Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection)

From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece !
Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details

  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Subtitles in English
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 5, 1999
  • Originally Released: 1946
  • Label: Criterion

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1947 - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1947 - Best Cinematography: Guy Green

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 9,175
...Lean brings Dickens' classic set-pieces to life as if he'd been reading over our shoulder....The movie was made by Lean at the top of his early form...
Chicago Sun-Times
Aug 22, 1999
Rating: 76/100 -- With characters so vividly drawn, their ambitions and disappointments are keenly felt Full Review
Cinemania
Aug 26, 2013
Rating: 3/4 -- Handsome and ghostly. Full Review
LarsenOnFilm
Sep 9, 2018
4 stars out of 5 -- A gem from the late-1940s golden age of Brit cinema, David Lean's expressionistic GREAT EXPECTATIONS remains one of the most accomplished Dickens adaptations.
Total Film
Mar 1, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- Dickens' suspenseful tale a great classic for 10+. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Dec 18, 2010
Rating: 4/5 -- An unmissable rerelease. Full Review
Guardian
Nov 6, 2007
Lean fills Great Expectations with a wealth of visual detail and vivid characters and personalities... and he directs with a warmth and humor... Full Review
Turner Classic Movies Online
Nov 1, 2008

Description by OLDIES.com:

One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean's Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens' masterpiece to robust onscreen life. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham and Estella populate Lean's magnificent miniature, beautifully photographed by Guy Green and designed by John Bryan.

Product Description:

David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned British boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In nineteenth century London, 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.

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  • UPC: 037429128022
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