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Great expectations
(Video, DVD)
Contributors
Lean, David, 1908-1991, film director,
Neame, Ronald, film producer,
Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer,
Walsh, Kay, screenwriter.
McGivern, Cecil, -1963, screenwriter.
Neame, Ronald, film producer,
Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer,
Walsh, Kay, screenwriter.
McGivern, Cecil, -1963, screenwriter.
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Format
Video, DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
Language
English
UPC
037429128022
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.
General Note
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
General Note
Program notes by Adrian Turner inserted in container.
General Note
Special feature: theatrical trailer.
Restrictions on Access
Educational and home use only.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music, Walter Goehr; production designer, John Bryan.
Participants/Performers
John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Alec Guinness, Ivor Barnard, Freda Jackson, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons.
Description
In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
System Details
DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.
Language
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
Academy Awards: Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Film adaptations.
DVDs -- Orphans -- England -- Drama.
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Orphans -- Drama.
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Young men -- England -- Drama.
DVDs -- Orphans -- England -- Drama.
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Orphans -- Drama.
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Young men -- England -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
Adaptation (Motion picture)
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Angleterre -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle -- Films.
Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Adaptations cinématographiques.
Drames (Films)
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films.
Feature.
Feature.
Films d'amour.
Films de fiction.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Foreign films.
Longs métrages.
Melodramas (Motion pictures) -- Great Britain.
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Orphelins -- Films.
Romance.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Angleterre -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle -- Films.
Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Adaptations cinématographiques.
Drames (Films)
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
Feature films -- Great Britain.
Feature films.
Feature.
Feature.
Films d'amour.
Films de fiction.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Foreign films.
Longs métrages.
Melodramas (Motion pictures) -- Great Britain.
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Orphelins -- Films.
Romance.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.