Great Expectations

Great Expectations (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
148 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Julian Jarrold

Written By:
Charles Dickens
Tony Marchant

Actors:
Ioan Gruffudd ..... Pip
Justine Waddell ..... Estella
Charlotte Rampling ..... Miss Havisham
Laura Aikman ..... Young Biddy
Nicholas Blane ..... Wopsle
Selina Cadell ..... Sarah Pocket
Jo Cameron Brown ..... Miss Skiffins
Emma Cunniffe ..... Biddy
Tony Curran ..... Orlick
Laurence Dobiesz ..... Young Herbert
Leo Dolan ..... Sheriff's Officer
Sarah Durham ..... Maid
Michael Eaves ..... Police Officer
Daniel Evans ..... Herbert Pocket
Gemma Gregory ..... Young Estella

Synopsis:

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.

Charles Dickens' classic novel, which has been brought to the screen at least six times in the past including a modernized adaptation released in 1998, is committed to film once again in this production for television by the BBC. Pip is an orphan who lives with his older sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith. Pip is occasionally sent to visit Miss Havisham Charlotte Rampling, an eccentric old crone who lives in a huge but filthy mansion and is always dressed in a decrepit bridal trousseau. Miss Havisham has a ward, a lovely young woman named Estella, with whom Pip is immediately smitten. However, Pip is convinced a boy of poor circumstances could never win her heart, which fills him with a desire to better himself. While economics would dictate a fate as Joe's assistant, one day Pip receives a message from a lawyer named Jaggers -- an anonymous benefactor has made it possible for Pip to leave the blacksmith's shop and pursue a gentleman's education in London. Pip played as an adult by Ioan Gruffudd soon moves to the city, where he hopes to gain knowledge, wealth and the affections of Estella Justine Waddell.

Young Pip is expected to become a blacksmith, but, hating the soot and smoke, he secretly dreams of becoming a gentleman. When he meets the mysterious Miss Havisham and her haughty niece Estella, Pip is confident that his dream is to come true.

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