Grandi speranze

Titolo originale: Great Expectations

1946
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1h 58min

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Valerie Hobson and John Mills in Grandi speranze (1946)

Un umile orfano diventa improvvisamente un gentiluomo con l'aiuto di un benefattore sconosciuto.Un umile orfano diventa improvvisamente un gentiluomo con l'aiuto di un benefattore sconosciuto.Un umile orfano diventa improvvisamente un gentiluomo con l'aiuto di un benefattore sconosciuto.

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Vincitore di 2 Oscar
- 4 vittorie e 4 candidature totali

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Great Expectations (1947)

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Director Sir David Lean wanted his movie to have a feeling of heightened realism. Working closely in conjunction with art director John Bryan and cinematographer Guy Green, he employed several tricks, such as forced perspective, to achieve this effect. The famous opening shot in the graveyard, for instance, features a brooding church in the background, which, in reality, was only three meters (9'10") high.

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At the end, when Pip is persuading Estella to leave Satis House with him, a 'Chad' is clearly visible drawn on the screen behind him (Chads were a popular form of graffiti in the 1940s - a character with a big nose looking over a wall). Chad is a British term; the American equivalent would be Kilroy, as in 'Kilroy was here'.

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Pip: [narrating] In trying to become a gentleman, I had succeeded in becoming a snob.

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The identity of the actress playing Molly is never revealed, because this would constitute a spoiler.

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In some prints, after the fifteen minute "convict episode" at the beginning of the film ends, a voice-over by the adult Pip (John Mills) says, "it was a year later", as Mrs. Joe arrives home in the carriage. As now usually shown, there is no voice-over in this sequence.

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Featured in Moscow in Madrid (1965)

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Great version of the Dickens novel...beautiful B&W photography...

The Dickens novel is given classic treatment in David Lean's "Great Expectations". The opening scene is so atmospheric it sets the tone for the convoluted story to follow. The earlier scenes with young Pip are the most enjoyable for me--especially those involving Estella (Jean Simmons) and Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt).

Brilliant performances from all concerned. John Mills is wholly satisfying as the adult Pip and Valerie Hobson as the adult Estella--but it is Martita Hunt's Miss Havisham, sitting among the ruined finery of a wedding that never took place, everything exactly the way it was on that fateful day--and waging war on men ever since--that lingers in the memory.

Some of the best black and white photography seen until that time and an absorbing story with twists and surprises that have logical explanations. Compares favorably with the other great British film, "Oliver Twist" and, by all means, recommended viewing.

Not only worthy of its Best Picture nomination, it should have won over "Gentleman's Agreement" which now seems preachy and artificial.