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UK Trailer for GREAT EXPECTATIONS with Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes

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UK Trailer for GREAT EXPECTATIONS with Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes

Great Expectations - Helena Bonham Carter Charles Dicken’s masterly coming of age tale, Great Expectations has been adapted for stage and screen many times over. This time Harry Potter helmer Mike Newell is bringing it to a new generation of spectators. Written by David Nicholls (One Day) the cast includes Ralph Fiennes who plays the escaped convict Magwitch, Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) as Pip, the young hero of the story. Co-stars  Holliday Grainger (The Borgias), Robbie Coltrane, Sally Hawkins, David Walliams, in this drama about a young orphan whose life is enriched thanks to a mysterious benefactor. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and received rave reviews. In other words, ‘it falters under the weight of its expectations.’ However, Great Expectations is slated for release in the U.K. on November 30th and was recently picked up for US distribution. An official theatrical trailer has now arrived and you can watch it below. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5qDkf4PkdI[/youtube]
Young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella; a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.
Great Expectations - Ralph Fiennes
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