Friday, July 2, 2010

Wuthering Heights (1970)

Directed by Robert Fuest
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)

Poor old Heathcliff, first he is adopted like a stray dog from the streets of Liverpool by his father, a married man living in the middle of some foggy British moors with his wife and kids. His new brothers and sisters despise him, except for his half-sister Cathy, and they form some kind of lifelong bond. Cathy is shipped off to become a lady, but Heathcliff lives like a wild animal in the stables. Eventually he runs away, and upon his return a few years later not only is he educated but a lady killer as well. All the girls fall in love with him, but the only one he cares about is Cathy. Emotional turmoil follows, but inevitably they end up together in the implausible ending.

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