This scene is very similar as in the 2011 version. But I felt like the room was extremely too bright! In the 2011 version did anyone else notice how dark the room was with only candle and firelight that lit their faces as they sat across from each other? It matched well in giving an eerie feeling along with having an insane women running around.
@ThiiNatawii Because the director really wanted to get that bleak feel. Apparently in the scenes where she was walking down a hall and it was really dark, the scene was actually only lit by that candle.
Sometimes I wish that they would cast actors that really arn't handsome, as it is in the book. OK, Jane here is a bit plain looking, but Rochester is hot!
I love the 2006 version...but always find this one to be a more accurate and believable Rochester. I always felt like Toby Stevens character was trying to pick Jane up from their very first meeting by the fire. This one is just kind of "not as easy" to watch by today's standards because the quality is quite different- but it is closest to the book, as the relationship takes its time in developing. :)
Of all of the adaptations of "Jane Eyre" that I've seen, featuring Orson Welles, George C. Scott, Samantha Morton, Ciarian Hinds, Toby Stephens and others, this one is my favorite.
ANTERIORMENTE LA ENCONTRE AQUI EN YOU TUBE SUBTITULADA PERO NO PUEDO CAR CON ELLA ...POR FAVOR ALGUIEN QUE SEPA DONDE PUEDO CONSEGUIRLA PUESTO QEU DE DONDE SOY ES DIFICIL CONSEGUIR PELICULAS DE ESTE TIPO TAN BUENAS ... PLIS ESTOY DESESPERADA:(:(
ES MAGNIFICA ESTA PELICULA HE VISTO TODAS LAS VERSIONES ..Y TODAS TOMAN ALGO DE EL LIBRO PERO ESTA ES MAGNIFICA CON LA INTERPRETACION DE TIMOTY.. POR FAVOR ME GUSTARIA VOLVERLA A VER PERO EN SUBTITULOS PLIS O ALGUIEN QUE SE PA DONDE PUEDO VERLA O CONSEGUIRLA ...POR FAVOR SUBTITULADA...
I think Timothy Dalton is Bronte's perfect Rochester in her mind except of course his good looks and his height. His voice and acting is incredible just like in the book. Only BBC can make this perfect dramas.
@coldmarch Well... back in the day when this book was written, Daltons looks was not how men should look like. They should look fair and more feminin, in a way. St.John is described more with the "right" look of the day. However, today most women prefer men like Dalton.
@gambjesu I would normally find it rude myself, but then knowing Rochester as having little tolerance for niceties or small talk, and Ms Fairfax knowing his temperament, I hope she wouldn't have taken it personally.
The 2011 version I found very rushed and lacking, in turn this scene seemed very rude of Rochester without any underlying reasons that could have hinted at something deeper - as Jane says after her meeting with R. So diappointed as I was looking forward to this all last year;_(
@rozhie210673 Well, Jane Eyre has been done many many times: it's even good to change something. Although I must say Rochester _is_ very brusque, and even rude especially at the beginning. In fact, he's even worse than rude later... One thing I have to say is that Dalton was handsome: Brontë emphasizes that Jane is nothing more than plain and that Rochester is strong but almost ugly. Personally, while reading I saw him all the time as Albert Finney and Jane as Deborah Kerr. Perfect, for me.
@rozhie210673 I agree. How could Rochester be rude to a kind elderly woman like mrs. fairfax. She was just telling her master how glad she was of having him on the house and Rochester rudely interrupts her with a request for tea. In the new version, she kindly brings him some tea but he rudely shuns her off by telling her to keep it.
@gambjesu Yes, he is very rude towards mrs. Fairfax. But I think he acts like that because he feels like she's sucking up to him - which he doesn't want, on the other hand he is very tired of it. In contrast, nothing Jane says is to please him - she just says her mind, and this fascinates him. No one has ever done that before.
me gusta esta versión, MR. Rochester es más atractivo de lo que me imaginaba al leer el libro, y Jane parece mayor de 18 años. En la versión de 2011 , jane parece una niña y Michael fassbender es el SR. Rochester más guapo de todos.... Bueno eso es lo que a mi me parece
I recently saw the Franco Ziferrelli version of this movie and I was EXTREMELY dissapointed. This is the only version I like. lol + Timothy Dalton is extremely amazing to look at. lol
Hahaha I love when Mr. Rochester is asking if Jane worshiped Mr. Brocklehurst and she says no and he is like, "Your very cool. No?" haha I just love the way he says it
"Here's your present. aMUSE yourself with disemBOWLing it!" lol LOVE LOVE LOVE that line. and they have to keep that in ever adaptation because it's HILARIOUS. xDD
This is the best "Jane Eyre's" adaptation that have ever been made! The acting of Timothy Dalton and Zilah Clark is just breathtakingly beatuful, passionate and heart-felt. Thank you for posting this fantastic video.
@she3ya, I know! And she's far too pretty. Mr. Rochester is supposed to be downright homely. Ah well....I'm willing to accept the Divine Dalton as Rochester!
I love this versoin of my favourite novel.It seems to be the closest to the original.
Timothy Daltons acting is very impressive -after seeing him I even forgot how I imagined Mr. Rochester reading the novel.Only true and powerful talent can do this- you accept his vision of the things as your own.
@Georgiana208 Good point! I read Jane Eyre last year and this was the 4th version I watched this year and even though I had never seen it before, he captivated me so that I believed this was who Rochester was :-) I have since listened to one of the audio books of Jane Eyre and, of course, picture Dalton as Rochester. And now I always will . . .
