Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel "Wuthering Heights" directed by Peter Kosminsky. This was Ralph Fiennes's film debut. This particular film is notable for including the oft-omitted second generation story of the children of Cathy, Hindley, and Heathcliff. The movie revolves around the lives of the Earnshaws and the Lintons. It portrays the role of suffering, revenge, and unrequited love in society. Paramount Pictures was forced to use the author's name in the title of the film as Samuel Goldwyn Studio (later sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) owned the
Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) as to whether she could ever be admitted into Heaven. The uncertain fate of Heathcliff's soul, combined with the mystery that Heathcliff's character leaves behind, ends the novel in a mesmerizing, eerie way, justifying Heathcliff's enduring status as an iconic anti-hero of literature. In 1939, Laurence Olivier portrayed Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", directed by William Wyler. Olivier received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance. In 1970, Timothy Dalton portrayed Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", directed by Robert Fuest. Ralph Fiennes's portrayal of Heathcliff in 1992's "Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights" marked the second film adaptation to attempt to involve