Wuthering Heights (2011 film) Wuthering Heights (2011 film) Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic gothic, period drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name Announced in April 2008, Natalie Portman was originally set to star as Cathy in a new film adaptation of the novel, but she withdrew in May. In May 2008, director John Maybury cast Michael Fassbender as Heathcliff and Abbie Cornish as Cathy. However, in May 2009, Peter Webber was announced
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights rights to the simple title "Wuthering Heights" due to the copyright on their 1939 film version of the novel. The film stars Ralph Fiennes as the tortured Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche as the free-spirited Catherine Earnshaw, in a precursor to their later, successful collaboration on "The English Patient". The role of Heathcliff opened up doors for Ralph Fiennes to play Amon Goeth in "Schindler's List". American director Steven Spielberg claimed he liked Fiennes for Goeth because of his "dark sexuality." The film received mostly negative reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of