Thimothy Dalton's voice isn't as dark as Wiliam Hurt's voice nor Toby Stephens. His dark voice can seem fake at times. But they forget that people want an ugly Rochester because that is his attraction. the fact that Dalton is handsome isn't a very good idea to the authencity of Rochester. I have divided feelings for 2011 version
@swelinnea94 -The 2011 version will be superficious like Charlotte Gainsboroughs version. And in the novel Rochester is not once called ugly, but grim in his physiognomy, due to his circumstances. A big difference.
I love this production. It comes across as warm and nostalgic in comparison to later versions which aim at purely acting rather than choreography and setting. I´ve read the book so many times and it´s a pleasure to watch such a good tv version.
YES PEOPLE HE IS HOT AND DARK AND CREEPY AT THE SAME TIME! THE BLACK CLOTHES, DARK HAIR, AND GREEN EYES WITH A TAN SKIN IS NOT HELPING THE DARK SETTING OF THE MOVIE AND IT'S AN EARIE FEELING WITH BARELY ANY BACKGROUND MUSIC. IT GIVES A TENSION TO THE SETTING SOOO SPOOKY AND YET: I LLLOOOOOOOVVVEEEEE IT !!!!!!!! MAN I EVEN LET HIM SLAP ME AS HE DID IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS! AWESOME!!!
rochester is a very handsome man in this movie and the lady who plays jane is very pretty. i think that this movie has adhered almost perfectly to the novel, except that the two central characters are definitely not ugly!!
Timothy Dalton is so handsome!! He does a good Rochester, but I prefer Toby Stephens, he had that twinkle in the eye lol... He was much funnier and thus more attractive.
'IMDb' points out the following as a GOOF for this adaptation:
"Mr. Rochester is seated with a sprained ankle on the sofa as he attempts to draw Jane out. At first, Mr. Rochester's left leg is stretched out and his right is bent upright. When he tells Jane to play the piano in the next room, he is shown with his right leg stretched out and his left leg is bent. When Jane re-enters the room, his leg is switched again."
As we see in this clip, there is NO SUCH GOOF in "Jane Eyre" (1983)!...
oooooohh -- I love all the dialogue from the book! I miss that in the 2006 version! I thought this would be stiff and wooden from a few scenes I saw, but I like it - Jane is cute somehow and he's SO brooding and gruff. Good characterization! Tx for uploading!
Ok, first off, yeah that Jane is a lot older than 18 but sometimes an older actress is a better choice because they have more skill as an actress. Second, she is no where near 36. Thirdly, in that era younger people looked much older than they do now. Look at old photographs and you'll see. 21 year olds nowadays look like teenagers. I think Jane looking like a woman in her 20's doesn't really change the story too much, so I wouldn't get hung up on it.
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This movie sucks, big time. Jane looks 36 years old, they speak to each other without any life in them, like a manekins. Adele looks bland and not existing. Mrs Fairfax 80 years old. What is Jane playing music that hasn't been composed yet.
Dalton is a great Rochester - handsome enough for an elegant gentleman and at the same with forceful, passionate spark in his eyes. Clarke is able to show a lot just with slight changes in her face, I like the way she plays Jane Eyre, even if sometimes she may seem vapid a little. But... I can't feel any chemistry between them!!! Nothing... Such a pity, because such good actors. That's why I prefer the 2006 version. Thanks a lot for uploading anyway!
The script here is better than the quite cheesy and downwatered ones of the recent versions. The Toby impersonation comes across too much as a frustrated Hugh Grant who suddenly becomes passionate to compensate for the misfortune. Dalton on the other hand excells without any soundtrack or intimate scenes and despite an annoying Jane portrayal. Sorry, but at times I felt like slapping her just so that she would (re)act at all.
I think that movie was called-Wild Sagrasso Sea?something like that--love Timothy Dalton--I thought of no other could play Rhette Butler than Clark Gable till I saw the movie-Scarlette
It happens towards the end of chapter XVII of the novel. Rochester sings 'a Corsair-song' with his 'fine, mellow, powerful bass voice'.
The only adaptation with that scene is "Jane Eyre" (1973). With his baritone voice, Michael Jayston sings 'a Corsair-song' taken from from "The Pirate Song" by Lesley Nelson-Burns.
(In "Jane Eyre" [1970], what George C. Scott did was lip-synching the out-of-place [in my humble opinion...] "Youth's the Season" from "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay.)
@7hobbit7 you know, when I was reading the book, I kept imagining him as a truly ugly man but I guess it is just the victorian persception of beauty that was described. It seems that the actors for mr. rochester are pretty handsome and the jane eyre's are pretty as well, this one being the prettiest
esta version le da poca importancia a la primera vez que se ven , les faltó quimica alos actores, el es un excellente actor , pero ella como que no me convence
WheneverI watch this version it almost seems as if I'm watching a play. I'm not sure why lol it just has a more theater feel than film feel if that makes sense...? Not that it's a bad thing, just an observation.
I think this version's stiffer, I prefer ruth wilson's depiction of jane - more of a girlish vulnerability about her. Though I love this version for its faithfulness to the book - which is perfect in its dialogue & nuances. Stephen's Rochester is more changeable, which is what he's like in the book, so I prefer him too
This version follows the book more...but if you want all the passion romancy stuff 2006 is the one to watch. I feel like there's no real chemisty between these two, it's kinda boring at times?! =/
Hmm, i don't see that Mr. Rochester is longing for Janes attention. As he did at 2006 version. I liked that better, cause you could tell that he was more of a flirt there.
