A rising artist, flourishing with the help of a benefactor, falls fruitlessly in love with his wealthy childhood playmate, who has grown to be a beautiful coquette. But the nefarious influence of her eccentric, spiteful maiden aunt taints their relationship. A stylish, heavily romantic updating of the eponymous Dickens classic, staged in 1970s south Florida. Bancroft, as the "Miss Havisham" character, steals the show.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Menus
Director of Photography
Emmanuel Lubezki:
Production Designer
Tony Burrough:
Story
Charles Dickens: British Novelist (CHRISTMAS CAROL, OLIVER TWIST)
Costume Designer
Judianna Makovsky: Costume Designer, SEABISCUIT (2003)
Review 1:
"...Attractively cast..."
Source: USA Today
p.7D 01/30/1998
Review 2:
"...Spellbinding camerawork and sexy leads keep this romance lushly entertaining..."
Source: Premiere
p.21 01/01/1998
Review 3:
"...The film is a successful translation of the basic material from one period and approach to another....It's visually enchanted..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.35 01/30/1998
Review 4:
"...Paltrow and Hawke are dazzling....Cuaron imbues their journey with something rare in movies: a genuine romantic spirit..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.64 02/19/1998
Review 5:
"...Exciting....It's the films very lightness which confirms Cuaron as probably the most graceful director to emerge in Hollywood this decade..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.44-5 05/01/1998
Review 6:
"...Mr. Cuaron is such a voluptuous visual stylist, this GREAT EXPECTATIONS is capable of wonder..."
Source: New York Times
p.E10 01/30/1998