Great Expectations: The Untold Story is a 1987 Australian period drama miniseries, which was later re-edited as a feature film.[3]
| Great Expectations: The Untold Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Period drama |
| Based on | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| Written by | Tim Burstall |
| Story by | Tom Burstall |
| Directed by | Tim Burstall |
| Starring | John Stanton Sigrid Thornton Robert Coleby Anne-Louise Lambert Ron Haddrick Noel Ferrier Danny Simmons Todd Boyce |
| Music by | George Dreyfus |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Antony I. Ginnane Ray Alchin |
| Producers | Tom Burstall Ray Alchin |
| Production location | Sydney |
| Cinematography | Peter Hendry |
| Editors | Tony Kavanaugh Lyn Solly |
| Running time | 50 minutes 102 minutes (film version) |
| Production companies | Hemdale Film Corporation Australian Broadcasting Corporation International Film Management |
| Budget | A$5,970,077[1][2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 7 February – 14 March 1987 |
It is based on an account of what happened to Magwitch from Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations when he was in Australia.[4]
Plot
editMagwitch 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
edit- 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
- Serge Lazareff as Courtney
- Annie Byron as Mrs. Joe Gargery
- Bruce Spence as Joe Gargery
- Brian Moll as Uncle Pumblechook
Production
editThe project 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
edit- ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
- ^ "TIMESTYLE tv radio chess Nuclear attack drama most powerful yet". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 18, 164. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 June 1985. p. 13. Retrieved 14 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 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
edit- 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
