Great Expectations (1999 film)

Great Expectations
Based onGreat Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Written byTony Marchant
Directed byJulian Jarrold
StarringIoan Gruffudd
Justine Waddell
Charlotte Rampling
Bernard Hill
Clive Russell
Ian McDiarmid
Daniel Evans
Emma Cunniffe
Alex Holbrook
James Hillier
Theme music composerMaurice Jarre & Joe Pereira
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languagesEnglish
Greek
Production
ProducerDavid Snodin
CinematographyDavid Odd
EditorChris Gill
Running time168 minutes
Production companiesBBC Worldwide
WGBH
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release12 April 1999 (1999-04-12)

Great Expectations is a 1999 television film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name. It was aired on BBC Two in the UK originally in two parts between 12 and 13 April 1999, and on Masterpiece Theatre in the US.