September 2009
61 posts
Twenty-five films that made it from the book shelf...
1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS by CHARLES DICKENS
Published: 1860-1861
Film adaptation: 1946
Director: DAVID LEAN
No film version of Dickens has ever matched Lean’s superlative realisation of Great Expectations. From the jumpy graveyard scene to the weirdness of Satis House, and with actors such as John Mills and Alec Guinness giving their all, there is no level at which this utterly brilliant film...
