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Topic History of: Great Expectations 1946 Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006
Shown on BBC2 again - I think the first 15 minutes are possibly the greatest ever made on film. For a start Martita Hunt is the finest Miss Havisham. Likewise Charles Dickens is perhaps the best ever writer. David Lean was a genius. Alec Guinness was not just a great actor - he adapted the original stage screenplay on which Lean based the film. The churchyard scene is stunning. The film has been voted the 5th best of all time but I think these first minutes are absolutely extraordinary.