I'm fully prepared to be flamed for this but.....in almost all of the comment pages I've seen for this version of Jane Eyre and the newer 2006 version I've noticed the same complaint: that Toby Stephens (Rochester 2006) was too handsome for the part. But IMO, Timothy Dalton is just as handsome, albeit a little older. Am I sensing double standards here?
Not double standards but better performance from Dalton.
Dalton is closer to Rochester in the book, his injurys at the end are far more realistic than any other Rochester, and he is more involved in the old gypsy woman scenes than stephens. And Dalton as you say is just as hansome, but he also had the look of the vulcan more than stephens ginger phisio.
So its not double standards, Dalton's just a better and more experienced actor.
Having said that stephens is a fine actor as well and 2006...
Hmm, I agree with everything you just said,but it still doesn't really answer my question of why people are against Toby Stephens' performance because of the sole fact that he's handsome. Not to say that YOU'RE one of those people (quite the contrary I should think, actually), but to say that I've definitely come across people who do that. IMO,both actors did an amazing job of bringing out the true Rochester as he is depicted in the book, in addition to adding a certain special 'zing" to it, XD.
I cant speak for other people Inu, but i like to think that they can rise above the looks of the actors in their comments, yes their fine looking fellohs no doubt, and are very talented but they are portraying a sullen and withdrawn charector, so it is difficult.
However i agree they both done amazing jobs with the part.
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I think that Toby Stephens portrayed Rochester better. At first I wasnt sure until one of the most important scenes, when Jane returns to Rochester after the fire. Toby did the scene SO WELL. I found myself feeling a deeper sympathy for Rochester. Toby did what many other actors (including Dalton) couldn't. Rochester is not supposed to be whole without Jane there...they are supposed to be one heart and mind. Toby makes it very clear that Jane is a part of himself and gives him all happiness.
People aged faster in those days. Hard work, illness and also technology was not advanced enough to corrospond with people's vanity like it is today. Jane Eyre is suppossed to be 'plain' as well so it would probably make sense to cast someone older and therefore looks more hard and mature.
Just look at women in the 40's years ago. Very different from todays woman and even men of their 30's and 40's today. And the fact that she looks older at 29 in 83 when women and men around 29 today can still look like kids
I've been watching this scene trying to figure out why rochester was mad and didnt return jane's "good morning" greeting, then I saw the door where he came out of. I believe that's the door leading to the upstairs where bertha is. He probably saw her and got frustrated
I don't know if you've read the book, but Rochester actually tells Jane later that he sometimes played the exacting master while at other times was amiable towards her to guage her reaction...he was already in love with her and wanted to ascertain her feelings for him...he tried caprice, kindness, jealousy...anything but actually TELLING the poor girl!
it's interesting that rochester said that he couldnt alter his attitude for one new "inmate" which makes thornfield sound like a prison, which it probably was for rochester with bertha
Toby Stephens was a great Rochester. I believe he fit the age more...Rochester is only thirty eight at most. But Toby brought a rough and passionate nature to the 2006 version that none of the other Rochesters- not even Timothy Dalton- could bring.
We have to remember that standards of beauty have changed. In Victorian times, the kind of strong and athletic men we might find attractive was not the ideal. Especially among the upper classes, men were admired for having more delicate features and slender builds.
When you read the descriptions of Rochester and Mason, for example, most of us would judge their appearances differently than the characters in the novel do. Mason is "adored" by the ladies, despite being weak and sallow.
Rochester's commands irritate me. I'm very much against being told what to do, I guess it comes from having somewhat demanding parents but his frequent commands and rude voice--although rather sexy--make me want to leave a hand print across is face.
"He had a dark face, with stern features and a heavy brow; his eyes and gathered eyebrows looked ireful and thwarted just now; .." That's what Brontë says. After that Jane comments that she would have been too shy and feeling too helpless to help him if he had been handsome. ^^
well he's the most rochester i've seen so far... :D but i don't like her..
zazzolina 2 weeks ago
Did you see that after she sits next to him, Mr. Rochester doesn't even blink his eyes once when talking to her. First signs of falling in love!
ayseal 4 weeks ago
"MISS EYRE, come sit here by me."
Ohhhhhh yeeaah.
sshuisken 1 month ago
this is my favorite rochester, but this jane looks way older than 18. i like the jane from the 1996 movie.
PotterMarauder 1 month ago
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MsFloopdedoop 1 month ago
Gosh, this Rochester is too distracting and I cannot refrain from laughing!
palestrinabrahmsfan 1 month ago in playlist Jane Eyre 1983
*drools* Timothy Dalton... D:
TheEntryCode 2 months ago
This scene is very similar as in the 2011 version. But I felt like the room was extremely too bright! In the 2011 version did anyone else notice how dark the room was with only candle and firelight that lit their faces as they sat across from each other? It matched well in giving an eerie feeling along with having an insane women running around.
