Great Expectations (1998)

Directed by

Alfonso Cuarón

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 703 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young artist from a poor background is secretly funded by a mysterious benefactor. He rises in society and pursues the love of a beautiful and troubled woman.

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What happens

Great Expectations is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Mitch Glazer. It stars Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro. The film adapts Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations, moving the setting from Victorian London to contemporary New York. The film garnered mixed reviews but managed to earn $55 million at the global box office, surpassing its $25 million production budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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