Great Expectations DVD 1998 Love. Betrayal. Destiny / Directed by Alfonso Cuarón / Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro

UPC 02454300133180

MADE IN EU

REGION 1 NTSC DVD

AUDIO: English 5.1, English 2.1, French 2.1

SUBTITLES: English, Spanish

TOTAL RUNTIME: 112 MINUTES

English Summary:

Great Expectations is a 1998 American romantic drama film. A contemporary film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. It is known for having moved the setting of the original novel from 1812-1827 London to 1990s New York. The film is an abridged modernization of Dickens's 1861 novel, with the hero's name having been changed from Pip to Finn, and the character Miss Havisham having been renamed Nora Dinsmoor. The film received mixed reviews.

Ten-year-old Finnegan "Finn" Bell, an orphan being raised by his elder sister Maggie and her boyfriend Joe, is playing on a beach in the Gulf Coast when an escaped convict overpowers him. Finn must promise to bring back food, medicine and bolt cutters to get the iron shackles off his leg. Finn complies, but is taken hostage and the convict tries to escape to Mexico but the police seize his small boat. The convict hides on a buoy and the police tow Finn back to land. The next day, Finn sees on the news that the convict was a mobster named Arthur Lustig who had escaped from death row, but has now been recaptured.

Cast:

• Ethan Hawke as Finnegan "Finn" Bell
  • Jeremy James Kissner as 10-year-old Finn
• Gwyneth Paltrow as EstellaChris Cooper as Joe Coleman
  • Raquel Beaudene as 10-year-old Estella
• Hank Azaria as Walter Plane
• Anne Bancroft as Ms. Nora Dinsmoor
• Robert De Niro as Arthur Lustig
• Josh Mostel as Jerry Ragno
• Kim Dickens as Maggie
• Nell Campbell as Erica Thrall
• Gabriel Mann as Owen
• Stephen Spinella as Carter Macleish