Wuthering Heights (2011 film) of 100, based on 24 critics. Andrew O'Hehir of "Salon" placed the film at number one on his list of the top 10 best films of 2012. 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
Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) it to the Birmingham stage in 1998. Masterpiece Theatre presented a 2009 two-part series of "Wuthering Heights" starring English actor Tom Hardy as Heathcliff. In this version, the second-generation characters play a key role, and the telling of the story begins and ends with them. In 2011, director Andrea Arnold directed a film adaptation starring James Howson as Heathcliff. "Wuthering Heights", a single from Kate Bush's 1978 debut album, "The Kick Inside", is told from the perspective of a ghostly Catherine Earnshaw visiting an aged Heathcliff. Australian actor Heath Ledger and his sister were named after Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.