Wuthering Heights (1998 film)
Wuthering Heights is a 1998 British television film directed by David Skynner and starring Robert Cavanah, Orla Brady, and Sarah Smart. It was produced by Jo Wright. It is based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The novel was adapted for the screen by Neil McKay. The film was released by ITV on 5 April 1998 in the United Kingdom and released by WGBH-TV on 18 October 1998 in the United States.
| Wuthering Heights | |
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| Directed by | David Skynner[1] |
| Produced by | Louise Berridge Jo Wright (executive producer) Rebecca Eaton (executive producer) |
| Written by | Neil McKay Emily Brontë (book) |
| Based on | The novel by Emily Brontë |
| Starring | Robert Cavanah Orla Brady Sarah Smart |
| Music by | Warren Bennett |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ITV |
Release date | 5 April 1998 (UK) 18 October 1998 (US) |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Four years later, Smart would star in Sparkhouse, a gender-reversed BBC adaptation of Wuthering Heights in which Smart played the Heathcliff role (renamed to Carol).
Cast
- Robert Cavanah as Heathcliff
- Peter Davison as Joseph Lockwood
- Orla Brady as Cathy Earnshaw
- Tom Georgeson as Joseph
- Matthew Macfadyen as Hareton Earnshaw
- Sarah Smart as Catherine Linton
- Kadie Savage as young Cathy Earnshaw
- Ken Kitson as Mr. Earnshaw
- Flora Montgomery as Isabella Linton
- Ian Shaw as Hindley Earnshaw
- Crispin Bonham-Carter as Edgar Linton
- David Maybrick as Gaddick
- Catherine Cheshire as Frances Earnshaw
- Polly Hemingway as Nelly Dean
References
- Melani, Lilia. "Film Versions of Wuthering Heights". CUNY. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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