Jude (film)

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Jude
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Directed by	Michael Winterbottom
Produced by	Andrew Eaton
Written by	Hossein Amini (screenplay) Based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Starring	Christopher Eccleston Kate Winslet Liam Cunningham
Music by	Adrian Johnston
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Editing by	Trevor Waite
Distributed by	Universal Pictures PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release date(s)	October 4, 1996 (UK)
Running time	123 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English/Latin
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Jude is a 1996 English film, based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and directed by Michael Winterbottom, who also directed The Claim, another Hardy-based movie, in 2000. It tells the story of a stonemason pursuing the cousin he loves even though both are married. The screenplay is written by Hossein Amini. The original music score is composed by Adrian Johnston.

The film gained notoriety^{[citation needed]} for a scene in which Kate Winslet's character is shown giving birth in graphic detail.

1 Plot summary
2 Main cast
3 Marketing
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

In the Victorian period, Jude Fawley (Eccleston) is a young man with dreams of receiving a scholarly university education. Circumstances conspire against him, however, forcing him into a job as a stonemason and an unsatisfactory marriage to a country girl, Arabella (Griffiths). He remains true to his dream, however, and months later, after his wife's sudden departure, heads for the city, where he thinks education lies for any man who is willing to work hard. There he encounters his beautiful cousin, Sue Bridehead (Winslet), who shares his intelligence and disdain for convention, and the two develop a romantic relationship. These unlikely lovers must struggle to keep their relationship from a disapproving world, however, or else face the tragic consequences of public scandal.

[edit] Main cast

Actor	Role
Christopher Eccleston	Jude Fawley
Kate Winslet	Sue Bridehead
Liam Cunningham	Phillotson
Rachel Griffiths	Arabella
June Whitfield	Aunt Drusilla

[edit] Marketing

Taglines used to advertise the film include:

"His world could never change... until she became his world."
"A time without pity. A society with mercy. A love without equal."
"It is a difficult question to answer... Whether to follow your dreams... Or to let life lead you where it will."

[edit] Trivia

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The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

Eccleston shares a brief scene in the film with David Tennant. Nine years later, Tennant succeeded Eccleston in the lead role in Doctor Who. Jude remains the only time that the two have appeared together on-screen.
The majority of the film was shot in Edinburgh in late 1994.^{[citation needed]}