Great expectations [videorecording]
2008
DVDs and BluRay
David Lean directs this classic adaptation of Dickens's novel about a young orphan who develops 'great expectations' after a mysterious benefactor pledges to sponsor his transformation into a gentleman. Pip (Anthony Wager) is visiting the graves of his deceased parents when he finds himself confronted by an escaped convict, Magwitch (Finlay Currie). Unfortunately for Pip, Magwitch isn't the only frightening adult he becomes acquainted with. When Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), an eccentric old woman still dressed for the wedding at which she was abandoned by her groom years ago, seeks a playmate for her charge, Estella (Jean Simmons), it is Pip who is sent for. The boy quickly falls in love with Estella, though his hopes seem forlorn due to the gap in social standing between the two. When an older Pip (John Mills) discovers that he has a benefactor, he feels that Estella may be won, but has he read the situation correctly?
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Main title:
Great expectations [videorecording] / producer, Ronald Neame.
Author:
Lean, David, 1908-1991, directorGoehr, Walter, musicMills, John, 1908-2005, actorHobson, Valerie, 1917-1998, actorMiles, Bernard, 1907-1991, actorDickens, Charles, book author
Work:
Imprint:
ITV Studios, 2008.
Collation:
1 videodisc (113 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Biographies.Made in 1946.Credits: music, Walter Goehr; cinematographer, Guy Green; costumes, Sophia Harris; art director, Wilfred Shingleton.DVDR.Credits: director, David Lean; writer, Ronald Neame; writer, Anthony Havelock-Allan; writer, Cecil McGivern; writer, Kay Walsh; music, Walter Goehr; cinematographer, Guy Green; costumes, Sophia Harris; art director, Wilfred Shingleton; editor, Jack Harris.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Jean Simmons, Alec Guinness, Anthony Wager.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437DVD
Language:
English
BRN:
818625