| | Great Expectations by Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Nicholas Blane, Laura Aikman, Charles Dickens, Tony Marchant, Angela Sims, Hugh Lloyd, David Odd, David Snodin, Melanie Howard, Michael Wearing, Rebecca Eaton, Timothy Tranter, Daniel Evans, Laila Morse, Gemma Gregory, Sarah Durham, Roland Manookian, Nicholas Woodeson, Ian Mcdiarmid, Jo Cameron Brown, Selina Cadell, Clive Russell, Philippa Stanton, Laurence Dobiesz, Bernard Hill, Sandra Voe, directed by Julian Jarrold Dvd, Published 2004 by Wgbh Boston Closed-Captioned, Color, Dvd-Video, Ntsc ISBN-13: 978-1-59375-206-4, ISBN: 1-59375-206-7
"This capable and intelligent adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel is one in a long line of Great Expectations put to film. But this two-part drama distinguishes itself with its faithfulness to the book and outstanding performances by the principal cast. Ioan Gruffudd plays the adult Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her kindly blacksmith husband. Pip's life changes when he is sent for by Miss Haversham (Charlotte Ram ..."
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