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Great Expectations is a three-part BBC television drama adaptation by Sarah Phelps of the Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, starring Ray Winstone as Magwitch, Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, Douglas Booth as Pip, Vanessa Kirby as Estella and David Suchet as Jaggers. The adaptation was first broadcast on British television over the Christmas period in 2011.
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Great works of literature rarely serve as the basis for great films. Most of the time, screen adaptations serve as nothing more than the screen equivalent of CliffsNotes, allowing students to get familiar with great novels when they lack the time or inclination to delve deep into hundreds of pages of text. On a few occasions, however, great novels can indeed be transformed into great films. One such great novel was…More
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There are two major periods in David Lean´s career. The best known one is in the late 50´s and 60´s with films like Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago. But a slightly lesser known streak of high quality movies appeared right after the end of the Second World War. The success of Brief Encounter from 1945, probably made Lean the choice director for an adaptation of Dickens classic novel, Great Expectations and he didn…More