A 1970 British film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Susannah York and George C. Scott. Notable for its Emmy Award-winning score by an up-and-coming young composer named John Williams.note
"Reader, I used these tropes":
- Adaptational Timespan Change: In the novel, Jane showed some of her paintings to Mr. Rochester which were created during her vacation in Lowood. In this adaptation, Jane paints at least one of them when she's in Thornfield Hall.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In this version, Rochester states that he truly loved Bertha before she went mad, unlike in the novel, where he barely knew her before marrying her in naive infatuation and despised her long before she lost her mind.
- Bookends: The movie starts and ends with the scene showing the moors.
- Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Jane plays part of the movie's theme music on the piano twice.
- Dramatic Shattering: Mr. Rochester threw and break his wine glass near the fireplace after he heard from Jane that Adele shouldn't be responsible for her mother and his mistakes.
- Grave-Marking Scene: Jane is shown offering flowers to Helen's grave before leaving Lowood.
- Lonely Piano Piece: The soundtrack prominently incorporates a soaring piano solo.
- Redubbing: A dubbed version of this film became wildly popular in China, of all places, with even an audiocassette release of the Mandarin dub becoming a top seller.
- Tarot Troubles: Mr. Rochester does reading about himself to show his fortune telling abilities to his guests. When he pulls an Ace card, Jane tells him that Mr. Mason has arrived.
