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DTS Digital Suround Sound Great Expectations 1998 WS DTS LaserDisc Robert De Niro Charles Dickens Drama

Great Expectations 1998 WS DTS LaserDisc Robert De Niro Charles Dickens Drama

Modernization of 1860 Classic by Charles Dickens...

Great Expectations 1998 WS DTS LaserDisc Robert De Niro Charles Dickens Drama

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Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro in...

Great Expectations

( Catalog Number 0449284 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc

Great Expectations
1998 - 111 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories --- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida fishing village, eight-year-old orphan Finn Bell (Jeremy James Kissner), talented at art, is left in the care of his sister and her husband, Joe (Chris Cooper). One day, Finn helps a chained, escaped convict who appears in the surf. On other days, he visits Paradiso Perduto, where he plays with young Estella (Raquel Beaudene), niece of the mansion's colorful, flamboyant, and extremely wealthy owner, Ms. Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft), who parallels the novel's tragic Miss Havisham, a woman jilted at the altar and left emotionally scarred and mentally imbalanced. As Ms. Dinsmoor watches Finn draw a portrait of Estella, she plots to mold Estella into a hard woman capable of destroying men.

In a flash forward to the '80s, Finn (Hawke) and Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), now in their late teens, re-create the water-fountain kiss of their childhood, but Estella vanishes, breaking Finn's heart to such a degree that he doesn't draw or paint for seven years, choosing to eke out a marginal existence with his uncle Joe (after Finn's sister abandons the two). Then Manhattan art representative Jerry Ragno (Josh Mostel) turns up with a startling offer --- if Finn will return to painting and relocate in New York, Ragno will give him a one-man show. With an apparent assist from Ms. Dinsmoor, Finn makes the move and begins his new life with great expectations and a deadline of 10 weeks to complete the necessary paintings. When Finn next encounters Estella, she has a wealthy boyfriend, Walter (Hank Azaria). As Finn once again becomes entranced by Estella, he also begins to question exactly how his life is being manipulated. Francesco Clemente did the paintings and drawings seen in the film. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. --- Bhob Stewart

The umpteenth version of harles Dickens' seminal English class novel, this Great Expectations updates the events to modern-day Florida and New York City. Ethan Hawke plays the gifted artist Finn Bell, forever chasing after Gwyneth Paltrow's Estella, who prefers taunting and teasing him to showing any genuine affection. Herein lies the problem with director Alfonso Cuaron's often gorgeous film. Sure, the magical, sensual water fountain kiss that transpires between their ten-year-old selves, played by Jeremy James Kissner and the astonishing Raquel Beaudene, provides the foundation for great romantic fantasy. But viewers are never given any subsequent reason to like the elitist Estella, to whom Finn is nothing more than a plaything. So when Finn runs through the rain in a tuxedo, mad with love and anguish, it's unearned. Cuaron offers a fascinating world of rotting grandeur --- the Florida mansion invaded by vines, the sterile Manhattan studio the size of a warehouse --- but no sympathetic characters to populate it, save Finn's kindly hayseed uncle, played lovingly by Chris Cooper. Those with an interest in Paltrow should enjoy the film, but may feel cheated. --- Derek Armstrong

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Cast for Great Expectations

Ethan Hawke - Finnegan Bell
Gwyneth Paltrow - Estella
Hank Azaria - Walter Plane
Chris Cooper - Joe
Anne Bancroft - Ms. Dinsmoor
Robert De Niro - Lustig, Prisoner
Josh Mostel - Jerry Ragno
Kim Dickens - Maggie
Nell Campbell - Erica Thrall
Gabriel Mick - Owen
Jeremy James Kissner - Finnegan, age 10
Raquel Beaudene - Estella, age 10
Stephen Spinella - Carter Macleish

Crew for Great Expectations

Alfonso Cuaron - Director
Art Linson - Producer
Mitch Glazer - Screenwriter
Emmanuel Lubezki - Cinematographer
Patrick Doyle - Composer (Music Score)
Steve Weisberg - Editor
Tony Burrough - Production Designer
John Kasarda - Art Director
John Linson - Co-producer
Deborah Lee - Executive Producer
Susan Bode - Set Designer
Judianna Makovsky - Costume Designer
Thomas A. Reilly - First Assistant Director
Richard Beggs - Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Nelson - Sound/Sound Designer
Jill Greenberg - Casting

Feature Details

Title: Great Expectations
Feature Release Date: 1998
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 111 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

Technical Details

Catalog Number: 0449284
UPC: 086162917868
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Fox Video

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 0449284
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro in...

