20th Century Flicks, Bristol

Thomas Hardy's classic tale of a rural landowner chased by three men, a swashbuckling army womaniser, a loyal shepherd and a staid middle-aged bachelor, and her making a choice she lives to regret. Nicolas Roeg's beautiful cinematography of the West Country dominates the film. find out more...

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (2015)

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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (TV VERSION) (1998)

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A lush television adaptation of Thomas Hardy's !9th Century romantic drama, where the arrival of a beautiful young woman leaves an indelible imprint on the lives of three lovelorn men. Thomas Hardy at his least unredemptively grim�which is nice. find out more...

FEAST OF JULY (1996)

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Not your usual costume drama from the Merchant/Ivory team because it's about working class people and is genuinely tragic. Bella sets off sexual sparks in the placid Victorian family who shelter her when she is found wandering, broke and heavily pregnant, but her past comes back to haunt her. Adapted from a novel by HE Bates. find out more...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946)

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David Lean's much-acclaimed production of the gloomy Dickens classic. Briefly, a young boy befriends an escaped convict who later repays him anonymously, creating a bond which the now upwardly-mobile youngster could well do without...an interesting probe of Victorian class structure. Visually flawless, perfectly paced, it's a masterpiece. find out more...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (2012) (2012)

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Young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella; a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating conseq find out more...

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (BBC) (1999)

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Another fine BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale; young Pip is expected to become a blacksmith, but, hating the soot and smoke, he secretly dreams of becoming a gentleman. When he meets the mysterious Miss Havisham and her haughty niece Estella, Pip is confident that his dream is to come true............ find out more...

JANE EYRE (1996)

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A faithful, if underplayed compared to its cinematic predecessors, adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic gothic love story. Gainsbourg is convincingly fragile as the tragic young governess and Hurt portrays Rochester as a brusque and morose figure. The story is, as ever, riveting, if more a literate rather than melodramatic interpretation. find out more...

JANE EYRE (2011)

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Jayne Marshall says: "An adaptation of the novel by renowned Yorkshire virgin and second most famous of the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte. Actress Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Time Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland'), is great as the stoic heroine of the title. A love story of sorts, the plot follows the ups and downs of Jane's and the Byronic Mr Rochester's troublesome relationship, somewhat scuppered by 'the mad woman in the attic'. Cinematographically, wild nature, and the York find out more...

JANE EYRE (ORSON WELLES ) (1944)

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Superbly gothic version of Charlotte Bronte's archetypal romantic novel. Orson Welles is admirably dark as Rochester to Joan Fontaine's winsome Jane. The mysterious aspects of the story and the ensuing romance are all played out against a tremendously atmospheric backdrop. Great production, and yes, Aldous Huxley really did write the screen play.

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