
Great Expectations

From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!
Overview
In this Dickens adaptation, 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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 3 awards, including the Oscars for Best Art Direction, Black and White and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (1948)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (1948)
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Box office
Grossed $420K worldwide on a $400K budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Great Expectations
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pinewood Studios
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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Walter Goehr
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Guy Green
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kay WalshScreenplay
- Ronald NeameScreenplay
- Charles DickensNovel
- Cecil McGivernScreenplay
- Anthony Havelock-AllanScreenplay
- David LeanScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 26, 1946
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $400K
- Revenue
- $420K
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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In the United States
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