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Great expectations [videorecording] / a co-production of BBC America and WGBH/Boston ; adapted by Tony Marchant ; produced by David Simon ; directed by Julian Jarrold. - [Boston] : WGBH Boston Video, [2004] - 1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from container. Originally broadcast on television in 1999. Based on a novel by Charles Dickens. Special features: access to the Masterpiece Theatre web site.

Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Ian McDiarmid, Bernard Hill.

A vivid adaptation of Charles Dickens' powerful story of a young orphan boy who is released from his apprenticeship by a mysterious benefactor to be educated in London.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.


Closed-captioned.

ISBN: 1593752067

Standard No.: 783421337596

Publisher. No.: WG33759 WGBH Boston Video

Source: Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poor children--Drama.
Ex-convicts--Drama.
Benefactors--Drama.
Young men--Drama.
Revenge--Drama.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Television programs.

LC Class. No.: DVD PN 1997 / .G7284 2004