Great Expectations (1998 film)

Great Expectations
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfonso Cuarón
Screenplay byMitch Glazer[1]
Based onGreat Expectations
1861 novel
by Charles Dickens
Produced byArt Linson
John Linson
Starring
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
Edited bySteven Weisberg
Music byPatrick Doyle
Ron Wasserman
Production
company
Art Linson Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 30, 1998 (1998-01-30)
Running time
111 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$25 million[3]
Box office$55.5 million[4]

Great Expectations is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, from a screenplay by Mitch Glazer and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, and Robert De Niro. A contemporary film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, it is known for having moved the setting of the original novel from 1812-1827 London to 1990s New York, with the hero's name having been changed from "Pip" to "Finn," the character of "Miss Havisham" having been renamed "Nora Dinsmoor" and "Abel Magwitch" being renamed "Arthur Lustig." The film received mixed reviews.

  1. ^ "Wettbewerb/In Competition". Moving Pictures, Berlinale Extra. Berlin. 11–22 February 1998. p. 20.
  2. ^ "GREAT EXPECTATIONS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 1998-01-19. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  3. ^ PERSALL, STEVE. "Fake Expectations", St. Petersburg Times, August 19, 1996
  4. ^ "Great Expectations (1998) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-03-20.

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