Wuthering Heights (1998 film)

Wuthering Heights is a 1998 British television film directed by David Skynner and starring Robert Cavanah, Orla Brady, and Sarah Smart.^[2] It was produced by Jo Wright. It is based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The novel was adapted for the screen by Neil McKay. The film was released by ITV on 5 April 1998 in the United Kingdom and released by WGBH-TV on 18 October 1998 in the United States.

Wuthering Heights
Directed by	David Skynner[1]
Written by	Neil McKay
Based on	Wuthering Heights 1847 novel by Emily Brontë
Produced by	Louise Berridge Jo Wright (executive producer) Rebecca Eaton (executive producer)
Starring	Robert Cavanah Orla Brady Sarah Smart
Music by	Warren Bennett
Production companies	London Weekend Television WGBH-TV
Distributed by	ITV
Release dates	5 April 1998 (1998-04-05) (UK) 18 October 1998 (1998-10-18) (US)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Four years later, Smart would star in Sparkhouse, a gender-reversed BBC adaptation of Wuthering Heights in which Smart played the Heathcliff role (renamed to Carol).^[3]

Plot summary

Mr Earnshaw takes in Heathcliff, a mistreated foundling, and raises him alongside his stepsister Catherine. The two develop a romantic relationship, but Catherine ultimately decides to marry a wealthy man. Heathcliff becomes fixated on seeking revenge and this obsession carries over into the following generation.

Cast

• Robert Cavanah as Heathcliff
• Peter Davison as Joseph Lockwood
• Orla Brady as Cathy Earnshaw
• Tom Georgeson as Joseph
• Matthew Macfadyen as Hareton Earnshaw
• Sarah Smart as Catherine Linton
• Kadie Savage as young Cathy Earnshaw
• Ken Kitson as Mr. Earnshaw
• Flora Montgomery as Isabella Linton
• Ian Shaw as Hindley Earnshaw
• Crispin Bonham-Carter as Edgar Linton
• David Maybrick as Gaddick
• Catherine Cheshire as Frances Earnshaw
• Polly Hemingway as Nelly Dean