The newest version of Jane Eyre is pretty good so far - appropriately gothicky and cold. I've seen just about every film version of it, and this is one of the better ones. God, the Brontes were brilliant. Sigh, to be able to write like that, just imagine. I love Wuthering Heights, but Jane Eyre edges out in front just a little. I can only read Bronte books in the fall and winter - you can't get the full effect of them if you read them in spring or summer.
I recognize some of the actors. Georgie Henley from the Narnia movie plays young Jane. Toby Stephens, who played Fergus Wolfe in Possession, is Mr. Rochester. Pam Ferris from the Harry Potter movies and Rosemary and Thyme is Grace Poole. I can't quite place the actress playing older Jane.
There's a good film about the Brontes called Devotion, with Ida Lupino as Emily Bronte and Olivia de Havilland as Charlotte Bronte. I think Paul Henried is in it too. I've only seen it on TV. I don't think it's even on DVD, let alone VHS.
One of these days, I need to make a pilgrimage to Haworth House. Jasper Fforde writes a great description of it and of jumping into the novel in The Eyre Affair.
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