Great Expectations (1998 film)
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Great Expectations is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, from a screenplay by Mitch Glazer and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, and Robert De Niro. A contemporary film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, it is known for having moved the setting of the original novel from 1812-1827 London to 1990s New York, with the hero's name having been changed from "Pip" to "Finn," the character of "Miss Havisham" having been renamed "Nora Dinsmoor" and "Abel Magwitch" being renamed "Arthur Lustig." The film received mixed reviews.
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Directed by | Alfonso Cuarón |
Screenplay by | Mitch Glazer[1] |
Based on | Great Expectations 1861 novel by Charles Dickens |
Produced by | Art Linson John Linson |
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Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki |
Edited by | Steven Weisberg |
Music by | Patrick Doyle Ron Wasserman |
Production company | Art Linson Productions |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 111 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Languages | English French |
Budget | $25 million[3] |
Box office | $55.5 million[4] |
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