High Hopes (DVD)

Mike Leigh writes and directs this class struggle comedy drama which portrays the intertwined lives of an extended working class family in London during the Thatcher years. The story follows left-wing bike messenger Cyril Bender (Philip Davis), his girlfriend Shirley (Ruth Sheen) and Cyril's conservative mother (Edna Dore), who lives in the last council house on her street next to the appallingly upper class Boothe-Braines (Lesley Manville and David Bamber). Cyril's consumerist sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) and her car salesman husband Martin (Philip Jackson) join the family to throw a surprise 70th birthday party for Mrs. Bender but, despite their best intentions, the event descends into disaster.

General

Studio:	4DVD
Release date:	April 2015
Movie released:	1988
Actors:	Ruth Sheen • Edna Dore • Philip Jackson • Jason Watkins • Lesley Manville • David Bamber • Philip Davis • Heather Tobias
Contributors:	Victor Glynn • Simon Channing-Williams • Roger Pratt • Andrew Dickson • Mike Leigh
Directors:	Mike Leigh
Format:
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	15
Categories:	DVD > Comedy DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XVS-5YJ-JYK-5
Barcode:	6867449014692

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