A Wonderful Book&Movie!

[Sonnet]

WH is my favorite book. And I have saw all versions, even the foreign ones. In almost every country there is a version of WH adapted to the specific culture.
This is a timeless love story. A tearjerker. My Mom read it&my teenage son read it in his sophomore year. Required reading.
The best Movie version, IMO, is the 1992 version with Ralph Fiennes&Juliette Binoche playing the doomed lovers. The second, a 1998 PBS Production. But, most have been very good. The MTV version set in Modern day, would have been better if it had not been a musical, but the attempt was promising. I'd like to see an African-American version--with Heathcliff coming from the ghettos of Harlem to the Penthouses of Manhattan, or the Mansions of Queens. THAT would be remarkable!

I have heard rumors that WH was based at least in part, to Emily Brontes real life--that she was secretly in love with a married neighbor&he died. In other words, she was the Heathcliff character, more or less! Believable.

[mono]

Hello, Sonnet, welcome to the forums. :)
That I have heard so many good comments on the film adaptations of Wuthering Heights, perhaps I should actually take some time to watch one or two.
That you sound like such a fan of Emily Brontë's brilliant novel, perhaps this thread will interesting you, referring to an opera based on Wuthering Heights by Bernard Hermann:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12793

[Sarah's_Chanson]

I have only seen one version of Wuthering Heights and I only know that Matthew Macfadyen played Hareton (and soon Mr Darcy!). I thought that version was alright, but I'd love to see the Ralph Fiennes version as he is one of my all time favourite actors.

[we_rum]

I need to see a Wuthering Heights movie, but I'm afraid it will ruin the flavour. Ralph Fiennes might be ok- though I've seen him in a few films playing very weak male roles and I fear that will cloud my perception. However, he showed he can play the "tough guy" with his Red Dragon preformance- a serial killer no less! He does look the part, though as does Laurance Olivier, who is simply brilliant in everything he touches, so I'd like to see that version (although Ive heard Catherine was not cast well).

[veronic]

Ralph Fiennes just may surprise you, we_rum- I thought he was brilliant in this film. And I think I know what weak male roles you're talking about, well then, I guess he's just a very good actor.
I personally was surprised at how undisappointed I was from that movie. Usually while reading a book I have those scenes so perfectly set in my mind, and then comes the director with his new brilliant ideas, and ruins everything (that's why film adaptations scare me most of the time, it's really difficult to regain your own vision afterwards). But in that adaptation it really looks like the movie went hand in hand with the novel, and even more important- hand in hand with its atmosphere. It has a great darkish, romantic (may I dare say Gothic), intense feeling to it.