Great Expectations (Blu-ray disc)

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?

General

Studio:	Itv DVD
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2008
Movie released:	1946
Actors:	John Mills • Valerie Hobson • Bernard Miles • Francis L Sullivan • Finlay Currie • Martita Hunt • Jean Simmons • Alec Guinness • Anthony Wager
Contributors:	Ronald Neame • Anthony Havelock-Allan • Cecil McGivern • Kay Walsh • Walter Goehr • Wilfred Shingleton • Sophia Harris • Jack Harris • Guy Green
Directors:	David Lean
Dimensions:	172 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 53 minutes
Region encoding:	Region B. This Blu-ray disk will play in all South African Blu-ray players.
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	PG
Categories:	DVD > Classics DVD > Feature Film Blu-Ray > Classics Blu-Ray > Feature Film
LSN:	XF4-WPQ-3ME-5
Barcode:	5037115291035

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