{"id":6929,"date":"2013-11-19T23:43:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T07:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=6929"},"modified":"2021-12-12T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:25:31","slug":"review-janeeyre-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/11\/review-janeeyre-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Eyre Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2f4f4f;\" title=\"Jane Eyre Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/twilighttime-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><b><i>Jane Eyre<\/i><\/b> is a brilliant adaptation from Charlotte Bront\u00eb\u2019s novel featuring wonderful performances from Orson Welles, Jane Fontaine and Peggy Ann Garner portraying the young Jane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Jane Eyre<\/span><br \/>\n(1944)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Genre(s): <\/b>Drama<br \/>\nTwilight Time | NR \u2013 96 min. \u2013 $29.95 | November 12, 2013<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-color: #120b78; border-width: 0px; ; width: 660px;\" border=\"0\" frame=\"border\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/screenarchives.com\/title_detail.cfm\/ID\/26254\/JANE-EYRE-1944\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 3px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy Jane Eyre from Screen Archives\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2013\/janeeyre-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Robert Stevenson<br \/>\n<b>Writer(s): <\/b>Charlotte Bronte (novel); Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson and John Houseman (screenplay)<br \/>\n<b>Cast: <\/b>Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>Audio Commentaries, Featurette, Theatrical Trailer<br \/>\n<b>Number of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n<p><b>Audio: <\/b>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)<br \/>\n<b>Video: <\/b>1080p\/Full Frame 1.33<br \/>\n<b>Subtitles: <\/b>English SDH<br \/>\n<b>Disc Size: <\/b>31.0 GB<br \/>\n<b>Codec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE MOVIE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Plot Outline: <\/b>Charlotte Bront\u00eb\u2019s passionate Victorian novel is brought to the screen in classic fashion in this 1943 version of <b><i>Jane Eyre<\/i><\/b>, directed by Robert Stevenson (<i>Old Yeller<\/i>, <i>Mary Poppins<\/i>) and starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. The film details Jane\u2019s dramatic journey from the brutality of a school for impoverished children, following as she goes out into the world, becoming a governess at the mysterious Thornfield Hall and breaking taboos by falling in love with her mercurial master, the brooding Edward Rochester (ORSON WELLES).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Not surprising, Twilight Time has provided a fair number of features. Inside the case is a six-page essay.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Audio Commentaries<\/span><\/b> \u2013 Two tracks are included: 1) Biographer Joseph McBride and Actress Margaret O\u2019Brien, and 2) Film Historians Julie Kirgo, Nick Redman, and Steven C. Smith<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind <i>Jane Eyre<\/i> (18:48)<\/span><\/b> is a featurette that looks at the film and specifically on star Orson Welles and director Robert Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cKnow Your Ally Britain\u201d (42:12)<\/span><\/b> is a United States War Department film directed by Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original Theatrical Trailer (2:16)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Isolated Score Track<\/span><\/b> allows you to listen to the amazing music by Bernard Herrmann<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Presumably, the film elements of <b><i>Jane Eyre<\/i><\/b> never was properly stored so what is presented here is cobbled from different sources resulting in soft glows at times, detail levels which aren\u2019t overly impressive and a certain amount of grain which permeates the film. Still, this 1080p high-def transfer isn\u2019t all bad and frankly this is the best <b><i>Jane Eyre<\/i><\/b> will ever look with some kudos to the restoration team for doing what they could.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track has certain obvious limitations that offer OK dialogue levels while the background effects come across well enough. Hardly perfect, this lossless track is more than reasonable considering its age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 4.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, <b><i>Jane Eyre<\/i><\/b> is a brilliant adaptation from Charlotte Bront\u00eb\u2019s novel featuring wonderful performances from Orson Welles, Jane Fontaine and Peggy Ann Garner portraying the young Jane. The Blu-ray released by Twilght Time offers up solid video\/audio while the bonus material wasn\u2019t terrible with the commentaries well worth a listen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Published: <\/b>11\/19\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Eyre is a brilliant adaptation from Charlotte Bront\u00eb\u2019s novel featuring wonderful performances from Orson Welles, Jane Fontaine and Peggy Ann Garner portraying the young Jane. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[2756,2755,1892],"class_list":["post-6929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-jane-eyre","tag-orson-welles","tag-twilight-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6929"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27483,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929\/revisions\/27483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}