Great Expectations: The Untold Story

Great Expectations: The Untold Story
Great Expectations: The Untold Story
Directed by	Tim Burstall
Written by	Tim Burstall
Based on	Great Expectations; by Charles Dickens
Produced by	Tom Burstall; Ray Alchin; executive; Antony I. Ginnane; Christopher Muir; associate; Sigrid Thornton
Starring	Sigrid Thornton; Anne-Louise Lambert; John Stanton
Cinematography	Peter Hendry
Edited by	Tony Kavanaugh; Lyn Solly; John Pryce-Jones
Music by	George Dreyfus
Production; companies	Hemdale Film Corporation; International Film Management
Distributed by	ABC (Australian TV); Filmpac (video)
Release date	7 February 1987;
Running time	102 mins (film version); 3 × 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.^[3]

It is based on an account of what happened to Magwitch from the novel Great Expectations when he was in Australia.^[4]

Plot[]

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.

Cast[]

John Stanton as Magwitch
Sigrid Thornton as Bridget
Robert Coleby as Compeyson
Anne Louise Lambert as Estella
Noel Ferrier as Jaggers
Ron Haddrick as Lankerton
Danny Simmons as Young Pip
Todd Boyce as Older Pip

Production[]

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.^[5] It was filmed in Sydney from 9 March to 11 July 1986.^[3]

References[]

^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
^ "TIMESTYLE tv radio chess Nuclear attack drama most powerful yet". The Canberra Times. 59 (18, 164). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 June 1985. p. 13. Retrieved 14 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p70, 201-202
^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p187-188
^ Interview with Tim Burstall, 30 March 1998 Archived 15 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2012

External links[]

Great Expectations: The Untold Story at IMDb
Great Expectations: The Untold Story at Oz Movies
Great Expectations: The Untold Story at TCMDB
Great Expectations: The Untold Story at BFI

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[gross-1] "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64

[2] "TIMESTYLE tv radio chess Nuclear attack drama most powerful yet". The Canberra Times. 59 (18, 164). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 June 1985. p. 13. Retrieved 14 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[scott-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p70, 201-202

[stratton2-4] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p187-188

[tim-5] Interview with Tim Burstall, 30 March 1998 Archived 15 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2012

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