Jane Eyre DVD set for release

Inquiring minds wanted to know when they could purchase the DVD
starring Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska as Rochester and Jane
Jane Eyre will be available August 16, 2011

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"In pursuit of a bygone era"

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Marie Antoinette mug

Jane Eyre mug
love the quote on this one :)

Darcy mug

Lizzie Bennet mug


Jane Austen mug

"Lost in the Pages" mug

Customised portrait mugs

Marie Antoinette soap dispensers

Madonna

Postcards

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thanks for allowing me to share your creations!

Jane Eyre (2011) - my reluctant review

I've stated before how much I dislike writing reviews but in this case, I feel the need to add my two cents to the many reviews out there so that anyone who hasn't seen it yet might avoid the disappointment that I felt after having seen it.

Let me just say that when I heard they were planning an adaptation of Jane Eyre, my first reaction was that it was unnecessary and too soon after the 2006 series with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson. As more information was provided by Focus Features (to excess in my opinion), I became more enthused about seeing the film with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. I was especially encouraged when I read some reviews from those who are avid fans of the book giving it a hearty thumbs up.

Perhaps it was because I ventured out to the theatre with such high expectations that it made it impossible for the film to match up to them. Was the film bad? Certainly not, it was a top notch production with beautiful cinematography and solid performances from Mia and Michael (and Judi Dench). But it failed to impress me as a whole. Some have mentioned that the film was too cut up with the scenes going back and forth in time. I didn't mind that for the most part as I realized the director had to try to fit in so much of the book's plot in the short time allotted for a feature film. And yet other times, these little snippets of scenes failed to capture enough of the plot or the character's emotions. One of my biggest frustrations were the long drawn out pauses which seemed an attempt to create a mood which I would have gladly traded away for more time spent on filling in the many holes left in the plot.

I can't help but compare it to the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice which had the same challenge of trying to cover so much detail in a short time. Although that film is not one of my top favoured period dramas, I think it did succeed in capturing the essence and spirit of its novel in the condensed time of a feature film.

I know there are plenty of people out there who have thoroughly enjoyed the new Jane Eyre, I just want to caution some of you that it might not be all you had hoped it would. And if you go see it, I hope that you will love it and feel free to disagree with me!

Jane Eyre (2011) - Featurette video

For those who can't get enough, here's another video from Focus Features of Jane Eyre with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.

Reminder, for those in the States wanting to find when it's playing, check here for a theatre near you.
In Canada, it opened in Toronto on March 18, to be followed by Montreal and Vancouver on March 25 and Ottawa on April 1.

Other countries:
Estonia 18 March 2011
Turkey 13 May 2011
South Korea 21 May 2011
France 7 September 2011
Germany 8 September 2011
UK 9 September 2011
Sweden 14 October 2011

Jane Eyre (2011) - another video preview

Here's yet another video preview for the upcoming Jane Eyre
with Wasikowska and Fassbender.

Jane Eyre (2011) - costume design

Check out the wedding outfits for Jane and Rochester, thanks to costume designer Michael O'Connor. (He's also designed the wardrobe for period dramas: The Eagle, Wallis & Edward, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, and Tom Brown's Schooldays and The Duchess for which he won an Oscar.)

These are the outfits worn by Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender in the 2011 film.

Check them out at Hollywood Movie Costumes & Props!

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Jane Eyre (2011) - musical score by Dario Marianelli

Dear Focus Features,
it's swell that you wish to share so much information with those of us eager to see the new adaptation but if you keep up this pace, I'll feel like I've already seen the entire film. Great to see a video which includes a taste of the musical score but it's accompanied with more scenes from the film which I'd like to enjoy for the first time while seated at the cinema!

Dario Marianelli has previously done the musical score for Atonement, The Brothers Grimm, Pride & Prejudice (2005) and I Capture the Castle.

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Jane Eyre (2011) - new video interviews with Mia, Michael & director

There seems to be a plethora of press for this film! Here are new interviews found on TrailerAddict.com for upcoming Jane Eyre (2011).

Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska, Cary Fukunaga


Interview with Michael Fassbender

Interview with Mia Wasikowska

Interview with director Cary Fukunaga

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Jane Eyre wallpaper, Mia tops at box office

Wallpaper for Jane Eyre (2011)

From WalletPop:
"For the highest-grossing actress in the world, according to Forbes.com, Jane Eyre lead Mia Wasikowska doesn't seem too concerned with salary amount when choosing a film. "It's not like I would ignore it, but it depends," she told WalletPop recently. "It always depends on what the project is. Firstly and primarily, I would rather do something that is fulfilling." Easy to say when your movies have earned a cool $1.03 billion at the box office within a year. Easy to say when you're able to mix a mega-blockbuster like Alice in Wonderland with a hit indie like the Oscar-nominated best picture, The Kids are All Right. Wasikowska next inhabits everyone's favorite empowered governess, Jane Eyre, in a new cinema version that opens March 11.

