Tuesday, 12 February 2013

"Remembrance of the Havisham days would fall upon me" : Current adaptations of 'Great Expectations'

Like many other Dickens novel's, 'Great Expectations' has been filmed for cinema and television several times, as of present day this has included:
  • 1917 - A silent film adaptation, starring Jack Pickford and directed by Robert G. Vignola.
  • 1922 - a silent film adaptation, directed by A.W Sandberg.
  • 1934 - 'Great Expectations' the first 'talkie' film adaptation, starring Phillips Holmes and Jane Wyatt, directed by Stuart Walker.
  • 1946 - 'Great Expectations' film starring John Mills and directed by David Lean
  • 1954 - A two-part television adaptation which aired as an episode of the show 'Robert Montgomery Presents'.
  • 1959 - A BBC television adaptation.
  • 1967 - A television series starring Gary Bond and Francesca Annis.
  • 1974 - 'Great Expectations' a film directed by Joseph Hardy.
  • 1981 - 'Great Expectations' a BBC serial television adaptation, directed by Julian Amyes.
  • 1983 - an animated children's adaptation, starring Phillip Hinton, Robin Stewart and Bill Kerr.
  • 1989 - 'Great Expectations' a film directed by Kevin Connor.
  • 1998 - 'Great Expectations', a contemporary film adaptation set in New York city, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
  • 2000 - Pip - A South Park episode that parodies and retells the Dickens Novel with the animated characters of South Park.

  • 2011 - 'Great Expectations' a three-part BBC series, starring Ray Winstone as Magwitch, Gilian Anderson as Miss Havisham and Douglas Booth as Pip.











  • 2012 - 'Great Expectations' a film directed by Mike Newell, starring Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch, Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham and Jeremy Irvine as Pip. 

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