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Great Expectations
1946 1h 58m David Lean

Great Expectations

★ 7.8 IMDb
Romance Drama
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Production DesignerJohn Bryan
MusicWalter Goehr

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Nominated Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White
Nominated Academy Award for Best Director
Nominated Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture
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