ThiiNatawii 3 months ago
@ThiiNatawii Because the director really wanted to get that bleak feel. Apparently in the scenes where she was walking down a hall and it was really dark, the scene was actually only lit by that candle.
dht23 2 weeks ago
He tells Adele to disembowel the gift lol!!
monnicamarie 3 months ago
Sometimes I wish that they would cast actors that really arn't handsome, as it is in the book. OK, Jane here is a bit plain looking, but Rochester is hot!
gauja89 3 months ago
The best Rochester and the most mind blowing voice ever!
ayseal 3 months ago 8
I love the 2006 version...but always find this one to be a more accurate and believable Rochester. I always felt like Toby Stevens character was trying to pick Jane up from their very first meeting by the fire. This one is just kind of "not as easy" to watch by today's standards because the quality is quite different- but it is closest to the book, as the relationship takes its time in developing. :)
friendsfamilyaccount 3 months ago
Wow! He's really mean..Me likey:) because it's a mask for his deep sweet love for her that he will eventually show
MsAppleofhiseye 3 months ago
oh my this is the best rochester!
sonicheroin 3 months ago
Of all of the adaptations of "Jane Eyre" that I've seen, featuring Orson Welles, George C. Scott, Samantha Morton, Ciarian Hinds, Toby Stephens and others, this one is my favorite.
kathCT 3 months ago
He is the best Rochester ever.
evamim14 4 months ago 2
ANTERIORMENTE LA ENCONTRE AQUI EN YOU TUBE SUBTITULADA PERO NO PUEDO CAR CON ELLA ...POR FAVOR ALGUIEN QUE SEPA DONDE PUEDO CONSEGUIRLA PUESTO QEU DE DONDE SOY ES DIFICIL CONSEGUIR PELICULAS DE ESTE TIPO TAN BUENAS ... PLIS ESTOY DESESPERADA:(:(
LilianaEllioth 5 months ago
ES MAGNIFICA ESTA PELICULA HE VISTO TODAS LAS VERSIONES ..Y TODAS TOMAN ALGO DE EL LIBRO PERO ESTA ES MAGNIFICA CON LA INTERPRETACION DE TIMOTY.. POR FAVOR ME GUSTARIA VOLVERLA A VER PERO EN SUBTITULOS PLIS O ALGUIEN QUE SE PA DONDE PUEDO VERLA O CONSEGUIRLA ...POR FAVOR SUBTITULADA...
LilianaEllioth 5 months ago
i like the other one.... it's darker... in a good way and also faithful to the book.
bunnies2000 5 months ago
I love how Mr. Rochester says, "She bewitched me horse." He looks so serious, accusing, and funny all at the same time.
mahasalimable 5 months ago 3
I think Timothy Dalton is Bronte's perfect Rochester in her mind except of course his good looks and his height. His voice and acting is incredible just like in the book. Only BBC can make this perfect dramas.
coldmarch 5 months ago 2
@coldmarch Well... back in the day when this book was written, Daltons looks was not how men should look like. They should look fair and more feminin, in a way. St.John is described more with the "right" look of the day. However, today most women prefer men like Dalton.
MsSarjen 4 months ago
@gambjesu I would normally find it rude myself, but then knowing Rochester as having little tolerance for niceties or small talk, and Ms Fairfax knowing his temperament, I hope she wouldn't have taken it personally.
The 2011 version I found very rushed and lacking, in turn this scene seemed very rude of Rochester without any underlying reasons that could have hinted at something deeper - as Jane says after her meeting with R. So diappointed as I was looking forward to this all last year;_(
2hopskipjump2 6 months ago
I love this scene. Jane is like Little Red Riding Hood and Edward is the big bad wolf!
RetroJenny 6 months ago 2
love it when he said "I cannot alter my customary habits for one new inmate"...phuh!...sexay!
drflyingscotsman 6 months ago
When Mr. R says "she bewitched my horse", his eyes looked bewitched...
maygoodcometous1 7 months ago 2
@maygoodcometous1 oh my gosh you're right! that's so weird haha
441rachelmarie 6 months ago
@maygoodcometous1 I know right!!! Oh me makes me squeal!!!!!
KarliMarieRoberts 5 months ago
@8:18 I love it how Clarke has to stand on the 3rd step in order to stand eye to eye with Dalton.
miapatagonia 7 months ago
Though Mr.Rochester in this version maybe sexy but he's rude! It shouldn't be like this! :/
rozhie210673 7 months ago
@rozhie210673 I say he's mercurial and commanding.
miapatagonia 7 months ago
@miapatagonia easily agreed, that's a better way to put it :)
rozhie210673 7 months ago
@rozhie210673 Well, Jane Eyre has been done many many times: it's even good to change something. Although I must say Rochester _is_ very brusque, and even rude especially at the beginning. In fact, he's even worse than rude later... One thing I have to say is that Dalton was handsome: Brontë emphasizes that Jane is nothing more than plain and that Rochester is strong but almost ugly. Personally, while reading I saw him all the time as Albert Finney and Jane as Deborah Kerr. Perfect, for me.
theburt83 7 months ago
@rozhie210673 I agree. How could Rochester be rude to a kind elderly woman like mrs. fairfax. She was just telling her master how glad she was of having him on the house and Rochester rudely interrupts her with a request for tea. In the new version, she kindly brings him some tea but he rudely shuns her off by telling her to keep it.
gambjesu 6 months ago
@gambjesu Yes, he is very rude towards mrs. Fairfax. But I think he acts like that because he feels like she's sucking up to him - which he doesn't want, on the other hand he is very tired of it. In contrast, nothing Jane says is to please him - she just says her mind, and this fascinates him. No one has ever done that before.
