Rebecca 1979 NEW VERSION (1-4 Complete) Better Quality 2024 Jeremy Brett - Please read description

A new/different version of this miniseries starring Jeremy Brett and Joanna David has been discovered. I have been unsuccessful at finding out where it came from.

It is (all together) a few minutes longer than older versions. It is also higher quality, less blurry, and many of the shots (especially close-ups) are less zoomed in and have a wider frame. I took the four episodes, put them together, and then (FAN EDIT warning HAHA) increased the sharpness, lighting, contrast, color, and published at a higher resolution.

The originals of this newer version I happened to stumble upon, (and it looks like it was uploaded just in February of 2024, amazingly) were uploaded to archive (dot) org.

If you'd like to see the original uploads, without any contrast or color editing, the link I got the 4 episodes from is here:

(( copied description from my older version:
Fan Re-edit (partial-remaster) (An experiment I did) .... I went and stitched the parts of the Rebecca 1979 episodes already on youtube into 4 videos, 1 per episode. Then increased the sharpness, lighting, contrast, color, and published at a higher resolution. This was done mostly as an experiment for myself. If you like it, thank you, and you can watch all 4 parts on my channel. If you don't like parts of my editing, please feel free to watch the older versions already on youtube instead.))

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[mildahenson]

Thank you Ms Betsy for a very wonderful work - this version is the most amazing of all - although Jeremy Brett and his ex wife Anna Massey were no longer with us - they left an indelible mark of creativity to the world - thanks once again for your hard work ❤️

[williamnorman]

I have now watched all four episodes of this newly restored and improved 'Rebecca'. My heartfelt gratitude and thanks to all those involved, since to my mind this is much the best dramatization of 'Rebecca' ever made. In stark contrast, there was a TV series of 'Rebecca' released in 1997. I thought this was terrible. In this version, there was an unimaginably stupid decision to show Rebecca herself, which robs the story of its entire point, which is that the deceased Rebecca is a brooding, haunting presence. She only lives on in the mind of the obsessed and deranged Mrs Danvers, and as a bitter memory in the mind of Maxim de Winter. To show Rebecca in person renders all the mystery null and void. STUPID. This version also features Jonathan Cake, in a hopelessly over the top portrayal of Favell; much more ham than cake, I fear. The only objection I have about the 1979 version is that the credits display 'Music by Ron Grainer'. In fact virtually all the music for this series was composed by Debussy; extensive and repetitive use of 'Footprints in the Snow' and 'Gardens in the Rain' particularly. Granted these piano pieces were beautifully arranged for small ensemble by Ron Grainer, but that is a far cry from being composed by him. It was rather mean of the producers to decline to give Debussy any credit for the music. That little niggle aside, in my opinion this is the definitive film version of 'Rebecca' - I can't imagine it being scripted or performed any better. So thanks again for this improved version. I only wish a team of experts would digitally restore this masterpiece further, and make the quality as clear and sharp as possible.

[williamnorman]

Well done with this new version. This TV series of 'Rebecca' from 1979 needs all the digital remastering it can get, as to my mind it is far and away the best adaptation of 'Rebecca' there has ever been. No other versions come close. Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey: all perfect in their roles. This should have been digitally remastered and commercially available on DVD years ago. The music too is brilliant: Debussy's piano music arranged for small ensemble. The piece 'Des Pas Sur La Neige' which is heard all through this series, perfectly conveys the brooding, haunting atmosphere of Manderley, and the girl's foreboding, feeling lost and disorientated. Why has this masterpiece been so neglected? The BBC don't have any versions of it for sale. It has been left to languish, out of focus, on YouTube. I put this down to stupidity, ignorance, complacency and indifference. This series should be applauded and treasured for the masterpiece it is. I wish people like Spielberg or Scorsese could be alerted to this series. They could easily give the world a fully restored version.

[a.mariedixon-jenkins]

Thank you very much for making this 1979 adaptation of Rebecca into one video rather than in many parts. It's easier to watch in one video. While I loved Jeremy Brett as Sherlock, he was exceptional as Max De Winter.

[MrRight]

Jeremy Brett is brilliant, Holmes or no Holmes 😊

[irenecronin]

I had not known of this 1979 version. It is very well done and Jeremy Brett is wonderfully handsome as Maxim de Winter. Joanna David performs as well as Joan Fontaine. An excellent production as only the British can do it. Thank you.

[lauralang]

Jeremy Brett is a pefect joy to watch in anything he did. Wonderful actor.

[AmandathePandaBooks]

The older the better, and far more accurate!! I love british mini series and productions from the 1950s 60s 70s. The best!! Along with the films.

[vanpelt]

Superb. Ms. David IS the Second Mrs. DeWinter and Mr. Brett IS Maxim DeWinter. This is the only version that has all the nuance, subtleties and grace notes that made the book so captivating and mysterious. Great find. Thank you.

[sharonstone]

Thank you so much for this wonderful “Rebecca”. It is perfect. The best production in every way and faithful to the book🙏

[mariemorgan]

Thank you so much for getting this 1979 version cleaned up and more clear. Everyone is so used to HD videos, and some of us are old enough to remember when HD did not exist. The only version I found of this 1979 production is on VHS tape, I have yet to locate a DVD release.

[Bee-ihuy]

What a lovely job you've done - thank you! This is the one that does the novel justice - Jeremy Brett and Joanna David are marvelous in this series, and so true to the penned characters! And Ann Massey - what a miracle. She made Mrs. Danvers flesh and blood, not a caricature. Thanks again for the remaster!

[patriciaholtkamp]

Definitely the best version of Rebecca. Due mostly to Jeremy Brett's fine acting. l got hooked on him as Sherlock. l have the complete series of Sherlock on DVD, my whole family adore him. The guy was brilliant. May he always R.I.P. Greetings from OZ !!😍🙏🐨🌏

[karenhaley]

In my opinion, the finest version of Rebecca ever filmed. Thank you so much!

[kathleenconway]

Thank you so much. I taught this book to many English classes and loved this production. It is such a wonderful dramatisation of this great book. Jeremy Brett was superb as the morally ambiguous Maxim, and Joanna is perfect as the ingenue turned accessory after the fact of a great crime. You are so kind to post this for so many readers - it brings back such happy memories.

[MsDormy]

I watched this with my mother all those years ago - I was just 13. Thank you thank you for making it available now 🙏

[cynaraslover]

Thank you so much for this. When I was 28 and this was first broadcast we were living in London, and although a Du Maurier obsessive since i was 12 years old, I thought this was far superior to the much vaunted, and even legendary, Hitchcock adaptation of 1940.
The reasons for this are varied and many. As Pauline Kael observed, it is one of Olivier's only bad performances. He is utterly wooden, perhaps because he was denied his request to have Vivien Leigh aa his leading lady. But apart from that, the Hays code emasculated this story by insisting that Rebecca's death be an accident rather than a murder.
Jeremy Brett is just marvelous as Maxim, and as much as I love Joan Fontaine, I had the pleasure of knowing slightly when I was a young man, Joanna David is pure perfection as the second Mrs de Winter. Thank you again for the pleasure of seeing this all together rather than the tantalizing 10-minute segments that the original YouTube broadcast of it had.

[alidabaxter]

I have longed for the restoration of the perfect version of "Rebecca" perfectly cast and played. Unforgettable.

[shirleyjordan]

Marvellous doesn’t matter how many times I see the film

[ArchieAndy]

Sadly, i wasn't aware of this adaptation (Brett is my fave onscreen Holmes) - thankyou for sharing!!