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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 30, 2012

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

64%

Original Title

Great Expectations

Production Companies

Number 9 Films, BBC Film, Unison Films, Lipsync Productions

Director

Mike Newell

Revenue

$6,202,879

Description

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.