Great Expectations
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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.
Great Expectations is a 2012 drama-romance film adapting Charles Dickens' classic novel about orphan Pip's transformation into a gentleman through the intervention of a mysterious benefactor. The film explores Pip's complicated relationships with the wealthy, emotionally distant Estella and the jaded Miss Havisham, whose traumatic past has shaped her worldview. Now available to stream, this period drama brings the beloved Victorian tale to the screen.
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Wide release in United States · Rated PG-13
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Jeremy IrvinePhilip 'Pip' Pirrip
Helena Bonham CarterMiss Havisham
Ralph FiennesAbel Magwitch
Holliday GraingerEstella Havisham
Robbie ColtraneMr. Jaggers
Sally HawkinsMrs. Joe
Jason FlemyngJoe Gargery
Ewen BremnerWemmick
David WalliamsMr. Pumblechook
Tamzin OuthwaiteMolly
Daniel WeymanArthur Havisham
Jessie CaveBiddy
Edward FlemingCharles Pocket
Olly AlexanderHerbert Pocket
Kate LockCamilla Pocket
Trailer
Great Expectations Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Helena Bonham Carter Movie HD
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Great Expectations — frequently asked
When was Great Expectations released?
The film was released on November 30, 2012.
What is Great Expectations about?
The story follows Pip, an orphan who learns a mysterious benefactor wants to make him a gentleman. He reunites with Miss Havisham and her ward Estella, discovering how Miss Havisham's abandonment at the altar has twisted her into a heartless woman determined to make Estella an emotional weapon.
Is this based on a novel?
Yes, it is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1860 novel of the same name, one of the most famous works of Victorian literature.
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