Wide Sargasso Sea

[1993, Movie]

Wide Sargasso Sea: Review

WIDE SARGASSO SEA is adapted from Jean Rhys' intriguing speculative "prequel" to Charlotte Bronte's JANE EYRE, in which Rhys traces the early life of the "madwoman in the attic" of Bronte's gothic classic. Director John Duigan (SIRENS, FLIRTING) has added enough steamy sensuality to his screen version to earn the film an NC-17 rating, but fails to evoke the dark, disorienting power of Rhys' novel. Model Karina Lombard (THE FIRM) plays Antoinette Cosway, a Jamaican Creole ... read more

Wide Sargasso Sea: Cast & Details

Year: 1993
Rated NC-17

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Cast
Karina Lombard: Antoinette Cosway
Nathaniel Parker: Rochester
Rachel Ward: Annette Cosway
Michael York: Paul Mason
Martine Beswicke: Aunt Cora
Claudia Robinson: Christophene

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Wide Sargasso Sea: TV Guide News

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Ask FlickChick: What's up with Johnny Depp's Dark Shadows, and can you name these movies?Question: Is the Dark Shadows movie dead and, if not, is Johnny Depp still going to be in it? -- HCRDFlickChick: Dark Shadows, a joint project between Johnny Depp's Infinitum-Nihil production company and producer Graham King's GK Films, is still in development, but it doesn't look as though a lot has gone on since mid-2007. That's when they secured rights from the estate of Dan Curtis to base a movie on the 1966-1971 supernatural soap opera; Curtis developed the series, made two feature films based on it in the 1970s, and later went on to produce and direct a slew of supernatural films, mostly for TV. At this time, there's no screenwriter attached to the project, but it does have a distributor: Warner Bros. Dark Shadows was briefly and unsuccessfully revised as a 1990s TV series, but there is a loyal fan base who could make a theatrical film successful, if – and only if – it got the... read more
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Question: When I was in high school, I remember my English teacher telling me about a movie based on Jane Eyre and told read more

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