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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419814518
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC
ISBN: 1419814516
Label: BBC home video
Manufacturer: BBC home video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC home video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Running Time: 351 minutes
Sales Rank: 42960
Studio: BBC home video
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Violence and Victorian gentility meet in this powerful adaptation of one of Dickens's greatest creations. While passing through the churchyard where his mother is buried a young Pip encounters a desperate convict Magwitch. Soon afterward he is summoned by the wealthy eccentric recluse Miss Havisham to play with her beautiful but cruel ward Estella. With these two remarkable encounters begins Pip's epic journey from boy to man. When Pip comes of age Miss Havisham's lawyer Jaggers informs him he has come into great wealth. But who exactly is the source of his mysterious new fortune? And perhaps it is not so easy -- or desirable -- to leave his humble past behind.Running Time: 353 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 794051233721
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Mr. Dickens's Divorce Tells in this Story.
Mr. Dickens wrote the strange story "Great Expectations" in 1861, after leaving his wife. Mr. Dickens married his wife Catherine in 1836. They were married 21-years; during which he wrote his great novels: "Oliver Twist"-1839, "A Christmas Carol"-1843, and "David Copperfield"-1850. Mr. Dickens left his wife and mother of ten children, about 1857.
Unlike "Great Expectations", Mr. Dickens's great novels follow a high-minded thought; balance with moments of cheer, triumph for the ... Read More
Rating:  - Not worth the money or the time.
I agree with the other reviews about too much emphasis on the bleak, and dragging on interminably. No movement. No captivation. Unfortunately filmed in short segments, so you have to deal with opening and closing credits, etc. frequently.
I did find it hard to follow the dialog with the various dialects of the characters, so I wanted to use subtitle. Alas! Subtitles are not enabled on DVDs in this series (BBC white covers). I switched from viewing the DVD via the component connection ... Read More
Rating: - Eh
It kind of looked like a play you'd watch in person rather than a movie. Granted it was made in the 80's but there are so many awkward pauses and comments made by the characters you can't help but notice it. I think it's absolutely ridiculous that after each scene they have to have a big long list of all the actors in the scene and this ridiculous dying flower bouquet that lasts for like a minute. The characters are still beautiful and it is true to Victorian form. I'm not sure whether or not I recommend ... Read More
Rating: - Too long!
What started out to be a suspensful movie dragged in the last several episodes. I found myself begging for it to finish, and even then, the ending was very dull. My daughter and I finished the over 300 minute movie with an "Oh, well." We love period movies, but this one is better borrowed or rented than bought for a library. I will admit the Old Miss Haversham was the most enjoyable character to watch. I would recommend other Dickens Classics such as "Our Mutual Friend."
Rating:  - Best movie in the world!
It is very faithful to the book. The actors are great, especially Pip, ages 8 and adult, the 12 year old isnt so good. Herbert is excellent, and this is around 5 hours long, and just wonderful, touching and classic.
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