Rebecca
WGBH (1997)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
In Collection
#867
8*
Seen ItYes
(3/29/2017 Home)
783421366695
IMDB   7.4
190 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Charles Dance Maxim de Winter
Emilia Fox Mrs. de Winter
Diana Rigg Mrs Danvers
Geraldine James Beatrice
Denis Lill Giles
Tom Chadbon Crawley
Jonathan Cake Jack Favell
John Branwell Ben
Faye Dunaway Mrs. Van Hopper
Director
Jim O'Brien
Producer Steve Matthews
Hilary Heath
Writer/Composer Arthur Hopcraft
Daphne Du Maurier
Cinematography Rex Maidment
Music Christopher Gunning

Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age only a year after his first wife, the beautiful and accomplished Rebecca, dies. She finds herself in an aristocratic social world her middle class upbringing did not prepare her for, and housekeeper Mrs Danvers despises her for taking her darling Rebecca's place. But these are not the only problems to face.
Edition Details
Distributor WGBH
Release Date 2/25/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Stereo [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 3/29/2017
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store PBS Store
Purchase Price $21.01
Condition New
Links + Review: NY Times
‡ Spark Notes: Rebecca novel
Rebecca at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org

Notes
It is inevitable, I suppose, to compare this 1997 Jim O'Brien version of Daphne de Maurier's Rebecca with that of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 masterpiece · Knowing that this Rebecca was coming up for repeat on PBS, I revisited Hitchcock so as to have it fresh in my mind · Well, I probably be condemned to live out all eternity in hell for the blasphemy of suggesting that they are close to being on a par · Hitchcock builds the Gothic suspense as only he can do, perhaps helped by the black and white filming; O'Brien, no longer bound by the idiotic United Stated censorship rules, better develops the lesbian relationship between the housekeeper Mrs· Danvers and the first Mrs· de Winter · The acting in both is superb.