Great Expectations (1999 film)

Great Expectations is a 1999 television film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name. It was aired on BBC Two in the UK,[1] and on Masterpiece Theatre in the US.

Great Expectations
Written byCharles Dickens
(novel) Tony Marchant
Directed byJulian Jarrold
StarringIoan Gruffudd
Justine Waddell
Charlotte Rampling
Bernard Hill
Clive Russell
Ian McDiarmid
Daniel Evans
Emma Cunniffe
Alex Holbrook
James Hillier
Theme music composerMaurice Jarre & Joe Pereira
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English, Greek
Production
Running time168 minutes
Release
Original releaseUK 12 April 1999
US 9 May 1999

Plot

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.

Cast

Filming Locations

The production filmed at a number of Kent locations including Sheerness Docks, Kingswear Castle Paddlesteamer, Chatham Docks and the River Medway[2] and in Edinburgh.[3]

Awards

In 2000, it won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Costume Design, but failed to win Best Design, Best Make Up/Hair, Best Photography and Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) and Best Sound (Fiction/Entertainment).[4] It had also won the 1999 RTS Television Award for Best Sound in Drama; Best Production Design in Drama; Best Lighting, and Photography & Camera; and was nominated for Best Tape & Film Editing in Drama.[4] It was nominated for, but did not win, the 1999 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.[4]

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References
  1. "Great Expectations". The Radio Times (3921). 8 April 1999. p. 74. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Great Expectations Film Focus".
  3. (2014) "Edinburgh the film set", Film Edinburgh, Page 9
  4. "Awards for Great Expectations (1999) (TV)". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 7 July 2008.


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