Great Expectations (1998 film)

Great Expectations
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfonso Cuarón
Screenplay byMitch Glazer
Based onGreat Expectations
1861 novel
by Charles Dickens
Produced byArt Linson
John Linson
Starring
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
Edited bySteven Weisberg
Music byPatrick Doyle
Ron Wasserman
Production
company
Art Linson Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 30, 1998 (1998-01-30)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$25 million
Box office$55.5 million

Great Expectations is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and written by Mitch Glazer. It stars Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft and Robert De Niro. The film adapts Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations, moving the setting from Victorian London to contemporary New York. The film garnered mixed reviews but managed to earn $55 million at the global box office, surpassing its $25 million production budget.