Great Expectations (1998)

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Written by Charles Dickens, Mitch Glazer

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1998

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

This modern adaptation of Dickens' classic coming of age story sees the young and naïve Finn (Ethan Hawke), who falls in love with Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), a girl raised with the strict intention of breaking men's hearts.

Finn is a poor orphan living in a Florida fishing village who is haunted by memories of Estella, a young girl he knew as a child.

When he is grown up and living in New York, having become a successful painter, Estella reappears in his life and Finn falls deeply in love, knowing all the while that it is a feeling that can never be returned.

Cast

Image for Ethan HawkeEthan HawkeFinnegan 'Finn' Bell
Image for Gwyneth PaltrowGwyneth PaltrowEstella
Image for Hank AzariaHank AzariaWalter Plane
Image for Chris CooperChris CooperUncle Joe
Image for Anne BancroftAnne BancroftMs. Nora Dinsmoor
Image for Robert de NiroRobert de NiroArthur Lustig
Josh MostelJerry Ragno
Kim DickensMaggie Bell
Nell CampbellErica Thrall
Gabriel MannOwen
Jeremy James KissnerFinnegan Bell at Age 10
Raquel BeaudeneEstella at Age 10
Stephen SpinellaCarter Macleish
Marla SucharetzaRuth Shepard
Isabelle AndersonLois Pope

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