Becoming Jane - DVD

Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to the cruel school institution of Lowood. Upon maturing, she is positioned as governess to a girl named Adele at Thornfield Hall. Fully aware of her low-rank and plain countenance; she makes the best of her situation. But Thornfield holds many secrets and despite mysterious occurrences that Jane cannot comprehend, she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfield and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secret comes to light, and it will take all of her courage, love and maturity to triumph.

Jane Eyre is a coming of age story that follows the experiences of it's eponymous heroine, a young woman fresh out of an orphanage, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. The story is broken into five segments Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she gains friends and role models but suffers privations and oppression; her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Edward Fairfax Rochester; her time in the Moor House, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St John Rivers, proposes to her; and ultimately her reunion with, and marriage to, her beloved Rochester. Throughout these sections, it provides perspectives on a number of important social issues and ideas, many of which are critical of the status quo. It's also unique for the time period in that by being the first to focus on it's protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative

George C. Scott and Susannah York both give exceptional performances in this 1971 adaptation of the beloved classic from Charlotte Bronte. This movie was filmed on location in England near Howath Parsonage in picturesque North Yorkshire. Compelling, sad, tragic, yet hopeful tale of a young orphan girl, Jane Eyre who is sent to the cruel institution of Lowood. Upon leaving Lowood, Jane takes a position as governess at Thornfield Hall to a girl named Adele. Jane is a plain woman of low social class, but makes the best of her situation. Thornfield holds many secrets and despite mysterious occurrences, Jane and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfield and Adele's guardian, fall in love. One hopes that Jane will finally discover the happiness which she deserves, but a dark secret comes to light which may just change all of that. (107 minutes - 1971 - Color - 4 3).