In London, Peter Bowker will talk about his recent work adapting
Wuthering Heights for television:
Southbank Centre > Literature & Spoken Word
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Wuthering Heights : From Page to Screen
Thursday 9 July 2009, 7.30pm
Having given us bold retellings of Shakespeare and Chaucer, BAFTA-winning screenwriter Peter Bowker (Blackpool, Flesh & Blood) now presents one of the most passionate and haunting novels in English Literature, Wuthering Heights.
Joining him are Charlotte Riley, who plays Cathy, writer and critic Elaine Showalter, Laura Mackie, Director of Drama at ITV and the director Coky Giedroyc who discuss their approach to the original text and examine the dynamic at the heart of the novel. The event also features an exclusive sneak preview of this stunning new drama adaptation starring Tom Hardy alongside Charlotte Riley. The event is chaired by Matthew Sweet
Wuthering Heights is a Mammoth Screen production for ITV. Session produced by BAFTA with support from ITV and Screen Yorkshire.
The latest rumours have it that the series will be aired in UK in December.
And in Clearwater, Florida they have trouble remembering who wrote Wuthering Heights:
Movies You Should Be Reading
Teen Program
Friday, July 10, 2009
Start Time: 2:00 PM
Library: East Library
Description:
Classic books made into movies.
7/10 Film "Wuthering Heights" by Charlotte Bronte (sic)
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In London, Peter Bowker will talk about his recent work adapting Wuthering Heights for television:
I followed this version (2009) on youtube and think it betrays the spirit both of characters and writer by making them 'good' and bland. Besides, the death scene is radically different from Brontë's and the grange incident takes place when Cathy and Heathcliff are grown-ups. I really prefer the partially failed Hutchison version (BBC 1978) which es very truthful to the book and characters.
ReplyDeleteDefintely the worst Wuthering Heights I have ever seen. What's with all the sunshine? It looks like it was shot in California. Where are the brooding windswept moors? Bronte my arse. Jane Austin meets Desparate Housewives. Awful. Disgusting. Hopeless.
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