Great expectations

Great expectations [videorecording] / director, Brian Kirk; producer, George Ormond; writer, Charles Dickens; writer, Sarah Phelps. - 2 Entertain, 2012. - 1 videodisc (175 min.) : col. - 025500

Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Audio navigation, Audio description. Made in 2011. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Credits: executive producer, Anne Pivcevic. DVDN.

Cast: Oscar Kennedy, Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, Isobel Meikle-Small, Douglas Booth, David Suchet, Mark Addy, Frances Barber, Shaun Dooley, Vanessa Kirby.

BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel. While out on the marshes, eleven-year-old Pip (Oscar Kennedy) encounters and, out of fear, helps escaped criminal Magwitch (Ray Winstone), an event which will shape both of their futures. When the wealthy Miss Havisham (Gillian Anderson) seeks the presence of a boy at her grand house, Pip is sent to her and becomes a playmate for her adopted daughter, Estella (Isobel Meikle-Small/Vanessa Kirby). As a young adult, Pip (Douglas Booth) learns that he will receive an inheritance from a mystery benefactor when he turns 21. Now under the guardianship of lawyer Jaggers (David Suchet), Pip moves to London where he hopes to become a gentleman worthy of Estella's love.

BBFC code: 12.


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Television : Drama