MsSarjen 4 months ago
me gusta esta versión, MR. Rochester es más atractivo de lo que me imaginaba al leer el libro, y Jane parece mayor de 18 años. En la versión de 2011 , jane parece una niña y Michael fassbender es el SR. Rochester más guapo de todos.... Bueno eso es lo que a mi me parece
misslizzibennet 8 months ago
I recently saw the Franco Ziferrelli version of this movie and I was EXTREMELY dissapointed. This is the only version I like. lol + Timothy Dalton is extremely amazing to look at. lol
TwilightLuvvverxxx 8 months ago
He is SOOO hot!!!
Girl4Happiness 8 months ago
9:11 "Amuse yourself with disemboweling it" lol!!!
nena505 9 months ago
Love the chemistry between Zelah and Timothy. But he should of thanked her for the tea.
barnabyfraser 9 months ago
Hahaha I love when Mr. Rochester is asking if Jane worshiped Mr. Brocklehurst and she says no and he is like, "Your very cool. No?" haha I just love the way he says it
nice678900 10 months ago
"Here's your present. aMUSE yourself with disemBOWLing it!" lol LOVE LOVE LOVE that line. and they have to keep that in ever adaptation because it's HILARIOUS. xDD
selphiexfairy 10 months ago
This is the best "Jane Eyre's" adaptation that have ever been made! The acting of Timothy Dalton and Zilah Clark is just breathtakingly beatuful, passionate and heart-felt. Thank you for posting this fantastic video.
NatashaDrem 10 months ago
he's not supposed to be so handsome. I mean i like it, but still : )
2345username2345 10 months ago
nobody how much the people in the book says shes plain (and i think ugly?) in my imagination, shes little and pretty...hmm
Ayumura96 10 months ago
Mr. Rochester and Timothy Dalton. My two loves. <3
panchelbel007 11 months ago
Dalton is the best Rochester. Nuff said!
mickeycrazy1 11 months ago
My favorite part is when he says "eight years" at 2:17. He looks/sounds sexy.
itshopkittens 11 months ago 3
"Will Miss Eyre be seated?"
He looks like he's holding back the urge to turn into the Tex Avery wolf at 0:14.
GroovieBuff 11 months ago 2
he is flirting with her
clazza01 1 year ago
"Miss Eyre, come sit by me."
Oh I most certainly would!!! ;) If I was jane *sigh*
ReflectedHeart 1 year ago 3
the child is sooo adorable i want her!
candygirllllll 1 year ago
Love Timothy Dalton but I just don't like Zelah Clarke. I own this dvd and I've seen it tons of times, but my opinion of her is the same.
blkchk 1 year ago
I know Mr. Rochester is supposed to be homely, But I'm sorry, Timothy Dalton is yummy.
blkchk 1 year ago 2
HE'S WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TO HOT TO BE MR. ROCHESTER...
she3ya 1 year ago 9
@she3ya, I know! And she's far too pretty. Mr. Rochester is supposed to be downright homely. Ah well....I'm willing to accept the Divine Dalton as Rochester!
marginallymental 1 year ago 3
@she3ya I know right? But I ain't complainin' :3
loyalfalconflutist 1 year ago
this jane is pretty it's the hair style and the dress that is ruining her
crazeefreebee 1 year ago
I love this versoin of my favourite novel.It seems to be the closest to the original.
Timothy Daltons acting is very impressive -after seeing him I even forgot how I imagined Mr. Rochester reading the novel.Only true and powerful talent can do this- you accept his vision of the things as your own.
Georgiana208 1 year ago
@Georgiana208 Good point! I read Jane Eyre last year and this was the 4th version I watched this year and even though I had never seen it before, he captivated me so that I believed this was who Rochester was :-) I have since listened to one of the audio books of Jane Eyre and, of course, picture Dalton as Rochester. And now I always will . . .
pacemoy 1 year ago
I'm enjoying the film very much
ronssexybikerbae 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this I'm enjoying it very much
ronssexybikerbae 1 year ago
I like this...a lot!!!!!
Mimio100987 1 year ago 2
Thimothy Dalton's voice isn't as dark as Wiliam Hurt's voice nor Toby Stephens. His dark voice can seem fake at times. But they forget that people want an ugly Rochester because that is his attraction. the fact that Dalton is handsome isn't a very good idea to the authencity of Rochester. I have divided feelings for 2011 version
swelinnea94 1 year ago
@swelinnea94 -The 2011 version will be superficious like Charlotte Gainsboroughs version. And in the novel Rochester is not once called ugly, but grim in his physiognomy, due to his circumstances. A big difference.
OurManInMarrakessh 1 year ago
Of course it is the best Jane Eyre. Timothy Dalton is hot stuff :)
inannarising1 1 year ago
I love this production. It comes across as warm and nostalgic in comparison to later versions which aim at purely acting rather than choreography and setting. I´ve read the book so many times and it´s a pleasure to watch such a good tv version.
deirdre1312 1 year ago 4
At the beginning i think he's a tiny bit to harsh
rockurworldforever 1 year ago
james bond fits him better than rochester
kotik122 1 year ago
The best best best Jane Eyre
rawansalem 1 year ago 18
Agree strongly, this version is the best of all the Jane Eyre's of them all.
Woodlander65 1 year ago 29
@Woodlander65 Amen! Well I cannot forget about the one with Orsen Wells.
orlandobabe 1 year ago
@orlandobabe
Yes, i saw that one on TCM movies, they did a decent job in the hollywood studios of the Yorkshire moors for the time, and the house.
What about Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Burns.
