Wuthering Heights (1970 film)

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
	US theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Fuest
Written by	Patrick Tilley
Based on	Wuthering Heights; (1847 novel); by Emily Brontë
Produced by	Samuel Z. Arkoff; James H. Nicholson
Starring	Anna Calder-Marshall; Timothy Dalton; Harry Andrews; Hugh Griffith; Ian Ogilvy; Judy Cornwell; ;
Cinematography	John Coquillon
Edited by	Ann Chegwidden; Reginald Mills (sup.)
Music by	Michel Legrand
Production; company	American International Pictures
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI Film Distributors (UK)
Release dates	25 December 1970 (Los Angeles); 10 June 1971 (UK)
Running time	104 mins.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$800,000
Box office	$4.5 million (est.)

Wuthering Heights is a 1970 British^[1] period romantic drama film directed by Robert Fuest, based on the 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name. It stars Anna Calder-Marshall as Cathy and Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff, with supporting roles played by Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown, Hugh Griffith, Ian Ogilvy, and Judy Cornwell.

The film was produced by the British branch of American International Pictures,^[1] who also distributed the film in the United States. Like the 1939 version, it depicts only the first sixteen chapters concluding with Cathy Linton's death and omits the trials of her daughter, Hindley's son, and Heathcliff's son.

The film opened to mixed reviews, but was a commercial success, grossing $4.5 million from a $800,000 production budget. Michel Legrand’s score earned a Best Original Score nomination at the 28th Golden Globe Awards.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Wuthering Heights (1970)". BFI Collections. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "Movies: Opening". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1970. Calendar, p. 20.
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^ ^a ^b "American International Pictures' Profit Steady: Company Says Results for Third Fiscal Quarter Were About the Same as for Year-Ago Period". Wall Street Journal. 12 October 1971. p. 37.

[bfi-1] "Wuthering Heights (1970)". BFI Collections. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[2] "Movies: Opening". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1970. Calendar, p. 20.

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[wall-4] "American International Pictures' Profit Steady: Company Says Results for Third Fiscal Quarter Were About the Same as for Year-Ago Period". Wall Street Journal. 12 October 1971. p. 37.

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