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David Lean’s Great Expectations: One of the Greatest Films Ever Made

David Lean’s Great Expectations: One of the Greatest Films Ever Made

The Dickens adaptation yardstick by which all others must be judged

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Nov 08, 2023
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Charles Dickens’s masterpiece Great Expectations has been adapted many times on film, but David Lean’s magisterial 1946 version towers far above them all. 75 years later, it remains a landmark in cinema, packed with unforgettable images and one of the greatest films ever made. It is also an exem…

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