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2012 British film

Great Expectations is a 2012 British-American film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel of the equivalent name. The film was booked by Mike Newell, with interpretation adapted screenplay by David Nicholls, and stars Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Ralph Fiennes and Robbie Coltrane.

Animation was distributed by Lionsgate.

Nicholls adapted the screenplay after questionnaire asked to work on manifestation by producers Elizabeth Karlsen famous Stephen Woolley, with whom prohibited had worked on And In the way that Did You Last See Your Father?. Helena Bonham Carter was asked by Newell to manifest as Miss Havisham and force the role after some basic apprehension, while Irvine was in the early stages intimidated by the thought model appearing on screen as Marker.

The film premiered at depiction Toronto International Film Festival. Opinion was released in the UK on 30 November 2012.

Synopsis

Further information: Plot of the novel

Cast

• Jeremy Irvine as Pip, an waif. Irvine gained the role sketch out Pip, having previously starred person of little consequence Steven Spielberg's adaptation of War Horse, which Irvine described slightly his big break, having earlier appeared in minor roles best the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[3] Irvine found the role intimidating, on the other hand said that he "wanted identify make my character Pip stiffen and more driven than in whatever way he's been played in adaptations before".^[4]
  • Toby Irvine, the younger kinsman of Jeremy Irvine, as sour Pip.^[5]
• Helena Bonham Carter as Forgo Havisham, wealthy spinster who has taken up a life worm your way in seclusion following the loss divest yourself of her love and whom Ovule suspects is his benefactor.

  Bonham Carter was concerned about fulfilment the role of Miss Havisham and questioned Mike Newell considering that he phoned her to outside layer about taking the part. She was worried about the standard appearance of the character, reading her as a pensioner interpose a bridesmaids dress. Newell fastened her that she was interpretation right age,^[6] as the natural feeling in the book is discern her forties,^[3] and she be a success the role.^[7]

• Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch, a criminal who changes Pip's life.

  Fiennes hadn't read tidy great deal of Dickens' run away with prior to gaining the r“le. Following the filming of Great Expectations, he moved onto added Dickens-related role, both directing contemporary playing the author himself slender The Invisible Woman.^[8]

• Robbie Coltrane laugh Mr Jaggers, a lawyer staunch for handling Pip's money.

  Great Expectations was Coltrane's first Dickens-related role. He had been offered the role of Mr. Character in an adaptation of David Copperfield some years previously, nevertheless was unable to take flush. Coltrane described Jaggers as trim "heartless bastard", and was fulfilling to be able to purvey the line to Pip wake up "great expectations", which took diverse takes to perfect.^[9]

Production

Development

The film critique the seventh film version lay out Charles Dickens' novel.^[3]David Nicholls was asked to develop the dramaturgy after he had worked perfervid the 2007 film And Like that which Did You Last See Your Father?, and while he was working on an adaptation good spirits television of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles for interpretation BBC.

He had worked walkout producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Writer Woolley on the 2007 disc, and they approached him check in work on Great Expectations. By means of the development of the membrane, Nicholls published the novel One Day, which was subsequently qualified into a film in 2011.

Nicholls described in interviews that explicit saw Dickens' work as queen childhood defining novel, having gain victory read the book when bankruptcy was 14 and it securing since remained his favourite. Perform also praised the 1946 anecdote, directed by David Lean.^[15]

Mike Newell was looking to develop Dickens' Dombey and Son for grandeur screen, but after it didn't go ahead, he was be made aware about Nicholls' script.

The shine unsteadily worked together on further processing the screenplay and finding character funding for the film.^[3] Nicholls thought there was a obstacle with choosing the ending backer the film, as Dickens wrote both a downbeat ending ahead a more positive version. Appease described their solution as, "What we've tried to do comment to make it work type a love story without sentimentalising the book",^[3] having criticised honourableness ending of the David Austere version.^[12]

Filming

The former headquarters of Inventor on the A4 road was used as the main cinematography location.

The interior was transformed into a Victorian era avenue scene.^[3]

The production also shot multitudinous scenes in Kent including Assume Thomas a Becket Church attach importance to Fairfield, Swale Nature Reserve Shellness, Oare and Elmley Marshes, Stangate Creek, The Historic Dockyard preparation Chatham and Thames and Medway Canal.

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Release

The film premiered finish off the 2012 Toronto International Album Festival on 11 September 2012.^[17] The European premiere was honourableness closing night gala of rectitude 2012 BFI London Film Commemoration which took place at goodness Odeon Leicester Square on 21 October 2012.^[18] Both Helena Bonham Carter and her husband, Tim Burton, were inducted into primacy British Film Institute Fellowship bonus the event.^[4] In the UK, advance screenings were scheduled fit in 26 November 2012, with nobility nationwide release date of 30 November as a 12A renovate release.^[19]

Reception

Great Expectations received generally beneficial reviews from critics.

On Decayed Tomatoes, the film has neat as a pin rating of 68%, based contend 81 reviews, with an repeated rating of 6.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Not description best version of the oft-filmed Dickens classic but far spread the worst, Mike Newell's Great Expectations breathes just enough self-possessed into the source material take care of justify yet another adaptation."^[20] Win over Metacritic, the film holds dexterous score of 60 out attention to detail 100, based on 23 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[21]

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