Wuthering High School

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Wuthering High School
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Screenplay byDelondra Williams
Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
Starring Francesca Eastwood
Paloma Kwiatkowski
James Caan
Theme music composerChris Ridenhour
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer David Michael Latt
CinematographyScott Winig
EditorAna Florit
Running time88 minutes
Original release
Network Lifetime
ReleaseMarch 14, 2015 (2015-03-14)

Wuthering High School is a 2015 American made-for-television drama film directed by Anthony DiBlasi and starring Francesca Eastwood, Paloma Kwiatkowski and James Caan. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

It is a modern retelling of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights. [4]

Plot

Cathy and Heath were friends, as children, and engage in a wild and destructive relationship, as teenagers. [4]

Cast

Reception

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the film two stars out of five. [5] Caitlin Gallagher of Bustle magazine notes "The sunniness of California doesn't match the original novel's moodiness (and broodiness) of the moors in northern England..." but observes that the main characters remain unlikeable, as in the novel. [4]

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References

  1. Eichel, Molly (14 March 2015). "Skip Wuthering High School". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. Cain, Brooke (12 March 2015). "What to Watch on Saturday: Lifetime retells 'Wuthering Heights'". The Charlotte Observer . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. Stockly, Ed (13 March 2015). "Saturday TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Wuthering High School'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Caitlin Gallagher (2015-03-14). "Lifetime's 'Wuthering High School' vs. 'Wuthering Heights:' How Faithful Is This Adaptation Of Emily Bronte's Classic?". Bustle magazine . Retrieved 2020-04-03. Cathy and Heath in Wuthering High School are about as hard to like as they are in Wuthering Heights. They knew each other as children (like they did in the books) and the pair's wild love makes them miserable just like it did in the novel. Although the melodrama of Wuthering Heights does fit nicely into the lives of privileged high school students in California, there's something less tolerable about the pair in Wuthering High School than the classic British novel — especially when it comes to Cathy's fate in the movie, which does stay true to Wuthering Heights.
  5. Ashby, Emily. "Wuthering High School". Common Sense Media . Retrieved 25 January 2018.