Woodlander65 1 year ago
he still seems stern to me but that's part of what makes him hot!
mickeycrazy1 1 year ago
YES PEOPLE HE IS HOT AND DARK AND CREEPY AT THE SAME TIME! THE BLACK CLOTHES, DARK HAIR, AND GREEN EYES WITH A TAN SKIN IS NOT HELPING THE DARK SETTING OF THE MOVIE AND IT'S AN EARIE FEELING WITH BARELY ANY BACKGROUND MUSIC. IT GIVES A TENSION TO THE SETTING SOOO SPOOKY AND YET: I LLLOOOOOOOVVVEEEEE IT !!!!!!!! MAN I EVEN LET HIM SLAP ME AS HE DID IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS! AWESOME!!!
talidina2 1 year ago
he acts way too sexy to be Rochester...Rochester is supposed to be much more cross and stern
corporategeese 1 year ago
jane eyre is entirely too cute!!!
14Aira14 1 year ago
rochester is a very handsome man in this movie and the lady who plays jane is very pretty. i think that this movie has adhered almost perfectly to the novel, except that the two central characters are definitely not ugly!!
thesebananatrees 1 year ago 2
This version is so close to the original book, the dialogue is the same in so many places - it's perfect!
MiraSekelsky 1 year ago 9
I think this was the best Jane Eyre miny movie. Good book as well
AtemusQueen234 1 year ago
Timothy Dalton is so handsome!! He does a good Rochester, but I prefer Toby Stephens, he had that twinkle in the eye lol... He was much funnier and thus more attractive.
lespignonsverts 1 year ago
Timothy Dalton is the perfect Rochester!!!
salazarlp 1 year ago 4
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Zeelulubelle 1 year ago
I like the white lace collar around the women's neck. Very fancy.
udon890 1 year ago
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udon890 1 year ago
she always plays the same tune on the piano
yaoiwhore200 1 year ago
He looks like a damned sphinx. O_O
TheEntryCode 1 year ago 4
What does he means " man in green " ? Sorry, my English is not good.
udon890 1 year ago
@udon890
Men in green. The fairy people.
MsSilentia 1 year ago
She BEWITCHED my horse.
TheEntryCode 1 year ago
He could order me around anytime. *drool*
Serenityluver 1 year ago 12
'IMDb' points out the following as a GOOF for this adaptation:
"Mr. Rochester is seated with a sprained ankle on the sofa as he attempts to draw Jane out. At first, Mr. Rochester's left leg is stretched out and his right is bent upright. When he tells Jane to play the piano in the next room, he is shown with his right leg stretched out and his left leg is bent. When Jane re-enters the room, his leg is switched again."
As we see in this clip, there is NO SUCH GOOF in "Jane Eyre" (1983)!...
mendoncacorreia 1 year ago 5
oooooohh -- I love all the dialogue from the book! I miss that in the 2006 version! I thought this would be stiff and wooden from a few scenes I saw, but I like it - Jane is cute somehow and he's SO brooding and gruff. Good characterization! Tx for uploading!
calamtykel 2 years ago 32
@calamtykel this version is probably the most accurate version I have seen so far...I love it!
IstinaBEPA 1 year ago
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her piano playing is really bad, i could play better and i've never even played it before
leahkhan7 2 years ago
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leahkhan7 2 years ago
Zelah was 29 in this, a young 29 i think.
Jo7welder 2 years ago
I might add, however, that the casting of Pilot was spot on. :D
tony225 2 years ago 5
Ok, first off, yeah that Jane is a lot older than 18 but sometimes an older actress is a better choice because they have more skill as an actress. Second, she is no where near 36. Thirdly, in that era younger people looked much older than they do now. Look at old photographs and you'll see. 21 year olds nowadays look like teenagers. I think Jane looking like a woman in her 20's doesn't really change the story too much, so I wouldn't get hung up on it.
tony225 2 years ago 4
this jane looks far from 18...
twilightfan4eva1 2 years ago 2
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This movie sucks, big time. Jane looks 36 years old, they speak to each other without any life in them, like a manekins. Adele looks bland and not existing. Mrs Fairfax 80 years old. What is Jane playing music that hasn't been composed yet.
4591rWaneleH 2 years ago
Dalton is a great Rochester - handsome enough for an elegant gentleman and at the same with forceful, passionate spark in his eyes. Clarke is able to show a lot just with slight changes in her face, I like the way she plays Jane Eyre, even if sometimes she may seem vapid a little. But... I can't feel any chemistry between them!!! Nothing... Such a pity, because such good actors. That's why I prefer the 2006 version. Thanks a lot for uploading anyway!
84elizabetha1 2 years ago 6
you should look at the 1998 version it is very passionate
AAAAAAAAA2007WOLF 2 years ago
The script here is better than the quite cheesy and downwatered ones of the recent versions. The Toby impersonation comes across too much as a frustrated Hugh Grant who suddenly becomes passionate to compensate for the misfortune. Dalton on the other hand excells without any soundtrack or intimate scenes and despite an annoying Jane portrayal. Sorry, but at times I felt like slapping her just so that she would (re)act at all.
filmfreakdonna 2 years ago
Best versionnnn!!!!
classicalgirl01 2 years ago 3
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Oh my God! UGLY and OLD Jane!And Thimoty Dalton....Shoking BAD!!!!
cseszter7210 2 years ago
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olooshia 2 years ago
@ cseszter7210: Agree wholeheartedly!
where's the dark, powerful side of the story?
olooshia 2 years ago
I think that movie was called-Wild Sagrasso Sea?something like that--love Timothy Dalton--I thought of no other could play Rhette Butler than Clark Gable till I saw the movie-Scarlette
renai0304 2 years ago
In the book, it is mentioned that Mr. Rochester were a fine singer. There is a scene where he sings and plays the piano for Jane.
