For over a quarter of a century we looked forward to see productions of PBS & Masterpiece Theatre (now called Masterpiece Classic)
This current production of the one time revered & almost worshiped is one of the weakest that they have ever been presented.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte has been made & re-made 15 times with this current effort. This is not one of the better interpretations of this classic.Each edition has been altered from the novel to some degree.
I will let others tell of the changes in various versions.
The Novel was very long covering a few generations.
This current effort was a 2 part event. Part one was leisurely BUT they rushed through part 2 so fast,that it was very hard to follow. I normally say some shows are too long. This version needed at least one more hour to do it proper justice or better editing in the first part.
Coky Giedroyc is the director & it was adapted for Television by Peter Bowker.
Now as to the cast. Tom Hardy is Heathcliff.he is a very fine actor prior to this role he was Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist Charlotte Roley is Cathy,she was quite good. The remaining cast members do OK in familiar roles.
The production itself was no where as good as one would expect from Masterpiece Theatre (its called Masterpiece Classic now-- WHAT A MISNOMER THAT IS NOW.)
Usually these productions had much higher ratings from me. To be fair others may like it better.I personally liked the Ralph Finnies & Juliette Binoche version from 1992 best. The Olivier,Oberon version from 1939 was a bit too Hollywoodish for my tastes..
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 72 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 10)
This current production of the one time revered & almost worshiped is one of the weakest that they have ever been presented.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte has been made & re-made 15 times with this current effort. This is not one of the better interpretations of this classic.Each edition has been altered from the novel to some degree.
I will let others tell of the changes in various versions.
The Novel was very long covering a few generations.
This current effort was a 2 part event. Part one was leisurely BUT they rushed through part 2 so fast,that it was very hard to follow. I normally say some shows are too long. This version needed at least one more hour to do it proper justice or better editing in the first part.
Coky Giedroyc is the director & it was adapted for Television by Peter Bowker.
Now as to the cast. Tom Hardy is Heathcliff.he is a very fine actor prior to this role he was Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist Charlotte Roley is Cathy,she was quite good. The remaining cast members do OK in familiar roles.
The production itself was no where as good as one would expect from Masterpiece Theatre (its called Masterpiece Classic now-- WHAT A MISNOMER THAT IS NOW.)
Usually these productions had much higher ratings from me. To be fair others may like it better.I personally liked the Ralph Finnies & Juliette Binoche version from 1992 best. The Olivier,Oberon version from 1939 was a bit too Hollywoodish for my tastes..
Ratings: **1/2 (out of 4) 72 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 10)