Wuthering Heights | |
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Directed by | William Wyler |
Screenplay by | Charles MacArthur Ben Hecht John Huston (uncredited) |
Based on | Wuthering Heights 1847 novel by Emily Brontë (credited as Emily Bronté) |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier David Niven Flora Robson Donald Crisp Geraldine Fitzgerald Hugh Williams |
Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
Edited by | Daniel Mandell |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $624,643[2] (1989 re-issue) |
Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American romantic period drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and David Niven, and based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only 16 of the novel's 34 chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston (uncredited). The supporting cast features Flora Robson and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
The outdoor scenes were filmed in Thousand Oaks, California, with scenes shot in Wildwood Regional Park and at the current site of California Lutheran University.[3][4][5]
The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards,[6] including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The 1940 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white category, was awarded to Gregg Toland for his work. Nominated for original score (but losing to The Wizard of Oz) was the prolific film composer Alfred Newman, whose poignant "Cathy's Theme" does so much "to maintain its life as a masterpiece of romantic filmmaking."[7]
In 2007, Wuthering Heights was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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