Only Leo DiCaprio (Inception, Shutter Island), at $1.1 billion, stood in Wasikowska's way as the top ticket-earner last year. It should be noted that Forbes based its list on nothing other than what the actors' movies made when they were in the lead. So please spare us the comments that Alice director Tim Burton or costar Johnny Depp perhaps had more to do with putting butts in the velvet seats. Those figures still carry a lot of digits and she was Alice."

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Jane Eyre (2011) - video interviews, behind the scenes

I've posted new video interviews for Jane Eyre with Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender and Judi Dench courtesy of TrailerAddict.com. There are also 4 videos which include a peek at behind-the-scenes, I've posted one below.

Also found on Trailer Addict's site are video interviews with actors: Sally Hawkins, Tamzin Merchant, Jamie Bell, Holliday Grainger, Imogen Poots, as well as director Cary Fukunaga, screenwriter Moira Buffini and producer Alison Owen.

Interview with Mia Wasikowska

Interview with Michael Fassbender

Interview with Judi Dench

On the film set

More videos at TrailerAddict.com

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Michael Fassbender interview & a Mock Poster for Jane Eyre

I wanted to share this lovely mock poster for Jane Eyre, created so skillfully by kf-creations!! Thanks kiteflier for allowing me to post it here! Love it!

In Michael Fassbender's interview with Jo Ellison of Vogue, there is mention of working with Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre..."If Fassbender is comfortable with his apparent overnight fame, it's because it's been a long, long time in the making. Having dropped out of drama college as a 20-year-old, he spent the best part of a decade struggling to get the small breaks before landing his golden ticket."

Fassbender: “The wilderness years…well, I was working. I mean, God, there are people in the wilderness who are really in the wilderness. [My life] was very sporadic; you know - a guest spot on Holby City. Six episodes on something here or there. Working behind a bar. A lot of thinking should I go home. And I made a balls of soooo many auditions.”

“Talent is a very small percent of success - there are massively talented people out there who will never be seen on screen or on stage. People always go on about talent, but you’ve got to have the chance; meet the person who will work with you, and with the script that just suits you. Timing is massive.”

[Fassbender] may argue that his process is boring and prosaic, but Mia Wasikowska paints a different picture. "To work with someone like Michael is to have an ally and friend," she says. "From the beginning I felt fiercely supported by him. He brings with him a worldliness that informs his performances, a depth of emotion that is both raw and beautiful, and an infectiously cheeky energy that would lift the whole crew." She talks also of his "honest curiosity," a trait writ large through all his conversations, and his sense of humour. "I had the most incredible fun working with him." The feeling's mutual: "She's phenomenal," he says of the 21-year-old actress. "She taught me so much."

"This year Fassbender will star in no fewer than four films: he plays Jung opposite Viggo Mortensen’s Freud and Keira Knightly in David Cronenberg’s psychoanalytical drama A Dangerous Method; he co-stars in Steven Soderbergh’s Dublin crime caper Haywire (with Ewan McGregor); ... as Mr. Rochester, opposite Mia Wasikowska’s Jane Eyre, in a sinister re-telling of the Bronte classic, directed by Cary Fukunaga. And right now, he’s donning the latex as Ian McKellen’s former alter-ego Magneto in Vaughn’s re-booted X-Men: First Class, filming at Pinewood, and due out this summer."

Article can be found at Michael Fassbender Online
Photo by: Boo George

Jane Eyre (2011) - film clip #5 - Mrs Fairfax (Judi Dench)

Dame Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax in upcoming JANE EYRE

Here's yet another film clip!

Dear Focus Features, do you plan on showing the entire film ahead of time?! Posting it here for those eager to see the upcoming adaptation with Wasikowska & Fassbender...

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Jane Eyre (2011) - 2 MORE film clips including proposal scene

If Focus Features keeps up this pace, the whole film will be released before its release! Here are 2 more film clips besides the ones that appeared online yesterday.

Mia Wasikowksa & Michael Fassbender in Jane Eyre
March 11 [limited release]

Proposal scene...

Watch 2nd film clip on iVillage

2 previous film clips

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Jane Eyre (2011) - 2 new film clips

Focus Features has released 2 film clips from Jane Eyre, due in cinemas on March 11th, 2011 starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.

The first clip shows an oh-so-tender moment between Jane and Rochester. I'm surprised that the producers are revealing that scene to us already! The second clip features Jane with the Rivers family.

2 additional film clips

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Jane Eyre (2011) - Image gallery 4

New images from upcoming Jane Eyre

with Mia Wasikowska & Michael Fassbender...
Source: Monsters & Critics