Title Great expectations / a Janus Films release, J. Arthur Rank presents a Cineguild production released through General Film Distributors Ltd. ; adapted for the screen by David Lean .. [and others] ; produced by Ronald Neame ; directed by David Lean..

Publication Info.	[New York] : Criterion Collection : Home Vision Cinema, 1998.
	1946.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD GREAT EXPECTATIONS	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD GREAT	Lost and Paid
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD GREAT	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD GREAT	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - DVDs	Simsbury Displays: Best Picture Nominees (DVD)	On Display
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD GREAT EXPECTATIONS	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room	DVD GREAT	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD GREA	Check Shelf

Edition	[Full screen].
Description	1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series	Criterion Collection ; 31
	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 31.
Cast	John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Alec Guiness, Jean Simmons, Francio L. Sullivan, Bernard Miles, Martita Hunt.
Credits	Director of photography, Guy Green; film editor, Jack Harris; musical score composed and conducted by, Walter Goehr with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Note	Based on Great expectations by Charles Dickens.
	Special feature: Original theatrical trailer.
	Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1946.
System Details	DVD; Dolby digital mono.
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. The orphaned Pip later meets the unattainable Estella, falls in love with her and yearns to better himself in order to be worthy of her
Audience	Not rated.
Language	English dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Legacies -- Drama.
	Orphans -- Drama.
	Unrequited love -- Drama.
	England -- Drama.
	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Film adaptations.
Genre/Form	Feature.
	Adaptation.
	Romance.
Added Author	Lean, David, 1908-1991. Director. Adapter.
	Mills, John, 1908-2005. Actor.
	Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998.
	Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
	Neame, Ronald. Producer.
	Miles, Bernard, 1907-1991.
	Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010. Actor.
	Sullivan, Francis L. Actor.
	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations. Author.
	Rank Organisation. Producer.
	Criterion Collection (Firm) Distributor.
	Home Vision (Firm) Distributor.
Note	At head of title on container: David Lean's
ISBN	0780021274
	9780780021273
Standard No.	037429128022
Music No.	GRE270 Janus Films

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