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Great Expectations is a British film of genre Drama directed by Julian Jarrold released in USA on 9 may 1999 with Ioan Gruffudd

Great Expectations (1999)

Great Expectations
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Released in USA 9 may 1999
Length 2h48
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.593263.593263.593263.593263.59326

Great Expectations is BBC's 1999 BAFTA award-winning television film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name and was aired on Masterpiece Theatre.

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A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.

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