Well over one hundred years ago, Thomas Hardy experienced critical backlash against his novel "Jude the Obscure" and never wrote another novel. This film version is also controversial, but definitely worth a look. This stars Christopher Eccleston in the title role as a stonemason who yearns for higher learning and a better life. Eccleston's portrayal of Jude is excellent in that he is no Hollywood pretty boy. His ears are too big and his face sallow, but his expressions and gaunt look help his performance immensely, especially in the latter half of the film. Too bad the audience is left in the…
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Jude
Overview
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
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Release date
06/02/1996
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145
Popularity
2.5
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Kate Winslet
Sue Bridehead
Christopher Eccleston
Jude Fawley
Liam Cunningham
Phillotson
Rachel Griffiths
Arabella
June Whitfield
Aunt Drusilla
James Nesbitt
Uncle Joe
Paul Bown
Uncle Jim
Berwick Kaler
Farmer Troutham
Paul Copley
Mr. Willis
Ken Jones
Mr Biles
Emma Turner
Sarah
Caitlin Bossley
Anny
Mark Lambert
Tinker Taylor
Vernon Dobtcheff
Curator
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Auctioneer
David Tennant
Drunk Undergraduate
Freda Dowie
Elderly Landlady
Amanda Ryan
Gypsy Saleswoman
Darren Tighe
Punter
Dexter Fletcher
Priest
Adrian Bower
Blacksmith
Kerry Shale
Showman
Moray Hunter
Politician
Raymond Ross
Old Man
Lorraine Hilton
Shopkeeper
Sean McKenzie
1st Stonemason
Richard Albrecht
2nd Stonemason
James Daley
Jude as a Boy
Ross Colvin Turnbull
Little Jude
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Set amidst a very much class-ridden Britain, the eponymous aspiring stone mason (Christopher Eccleston) has settled down to marriage with "Arabella" (Rachel Griffiths) but dreams of escaping his life of physical labours and entering university. That opportunity might just come his way when she leaves him and he heads to the town where his cousins "Sue" (Kate Winslet) lives. She's a bit of a firebrand and despite their relationship they begin, well, a relationship. He isn't entirely honest with her, though, and when she discovers that he is still married, albeit estranged, she reacts in a fashi…
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