Great Expectations (disambiguation)
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Great Expectations
is an 1860 novel by Charles Dickens.
Great Expectations may also refer to:
Adaptations of the Dickens novel
Music
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
is an 1860 novel by Charles Dickens.
Great Expectations may also refer to:
Adaptations of the Dickens novel
- Great Expectations (1917 film)Great Expectations (1917 film)Great Expectations is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and Paul West, based on the 1861–1862 novel by Charles Dickens. Jack Pickford stars as Pip and Louise Huff as Estella.-Plot:...
, a silent, black-and-white version starring Jack Pickford as Pip - Great Expectations (1934 film)Great Expectations (1934 film)Great Expectations is a 1934 adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Filmed with mostly American actors, it was the first sound version of the novel and was produced in Hollywood by Universal Studios and directed by Stuart Walker. It stars Phillips Holmes as Pip, Jane Wyatt as...
, a Hollywood production directed by Stuart Walker - Great Expectations (1946 film)Great Expectations (1946 film)Great Expectations is a 1946 British film which won two Academy Awards and was nominated for three others...
, a British film directed by David Lean - Great Expectations (1974 film)Great Expectations (1974 film)Great Expectations is a 1974 film made for television based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was directed by Joseph Hardy, with screenwriter Sherman Yellen and music by Maurice Jarre, starring Michael York as Pip and Sarah Miles as Estella...
, a television version, directed by Joseph Hardy - Great Expectations (1981 TV serial), a BBC serialisation, starring Graham McGrath as young Pip
- Great Expectations (1989 TV miniseries), a British serialisation, directed by Kevin Connor
- Great Expectations (1998 film)Great Expectations (1998 film)Great Expectations is a 1998 contemporary film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. It is known for having moved the setting of the original novel from 1861...
, a Hollywood production directed by Alfonso Cuarón - Great Expectations (1999 film)Great Expectations (1999 film)Great Expectations is BBC's 1999 BAFTA award-winning television film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name and was aired on Masterpiece Theatre.- Plot :...
, a BBC production, directed by Julian Jarrold - Great Expectations (1993 musical), a 1993 West End musical with music by Mike Read
- Great Expectations (1983) by Kathy AckerKathy AckerKathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer. She was strongly influenced by the Black Mountain School, William S...
, the opening of which is a plagiarization (though re-written) of Dickens's novel
Music
- "Great Expectations", a song by Kiss from their 1976 album Destroyer
- "Great Expectations", a song by The Men They Couldn't HangThe Men They Couldn't HangThe Men They Couldn't Hang are a British folk punk group. The original group consisted of Stefan Cush , Paul Simmonds , Philip "Swill" Odgers , Jon Odgers and Shanne Bradley .- Controversy and success:Their first single, "The Green Fields...
from their 1990 album The Domino Club - "Great Expectations", a song by Cat Power from her 1995 album Dear SirDear SirDear Sir is the debut album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power. It was released in 1995 on Runt Records. The 2001 Plain Recordings reissue adds the song "Great Expectations" as the eighth track. The cover art depicts text superimposed over a male torso. The album...
- "Great Expectations", a song by Jurassic 5 from their 2000 album Quality Control (album)Quality Control (album)-Supplemental information:* The photo on the cover is at San Vicente Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California* On the European release of Quality Control, one track differs - track 14 is "Concrete and Clay"...
- "Great Expectations", a song by Elbow from their 2005 album Leaders of the Free WorldLeaders of the Free WorldLeaders of the Free World is the third studio album from the British rock band Elbow, released on 12 September 2005 in the UK and 21 February 2006 in the US on the V2 record label. The Japanese version of the album features two bonus tracks, "McGreggor" and "The Good Day", which were both B-sides...
- "Great Expectations", a song by The Gaslight Anthem from their 2008 album The '59 SoundThe '59 SoundThe '59 Sound is the second studio album by The Gaslight Anthem, released on August 19, 2008 on SideOneDummy Records.In December 2008, eMusic named The '59 Sound the best album of 2008. NME rated it as the 47th best album of the year...
- "Great Expectations", a song by Porcupine Tree from their 2009 album The IncidentThe Incident (album)The Incident is the tenth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. It was released on September 14, 2009 by Roadrunner Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album and reached the Top 25 on both the US and UK album charts.-History:The band...
- "Great Expectations", a song by Diggy SimmonsDiggy SimmonsDaniel Dwayne Simmons III , better known by his stage name Diggy Simmons or simply as Diggy, is an American rapper and the fourth child of Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons...
featuring Bei Maejor from his 2010 mixtape, Airborne. - Great Expectations, a 1970 album by Kiki DeeKiki DeeKiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
- Great Expectations, a 1992 album by Tasmin ArcherTasmin ArcherTasmin Archer is an English pop singer. Her first album, Great Expectations, spawned the hit "Sleeping Satellite" which reached number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland.-Biography:...
- Great Expectations, a 2008 album by Michael Rose
Other uses
- Great Expectations (2007 film), a 2007 documentary by Jesper Wachtmeister
- "Great Expectations" (Modern Family)Great Expectations (Modern Family)"Great Expectations" is the eighth episode of the ABC series Modern Family. It premiered on ABC in the United States on November 18, 2009. The episode was written by Joe Lawson and directed by Jason Winer.-Plot:...