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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Jane Eyre 2006 definitely airing in the autumn

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:12 pm by Cristina   4 comments
It has been said before several times, but The Scotsman talks about Jane Eyre 2006 being aired in the autumn - at least in the UK.

Other highlights of the autumn schedule include:

-- An adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre" with Ruth Wilson in the title role and Toby Stephens as Mr Rochester.

However, the official and original source of information from the BBC doesn't explicitly mention autumn (well, the press release certainly mentions it as we have discovered now), though it can be guessed at, of course, since this is the time of the year when TV channels announce the details for the forthcoming season.

On another note, The Saginaw News mourns the loss of author of writer Mickey Spillane. Apparently, the women he described in his books

were much different from the women you found in books like 'Jane Eyre.'

Variety is always a good thing, we guess.

Christianity Today reviews Icons of Grief. Val Lewton's Home Front Pictures by Alexander Nemerov. As you probably know, Val Lewton was the producer of a memorable set of low-budget horror RKO movies in the forties. One of them: I walked with a zombie (1943) is pretty much Brontë-influenced.

His next film, I Walked with a Zombie (1943), is an even more subtle drama about a Canadian nurse who takes a job on the fictitious Caribbean island of St. Sebastian to care for a sugar plantation owner's seemingly comatose wife; often described as "Jane Eyre in the West Indies," the film touches on adultery, euthanasia, and the old legacy of racial injustice.

The third chapter of the book (3. Stillness and Recollection: Darby Jones in I Walked with a Zombie) discusses the film. You can find more information about this movie in this old post of ours.

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/19/2006 03:39:00 pm

    I can't wait for the BBCs line up.
    Jane Eyre , Robin Hood and other original dramas - Brilliant!

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  2. Anonymous7/19/2006 04:05:00 pm

    It seems the cuts on budgets in dramas only affected smaller (?) productions such as Cranford, which still saddens me.

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  3. Anonymous7/20/2006 06:35:00 pm

    I'm astonished that the BBC continues to splash out so much on presenters!

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/
    0,,2087-1807020,00.html

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/
    4977788.stm

    I was looking forward to what was to be The Cranford Chronicles. I hope they can resurrect it soon; seems such a waste doesn't it?

    And look at this; they continue to spend on imports:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/
    5063916.stm

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  4. Anonymous7/20/2006 08:33:00 pm

    That first link from the Times was one of the first news we published, and it really saddened me. Some of the expenses qre sky-high yet they had to cancel Cranford. IMO they simply weren't keen enough on it.

    As I said - and still say - when the new Jane Eyre was announced - I find it a bit sad that they are always willing to bet for the same old stories. I'm loving the idea of this new production, but it wouldn't hurt to see them taking more risks. They did it with North & South and it worked out fine. Of course Cranford doesn't have such a big, central love story and - I may be completely wrong here - that would make them think the audience would be more limited.

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