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Adaptation of Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys , 1966 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Wide Sargasso Sea
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Film Details - Laughing Kookaburra Productions , 1993

Producers:

Jan Sharp (Producer)
Sara Risher (Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Laughing Kookaburra
Sargasso Productions

Director of Photography:

Geoff Burton

Editors:

Anne Goursaud
Jimmy Sandovi

Production Designers:

Franckie Diago

Composer:

Stuart Copeland

Cast:

Incl. Karina Lombard (Antoinette Cosway), Nathaniel Parker (Edward Rochester), Rachel Ward (Annette Cosway), Michael York (Paul Mason), Martine Beswick (Aunt Cora - credited as Martine Beswicke), Claudia Robinson (Christophene), Huw Christie Williams (Richard Mason), Casey Berna (Young Antoinette), Rowena King (Amelie), Ben Thomas (Daniel Cosway), Paul Campbell (Young Bull), Audbrey Pilatus (Drummer), Ancile Gloudon (Nelson), Dominic Needham (Pierre), Kevin Thomas (Benbow), Aisha King (Myra), Anika Gordon (Hilda), Elfreida Reid (Rose), Bobby Smith (Machete Man), Suzanne McMannus (Florinda), Pat Gooden (Margaretta), Clifford Burt (Fraser), Naomi Watts (Fanny Grey), James Earl (Man with Torch), Kayarsha Russell (Cora's Maid), Jenny Wilson (Grace Poole), Helen Woods (Leah).

Release Dates:

1. 16 April 1993 (USA). Released in the UK on 4 June 1993, and in Germany on 10 June 1993.
2. Released in Australia on videocassette in 1993 by Roadshow Home Video and on DVD in 2003 by New Line Home Video (in the USA) and in 2007 by Roadshow Entertainment (in Australia).

Location:

  • Jamaica

Notes:

Also known as Fiamme di Passione (Italy), Gran mar de los Sargazos, El (Spain), Kaukainen Sargassomeri (Finland), Llamaradas de pasión (Venezuela), Mar de Desejos (Portugal), Sargasso Sea - Im Meer der Leidenschaft (Germany), and Széles Sargasso-tenger (Hungary).

Subjects:
  • Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë , 1847 single work novel
  • c
    Jamaica,
    c
    Caribbean, Americas,
Settings:
  • ca. 1840s
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