Great Expectations: The Untold Story
| Great Expectations: The Untold Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tim Burstall |
| Produced by | Tom Burstall Ray Alchin executive Antony I. Ginnane Christopher Muir associate Sigrid Thornton |
| Written by | Tim Burstall |
| Based on | novel by Charles Dickens idea by Tom Burstall |
| Starring |
Sigrid Thornton Anne-Louise Lambert John Stanton |
| Music by | George Dreyfus |
| Cinematography | Peter Hendry |
| Edited by | Tony Kavanaugh Lyn Solly John Pryce-Jones |
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Production
company |
Hemdale Film Corporation
International Film Management |
| Distributed by | ABC (Australian TV) Filmpac (video) |
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Release date
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7 February 1987 (Australian TV) |
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Running time
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102 mins (film version) 3 x 2 hours (TV version) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A $5,970,077 |
Great Expectations: The Untold Story is a 1987 Australian film which was made as a feature film and a mini series.
It is based on an account of what happened to Magwitch from the novel Great Expectations when he was in Australia.
Magwitch is sentenced to life in New South Wales. He is put on a chain gang run by Solomon Tooth and eventually amasses a fortune.
The film was the idea of Tom Burstall, who made it with his director father Tim. Tim Burstall says in the writing of it he was influenced by a book by Price Waring, Tales of the Old Convict System. It was filmed in Sydney from 9 March to 11 July 1986.
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