Great Expectations (1946) |
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| Director(s) | David Lean |
| Producer(s) | Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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John Mills(as Pip)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
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1946
John Mills
(as Pip)
Valerie Hobson(as Estella)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Valerie Hobson
(as Estella)
Jean Simmons(as Young Estella)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Jean Simmons
(as Young Estella)
Bernard Miles(as Joe Gargery)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Bernard Miles
(as Joe Gargery)
Francis L. Sullivan(as Mr. Jaggers)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Francis L. Sullivan
(as Mr. Jaggers)
Finlay Currie(as Abel Magwitch)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Finlay Currie
(as Abel Magwitch)
Martita Hunt(as Miss Havisham)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Martita Hunt
(as Miss Havisham)
Alec Guinness(as Herbert Pocket)
Great Expectations
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1946
Great Expectations
Released
1946
Alec Guinness
(as Herbert Pocket)
Great Expectations Overview:
Great Expectations (1946) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by David Lean and produced by Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan.
SYNOPSIS
The definitive version of the Dickens classic about an orphaned British boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to mysterious adventure, wealth, and joy. Lean's achievement is in setting once-in-a-lifetime performances in a vibrant narrative that maintains rich detail but never bogs down. Considered by many to be among the greatest films ever made.
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Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: John Bryan; Set Decoration: Wilfred Shingleton | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Guy Green | Won |
| Best Director | David Lean | Nominated |
| Best Picture | J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild | Nominated |
| Best Writing | David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame | Nominated |
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Great Expectations Quotes:
[welcoming Pip to her decaying mansion]
Miss Havisham: Come nearer. Let me look at you. Come close. Look at me. You aren't afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since before you were born?
Miss Havisham: Come nearer. Let me look at you. Come close. Look at me. You aren't afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since before you were born?
Pip:
[narrating] I realized that in becoming a gentleman, I had only succeeded in becoming a snob.
Joe Gargery:
Pip! A young gentleman of great expectations.
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David Lean wanted his film to have a feeling of heightened realism. Working closely in conjunction with art director John Bryan and cinematographer Guy Green, he employed several tricks, such as forced perspective, to achieve this effect. The famous opening shot in the graveyard, for instance, features a brooding church in the background which in reality was only 3 meters high.
John Mills, playing Pip from the age of 18 to 25, was actually 38 at the time of filming.
Valerie Hobson was widely considered to be miscast as the adult Estella.
Guy Green replaced Robert Krasker as cinematographer on this film. David Lean and Ronald Neame were not satisfied with Krasker's studio recreation of the marshes in the opening scenes.