as opposed to tell you.