Great Expectations

( Catalog Number 0449284 )
(2.35:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

Great Expectations
1998 - 111 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories --- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida fishing village, eight-year-old orphan Finn Bell (Jeremy James Kissner), talented at art, is left in the care of his sister and her husband, Joe (Chris Cooper). One day, Finn helps a chained, escaped convict who appears in the surf. On other days, he visits Paradiso Perduto, where he plays with young Estella (Raquel Beaudene), niece of the mansion's colorful, flamboyant, and extremely wealthy owner, Ms. Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft), who parallels the novel's tragic Miss Havisham, a woman jilted at the altar and left emotionally scarred and mentally imbalanced. As Ms. Dinsmoor watches Finn draw a portrait of Estella, she plots to mold Estella into a hard woman capable of destroying men.

In a flash forward to the '80s, Finn (Hawke) and Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), now in their late teens, re-create the water-fountain kiss of their childhood, but Estella vanishes, breaking Finn's heart to such a degree that he doesn't draw or paint for seven years, choosing to eke out a marginal existence with his uncle Joe (after Finn's sister abandons the two). Then Manhattan art representative Jerry Ragno (Josh Mostel) turns up with a startling offer --- if Finn will return to painting and relocate in New York, Ragno will give him a one-man show. With an apparent assist from Ms. Dinsmoor, Finn makes the move and begins his new life with great expectations and a deadline of 10 weeks to complete the necessary paintings. When Finn next encounters Estella, she has a wealthy boyfriend, Walter (Hank Azaria). As Finn once again becomes entranced by Estella, he also begins to question exactly how his life is being manipulated. Francesco Clemente did the paintings and drawings seen in the film. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. --- Bhob Stewart

The umpteenth version of harles Dickens' seminal English class novel, this Great Expectations updates the events to modern-day Florida and New York City. Ethan Hawke plays the gifted artist Finn Bell, forever chasing after Gwyneth Paltrow's Estella, who prefers taunting and teasing him to showing any genuine affection. Herein lies the problem with director Alfonso Cuaron's often gorgeous film. Sure, the magical, sensual water fountain kiss that transpires between their ten-year-old selves, played by Jeremy James Kissner and the astonishing Raquel Beaudene, provides the foundation for great romantic fantasy. But viewers are never given any subsequent reason to like the elitist Estella, to whom Finn is nothing more than a plaything. So when Finn runs through the rain in a tuxedo, mad with love and anguish, it's unearned. Cuaron offers a fascinating world of rotting grandeur --- the Florida mansion invaded by vines, the sterile Manhattan studio the size of a warehouse --- but no sympathetic characters to populate it, save Finn's kindly hayseed uncle, played lovingly by Chris Cooper. Those with an interest in Paltrow should enjoy the film, but may feel cheated. --- Derek Armstrong

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Cast for Great Expectations

Ethan Hawke - Finnegan Bell
Gwyneth Paltrow - Estella
Hank Azaria - Walter Plane
Chris Cooper - Joe
Anne Bancroft - Ms. Dinsmoor
Robert De Niro - Lustig, Prisoner
Josh Mostel - Jerry Ragno
Kim Dickens - Maggie
Nell Campbell - Erica Thrall
Gabriel Mick - Owen
Jeremy James Kissner - Finnegan, age 10
Raquel Beaudene - Estella, age 10
Stephen Spinella - Carter Macleish

Crew for Great Expectations

Alfonso Cuaron - Director
Art Linson - Producer
Mitch Glazer - Screenwriter
Emmanuel Lubezki - Cinematographer
Patrick Doyle - Composer (Music Score)
Steve Weisberg - Editor
Tony Burrough - Production Designer
John Kasarda - Art Director
John Linson - Co-producer
Deborah Lee - Executive Producer
Susan Bode - Set Designer
Judianna Makovsky - Costume Designer
Thomas A. Reilly - First Assistant Director
Richard Beggs - Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Nelson - Sound/Sound Designer
Jill Greenberg - Casting

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