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Great Expectations 1999 Directed by Julian Jarrold

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.

Production Countries United Kingdom , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Companies BBC , GBH
Release Date 12 April 1999
168 mins
Cast
Charlotte Rampling Miss Havisham
Laura Aikman Young Biddy
Selina Cadell Sarah Pocket
Jo Cameron Brown Miss Skiffins
Tony Curran Orlick
Clive Russell Joe Gargery
Lesley Sharp Mrs. Joe
Donald Sumpter Compeyson
James Hillier Bentley Drummle
Laurence Dobiesz Young Herbert
Daniel Evans Herbert Pocket
Gemma Gregory Young Estella
Bernard Hill Abel Magwitch
David Horovitch Matthew Pocket
Hugh Lloyd The Aged P
Roland Manookian Pip's Servant
Terence Rigby Pumbleneck
Angela Sims Estella's Attendant
Michael Eaves Police Officer
Gabriel Thomson Young Pip
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