MaxineIsRight 2 years ago
It happens towards the end of chapter XVII of the novel. Rochester sings 'a Corsair-song' with his 'fine, mellow, powerful bass voice'.
The only adaptation with that scene is "Jane Eyre" (1973). With his baritone voice, Michael Jayston sings 'a Corsair-song' taken from from "The Pirate Song" by Lesley Nelson-Burns.
(In "Jane Eyre" [1970], what George C. Scott did was lip-synching the out-of-place [in my humble opinion...] "Youth's the Season" from "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay.)
mendoncacorreia 2 years ago
Wow cool!
I am watching this at school with my teacher, it's fab!
gemania2001 2 years ago
i have a question @all hier.maybe someone knew the name of the film about the "prehistory"of a Rochesters wife.How she became crazy.
Thanks a lot!
oksana
zauberer260 2 years ago
After watching this version growing up...i couldn't watch any other version. Rochester, Jane, St John ...all so perfect.
abeth217 2 years ago 6
He is so handsome :-D And she is so cute :-D
7hobbit7 2 years ago 53
agreed! I loooove them.
mcocco1891 2 years ago
@7hobbit7 you know, when I was reading the book, I kept imagining him as a truly ugly man but I guess it is just the victorian persception of beauty that was described. It seems that the actors for mr. rochester are pretty handsome and the jane eyre's are pretty as well, this one being the prettiest
IstinaBEPA 1 year ago 4
"Madam, i should like some tea."
Brilliant.
j0andc0 2 years ago 8
esta version le da poca importancia a la primera vez que se ven , les faltó quimica alos actores, el es un excellente actor , pero ella como que no me convence
anitasalvador 2 years ago
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emsidizi 2 years ago
My first impression of Rochester (in the book and the TV productions) was that he was a git, but then that's how we're supposed to find him at first.
RomanticSuzannah 2 years ago 3
WheneverI watch this version it almost seems as if I'm watching a play. I'm not sure why lol it just has a more theater feel than film feel if that makes sense...? Not that it's a bad thing, just an observation.
Britin101 2 years ago 5
I think this version's stiffer, I prefer ruth wilson's depiction of jane - more of a girlish vulnerability about her. Though I love this version for its faithfulness to the book - which is perfect in its dialogue & nuances. Stephen's Rochester is more changeable, which is what he's like in the book, so I prefer him too
belcst 2 years ago
This version follows the book more...but if you want all the passion romancy stuff 2006 is the one to watch. I feel like there's no real chemisty between these two, it's kinda boring at times?! =/
MichaelJacksonCrazii 2 years ago
Hmm, i don't see that Mr. Rochester is longing for Janes attention. As he did at 2006 version. I liked that better, cause you could tell that he was more of a flirt there.
rosa1221 2 years ago 2
Rochester is supposed to be ugly... and he's not. Same goes for Jane.
LoveOceanForever 2 years ago 3
It's good actually. Good to watch, and let our eyes rest on them. As while reading the book, all you hear that they're both ugly, so ugly.
rosa1221 2 years ago
Well most of the Janes haven't been really what you call plain anyway. Joan Fontain anyone.
TVwriter23 2 years ago
spot on rocheshter here
i remember being shocked and then sniggering at how rude he was
pissedatyou2 2 years ago 2
I'm fully prepared to be flamed for this but.....in almost all of the comment pages I've seen for this version of Jane Eyre and the newer 2006 version I've noticed the same complaint: that Toby Stephens (Rochester 2006) was too handsome for the part. But IMO, Timothy Dalton is just as handsome, albeit a little older. Am I sensing double standards here?
InuYashasGirl4life13 2 years ago
Not double standards but better performance from Dalton.
Dalton is closer to Rochester in the book, his injurys at the end are far more realistic than any other Rochester, and he is more involved in the old gypsy woman scenes than stephens. And Dalton as you say is just as hansome, but he also had the look of the vulcan more than stephens ginger phisio.
So its not double standards, Dalton's just a better and more experienced actor.
Having said that stephens is a fine actor as well and 2006...
j0andc0 2 years ago 3
...version is very good indeed, but the 83 version takes it for me.
j0andc0 2 years ago
Hmm, I agree with everything you just said,but it still doesn't really answer my question of why people are against Toby Stephens' performance because of the sole fact that he's handsome. Not to say that YOU'RE one of those people (quite the contrary I should think, actually), but to say that I've definitely come across people who do that. IMO,both actors did an amazing job of bringing out the true Rochester as he is depicted in the book, in addition to adding a certain special 'zing" to it, XD.
InuYashasGirl4life13 2 years ago 2
I cant speak for other people Inu, but i like to think that they can rise above the looks of the actors in their comments, yes their fine looking fellohs no doubt, and are very talented but they are portraying a sullen and withdrawn charector, so it is difficult.
However i agree they both done amazing jobs with the part.
j0andc0 2 years ago
Really and if that's the case there should be no love for Dalton, because that dude was hot.
