Movie
Great Expectations
Overview
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, 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.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-11-30
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Number 9 Films, BBC Film, Unison Films, Lipsync Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeremy Irvine as Philip 'Pip' Pirrip
- Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham
- Ralph Fiennes as Abel Magwitch
- Holliday Grainger as Estella Havisham
- Robbie Coltrane as Mr. Jaggers
- Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Joe
- Jason Flemyng as Joe Gargery
- Ewen Bremner as Wemmick
- David Walliams as Mr. Pumblechook
- Tamzin Outhwaite as Molly
- Daniel Weyman as Arthur Havisham
- Jessie Cave as Biddy
Crew
- Mike Newell - Director
- David Nicholls - Screenplay
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