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Title Great expectations / J. Arthur Rank presents a Cineguild production released through General Film Distributors Ltd. ; adapted for the screen by David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan with Kay Walsh and Cecil McGivern ; produced by Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 1998.

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 Moore Video  PR4560.A2 L4 1998    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Full screen ed.
Description 1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Series Criterion collection ; 31
The classic collection
Criterion collection ; 31.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Note Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.
"The Classic Collection, a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container.
Interactive menus include chapter selection, theatrical trailer.
Credits Photographer, Guy Green; editor, Jack Harris; music, Walter Goehr; production designer, John Bryan.
Cast John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Alec Guinness, Ivor Barnard, Freda Jackson, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons.
Summary In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
System Details DVD, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby digital mono.
Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Film and video adaptations.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Subject Orphans -- England -- Drama.
Orphans.
England.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Feature films.
Feature films.
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
1800-1899
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Lean, David, 1908-1991.
Neame, Ronald.
Havelock-Allan, Anthony.
Walsh, Kay.
McGivern, Cecil, -1963.
Mills, John, 1908-2005.
Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998.
Miles, Bernard, 1907-1991.
Sullivan, Francis L.
Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969.
Currie, Finlay, 1878-1968.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
Barnard, Ivor, 1887-1953.
Jackson, Freda.
Wager, Anthony, 1932-1990.
Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations.
Cineguild (Firm)
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Note Title on container: David Lean's great expectations
ISBN 0780021274 (DVD)
9780780021273
Standard No. 037429128022
Music No. GRE270 Criterion Collection