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Great Expectations, 1946

Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness

Directed by: David Lean

Written by: David Lean

Language: English

Country: UK

Runtime: 118 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.1

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The mood of Great Expectations is atmospheric, sentimental, and feel good. The plot centers around an orphan, unfulfilled love, and social differences. It is a drama, period, and romance movie. Stylistically, Great Expectations is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is London. Great Expectations happens in the Victorian era. Visually, it is black and white. It is based on a book. Great Expectations is known for being a classic, a masterpiece, and an award winner.

Summary of Great Expectations

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip (John Mills) discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers (Francis L. Sullivan) that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella (Valerie Hobson), 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.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK
Release date:	22 May 1947
Runtime:	118 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Awarded Best Art Direction at the 1947 Academy Awards

Awarded Best Cinematography at the 1947 Academy Awards

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John Mills

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Alec Guinness

as Herbert Pocket

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This version of Great Expectations, directed by David Lean, is an excellent companion to the classic by Charles Dickens. Lean and producer Ronald Neame stayed very close to the original masterpiece in classic literature! I have used this for the... Read and rate it

29.March.2012
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by: Dale Anthony
Dale Anthony rated this movie8/10Great

Though beautifully shot, the film plays like a Cliffs Notes reading - mechanically moving through plot points and losing the essence of the story which Dickens crafts so masterfully in his characterizations of Pip, Joe, Biddy, Herbert, Magwitch,... Read and rate it

17.June.2009
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by: Jackie
Jackie rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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