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Uniform Title Great expectations (Motion picture)

Title Great expectations [videorecording] / 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.

Imprint

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 1998.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe DVDs 1st Floor	791.4372 G798 1998	---	Available

Description	1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series	Criterion collection ; 31
	The classic collection
	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 31.
	Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
System Details	DVD; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast	John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Alec Guinness, Ivor Barnard, Freda Jackson, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons.
Credits	Photographer, Guy Green; editor, Jack Harris; music, Walter Goehr; production designer, John Bryan.
Note	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.
	Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
	"The Classic Collection, a joint venture between Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema"--Container.
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.
Note	Interactive menus include chapter selection, theatrical trailer.
Subject	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Film and video adaptations.
	Orphans -- England -- Drama.
	England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
	Orphans -- England -- Drama.
	England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
Added Author	Lean, David, 1908-1991.
	Neame, Ronald.
	Havelock-Allan, Anthony.
	Walsh, Kay.
	McGivern, Cecil.
	Mills, John, 1908-2005.
	Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998.
	Miles, Bernard, 1907-1991.
	Sullivan, Francis L.
	Hunt, Martita.
	Currie, Finlay, 1878-1968.
	Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
	Barnard, Ivor, 1887-1953.
	Jackson, Freda.
	Wager, Anthony.
	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
	9780780021273
Standard No.	037429128022
Music No.	GRE270 Criterion Collection
Standard No.	NZ1 8194351