Wuthering Heights [in Book Charlotte And Emily Bronte ](stars Timothy Dalton)

Plot

In the late winter months of 1801, a man named Lockwood rents a manor house called Thrushcross Grange in the isolated moor country of England. Here, he meets his dour landlord, Heathcliff, a wealthy man who lives in the ancient manor of Wuthering Heights, four miles away from the Grange. In this wild, stormy countryside, Lockwood asks his housekeeper, Nelly Dean, to tell him the story of Heathcliff and the strange denizens of Wuthering Heights. Nelly consents, and Lockwood writes down his recollections of her tale in his diary; these written recollections form the main part of Wuthering Heights. --IMDB.com
The Story: The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the Moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy-- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor. --Written by Marg Baskin marg@asd.raytheon.ca
This version of Wuthering Heights, starring Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall, is the only one that truly has realized Bronte's work, no transformed it! into screen. The music, although I haven't heard it since 1970, when the film was released, haunts me today. Its melancholy flute solo underscores a savage, brilliant performance by Timothy Dalton. Bravo! Timothy Dalton. You are Heathcliff! --http://www.imdb.com/user/ur0401446/comments?ref_=tt_urv