TVwriter23 2 years ago
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I think that Toby Stephens portrayed Rochester better. At first I wasnt sure until one of the most important scenes, when Jane returns to Rochester after the fire. Toby did the scene SO WELL. I found myself feeling a deeper sympathy for Rochester. Toby did what many other actors (including Dalton) couldn't. Rochester is not supposed to be whole without Jane there...they are supposed to be one heart and mind. Toby makes it very clear that Jane is a part of himself and gives him all happiness.
dtunlimiteda 2 years ago
Thats unfair i think, Dalton portrayed all of these things as well and better, especially when she leaves st john and returns.
Dalton also made it clear that Jane was part of him and his happiness.
j0andc0 2 years ago 5
i dont like the lady who plays jane. i prefer the 2006 lady, she was much more realistic and she was a better actress imo.
cruzx007 2 years ago 5
He comes across as hard and cynical to her, but dont forget hes had his fair share of misery and unjustness in his life before he met Jane.
Bronte portrayed that side of him excellently i thought in the book.
j0andc0 2 years ago
And in the BBC series's as well.
j0andc0 2 years ago
rochester was repeatedly referred to as 'ugly' in the buk but this guy is kinda hot... lol
lolaxxxxmz 2 years ago 3
indeed Dalton is so charming...
MISSLORELY 2 years ago 3
personally, i think he is more charming than handsome - just my .5 cents...
theblacksister 2 years ago
exactly... there is just charm...
MISSLORELY 2 years ago
I'm so glad they kept this dialogue in! The conversations between Rochester and Jane were the best part of the novel, imho.
tomatoherb 2 years ago 5
Hm... a 29 year old playing an 18 year old?
iraqilynn 2 years ago
People aged faster in those days. Hard work, illness and also technology was not advanced enough to corrospond with people's vanity like it is today. Jane Eyre is suppossed to be 'plain' as well so it would probably make sense to cast someone older and therefore looks more hard and mature.
antifairytheory 2 years ago 4
Just look at women in the 40's years ago. Very different from todays woman and even men of their 30's and 40's today. And the fact that she looks older at 29 in 83 when women and men around 29 today can still look like kids
TVwriter23 2 years ago
he is a little bit agressive dint you think? he took the drawing so hard and gived to her the same agressive way!
anagg17 2 years ago 3
Thank you for download this. Timothy is a great actor but I still prefer Toby Stephens.
13ma98 2 years ago 8
I've been watching this scene trying to figure out why rochester was mad and didnt return jane's "good morning" greeting, then I saw the door where he came out of. I believe that's the door leading to the upstairs where bertha is. He probably saw her and got frustrated
TiffKing 2 years ago 5
I don't know if you've read the book, but Rochester actually tells Jane later that he sometimes played the exacting master while at other times was amiable towards her to guage her reaction...he was already in love with her and wanted to ascertain her feelings for him...he tried caprice, kindness, jealousy...anything but actually TELLING the poor girl!
jediqueen77 2 years ago 5
it's interesting that rochester said that he couldnt alter his attitude for one new "inmate" which makes thornfield sound like a prison, which it probably was for rochester with bertha
TiffKing 2 years ago 3
Toby Stephens was a great Rochester. I believe he fit the age more...Rochester is only thirty eight at most. But Toby brought a rough and passionate nature to the 2006 version that none of the other Rochesters- not even Timothy Dalton- could bring.
dtunlimiteda 2 years ago 3
We have to remember that standards of beauty have changed. In Victorian times, the kind of strong and athletic men we might find attractive was not the ideal. Especially among the upper classes, men were admired for having more delicate features and slender builds.
When you read the descriptions of Rochester and Mason, for example, most of us would judge their appearances differently than the characters in the novel do. Mason is "adored" by the ladies, despite being weak and sallow.
sfbaygirl 2 years ago 4
Isnt Rochester supposed to be ugly? That dudes hot!
SuitXXXup 3 years ago 49
@SuitXXXup Not to me, Dalton is only hot to me because of his real life personality.
orlandobabe 1 year ago
From chapter XIII of the novel:
«Let Miss Eyre be seated, said he [...]
«I sat down quite disembarrassed. [...]»
Did she in this adaptation? Any thoughts?...
mendoncacorreia 3 years ago
His semi-Italian accent drives me crazy! I love it!
Catalina1485 3 years ago
It's not semi-Italian..it's a slight Welsh accent LOL!
LittleMilkJug 3 years ago 2
she bewitched my horse!lmao
dova09 3 years ago 3
Rochester's commands irritate me. I'm very much against being told what to do, I guess it comes from having somewhat demanding parents but his frequent commands and rude voice--although rather sexy--make me want to leave a hand print across is face.
EclipsedDawn 3 years ago 2
Thank you for taking the time to put up this series I'd only seen the 2006 version before.
maizy09 3 years ago 4
WOW he's sexy!!!!
Isn't Rochester suppose to be...average looking? Not a total stud xD
Everytime i read the book i picture TD as Rochester...i'm not complaining :D
XxXTwilightFan001XxX 3 years ago 5
Yeah I know isn't he supposed to be generally unattractive?
SlyerThanY0u 3 years ago 2
"He had a dark face, with stern features and a heavy brow; his eyes and gathered eyebrows looked ireful and thwarted just now; .." That's what Brontë says. After that Jane comments that she would have been too shy and feeling too helpless to help him if he had been handsome. ^^
mildetryth 3 years ago
It's a pity about the style of jane's dress - it makes her look a real roly poly
DevaRupa 3 years ago
the acting in this one isn't quite as good as the newest one, but i like it anyway.