Jude is a 1996 English film, based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The screenplay is written by Hossein Amini. The original music score is composed by Adrian Johnston. The majority of the film was shot in late 1995 in Edinburgh and locations in Country Durham including Durham Cathedral, Durham City, Ushaw College, Blanchland village and Beamish museum. In the Victorian period, Jude Fawley is a young man who dreams of a scholarly university education. Circumstances conspire against him, however, forcing him into a job as a stonemason and an... unhappy marriage to a country girl, Arabella . 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 , who shares his intelligence and disdain for convention. Whilst Jude is clearly enraptured by Sue, she instead decides to marry Jude's old school teacher, Phillotson , after Jude tells her he is married to Arabella.
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| Release date: | October 4, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Michael Winterbottom |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 123 Minutes |
| Producer: | Andrew Eaton |
| Editor: | Trevor Waite |
| Music by: | Adrian Johnston |
| Cinematography: | Eduardo Serra |
| Screenplay by: | Hossein Amini |
| Adapted from: | Jude the Obscure |