Directed by:
Julian JarroldScreenplay:
Tony MarchantComposer:
Peter SalemCast:
Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Emma Cunniffe, Laura Aikman, Tony Curran, Bernard Hill, Ian McDiarmid, Lesley Sharp, Gabriel Thomson (more)Plots(1)
One day Pip is sent to play at the residence of Miss Havisham, a frightening, elderly woman who seems locked in the past. She wears ancient bridal attire and never moves from the dusty upper rooms of her home. Miss Havisham's beautiful but contemptuous ward, Estella, makes Pip feel appallingly inferior, creating in him a desire to better himself, changing his life forever. But despite his efforts to improve himself, the frustrated Pip seems destined to remain Joe's apprentice. Until one day a lawyer calls to inform Pip that he has "great expectations:" Pip is to be released form his apprenticeship and educated in London as a gentleman! The benefactor who has made this life transformation possible, however, wishes to remain anonymous. (official distributor synopsis)
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