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Great Expectations (2012)

Great Expectations
Great Expectations
PG-13
Drama
Documentary
Romance

Release Date
November 30, 2012
Director
Mike Newell
Runtime
128
Main Genre
Drama
Writers
Charles Dickens , David Nicholls
Tagline
Prepare for a life of great expectations.

Summary

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love,then Pip a humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

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