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Great Expectations
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Great Expectations is a 1946 British black-and-white drama film directed by David Lean. The screenplay was written by Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan, and Kay Walsh, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. The cast includes John Mills, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson, and Alec Guinness. Walter Goehr composed the music, while Guy Green served as director of photography. John Bryan was the production designer.
The film was produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame through Cineguild and J. Arthur Rank Organisation. It was distributed by The Rank Organisation and Netflix. Filming took place at Pinewood Studios, with the narrative set in Victorian-era London. The runtime is 118 minutes. The movie was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award.
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7.3In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Cast
- John Mills as Pip
- Valerie Hobson as Estella
- Tony Wager as Young Pip
- Jean Simmons as Young Estella
- Bernard Miles as Joe Gargery
- Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Jaggers
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- escaped convict
- orphan
- spinster
- 19th century
- benefactor
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
26,805 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
90/100
- Year
- 1946
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Great Expectations
- Director
- David Lean
- Screenwriter
- Kay Walsh
- Cast member
- Edie Martin
- Composer
- Walter Goehr
- Producer
- Ronald Neame
- Cinematographer
- Guy Green
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 204956
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Great Expectations Frontispiece.jpg
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- publication date
- 1946-01-01
- title
- Great Expectations
- production designer
- John Bryan
- after a work by
- Charles Dickens
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- set in period
- Victorian era
- review score
- 100%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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