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Wide Sargasso Sea (1992)
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Synopsis
Director
John Duigan
brings Jean Rhys' difficult 1966 best-selling novel to the screen. It's a story meant to be a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre, surmising what drove the first Mrs. Rochester mad in that novel. In Jamaica in the 1840s, slavery has been recently outlawed. Plantation owner Annette Cosway (
Rachel Ward
) has become so poor that she marries a rich, boorish Englishman whom she does not love. Her husband, Paul Mason (
Michael York
), is a sexist, racist tyrant who mistreats his servants and his wife. Paul flees to England after the servants and their countrymen revolt and burn down the mansion, killing Annette's young son. Annette goes insane and is consigned to the care of a servant. Her daughter Antoinette (Karina Lombard) is placed in a convent until she is old enough to inherit the property, but the inheritance depends on her marrying a proper husband. By previous arrangement, she marries Edward Rochester (
Nathaniel Parker
). At first they are lustily in love, but Rochester proves to be as elitist who is as disrespectful as Mason. Rochester has title to all of Antoinette's property, but he despises Jamaica and wants to return to England. He also fears the black magic of Christophene (Claudia Robinson), who mixes up a voodoo potion which ends up driving the couple farther apart. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Cast
Martine Beswicke
Aunt Cora
Rowena King
Amelie
Karina Lombard
Antoinette Cosway
Nathaniel Parker
Edward Rochester
Claudia Robinson
Christophene
Rachel Ward
Annette Cosway
Huw Christie Williams
Richard Mason
Michael York
Paul Mason
Production Crew
Susan Bolles
Art Director
Jean Rhys
Book Author
Gabriel Beristain
Cinematographer
Geoff Burton
Cinematographer
Stewart Copeland
Composer (Music Score)
Norma Moriceau
Costume Designer
John Duigan
Director
Anne Goursaud
Editor
Sara Risher
Executive Producer
James Cohen
First Assistant Director
P.J. Voeten
First Assistant Director
Noriko Watanabe
Makeup
Ian Sharp
Producer
Karen Koch
Producer
Michael Howells
Production Designer
Ian Sharp
Screenwriter
John Duigan
Screenwriter
Shelagh Delaney
Screenwriter
Steve Kirshoff
Special Effects
Year: 1992
Runtime: 98
Country: Australia
MPAA Rating: NC17
for strong, explicit sexuality
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Romance
Sound
Dolby
Produced by
Fine Line Features
New Line Cinema
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