Great Expectations (David Lean’s Great Expectations) DVD 1946 B&W Shown in original aspect ratio Approx. 118 min. Playable in North America (the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Beautiful re-mastered print. Optional English subtitles/close captions.
Starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Freda Jackson, Alec Guinness Written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame. Based on “Great Expectations” (1861 novel) by Charles Dickens. Directed by David Lean
In David Lean’s magnificent adaptation of the Dickens classic, 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.
Nominated for five Academy Awards: 1948 Nominee Oscar: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (winner of two).
"One of the greatest films ever made, a vivid adaptation of Dickens' tale ... Opening graveyard sequence is a gem." – Leonard Maltin
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