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    Unique ID Code: 0000032551
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    Added on: 14/4/2002 02:15
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    Great Expectations (UK)

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    Let desire be your destiny
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 107 mins
    Retail Price: £15.99
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    Synopsis:
    Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow are dazzling in this wildly romantic tale of desire and passion based on the timeless novel by Charles Dickens. The moment young Finn sets eyes on Estella, she becomes his inspiration... and his obsession. Despite being warned, "she`ll only break your heart," he vows to win her love. Years later, thanks to a mysterious benefactor, aspiring artist Finn is off to New York, where he is reunited with the icy and beautiful Estella. When she agrees to model for him, Finn`s dearest hopes may at last be realised-along with his darkest fears! Co-starring Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro, Great Expectations paints a lush portrait of two people from different worlds who are linked by destiny, and fated to touch each other`s souls.

    Special Features:
    Theatrical Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Hebrew
    Polish
    Czech
    Swedish
    Finnish
    CC: English
    Portuguese
    Hungarian
    Danish
    Norwegian

    Directed By:
    Alfonso Cuarón

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Anne Bancroft
    Chris Cooper
    Hank Azaria
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Ethan Hawke

    Casting By:
    Jill Greenberg

    Soundtrack By:
    Scott Weiland
    Brian Vander Ark
    Duncan Sheik
    Iggy Pop
    Charlie Midnight
    Patrick Doyle
    Chris Cornell
    Lauren Christy
    Tori Amos

    Director of Photography:
    Emmanuel Lubezki

    Editor:
    Steven Weisberg

    Costume Designer:
    Judianna Makovsky

    Production Designer:
    Tony Burrough

    Producer:
    John Linson
    Art Linson

    Executive Producer:
    Deborah Lee

    Distributor:
    Twentieth Century Fox

    Your Opinions and Comments

    7 / 10
    A bitter-sweet love story by Dickens that gets a modern adaptation. It`s mostly boring and covers familiar ground, but Bancroft gives a superb performance as the bitter Ms. Dinsmoor.
    The video transfer is good. There are no compression signs and colors saturation is excellent, especially during the scenes in the gallery.
    The DD 5.1 soundtrack is ok. There`s an occasion usage of the surrounds, but being a dialog driven movie, nothing too exciting.
    The menus are still and silent.
    The disk offers no extras whatsoever.
    Bottom line - a rather dull adaptation of what`s considered a classic masterpiece with a great performance by Bancroft, but, alas, a bare disk.
    posted by Zvi Josef on 15/4/2002 04:28