Great Expectations screenplay – Scripts on Screen

Great Expectations (1946) Script

celluloid — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:48:59 +0000

Year:1946

Director:David Lean

Written by:Charles Dickens (Novel), Ronald Neame (Screenplay), David Lean (Screenplay), Anthony Havelock-Allan (Screenplay), Kay Walsh (Screenplay), Cecil McGivern (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Great Expectations Script Resources:

Great Expectations Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Great Expectations (2012) Script

celluloid — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:22:21 +0000

Year:2012

Director:Mike Newell

Written by:Charles Dickens (Novel), David Nicholls (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's 'Uncle Pumblechook' to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Great Expectations Script Resources:

Great Expectations Script PDF at bbc.co.uk
Great Expectations Script PDF - [Nicholls] [Undated] at Script Fly ($)
Great Expectations Transcript at subslikescript.com

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Great Expectations Script

celluloid — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 03:30:17 +0000

Year:1998

Director:Alfonso Cuarón

Written by:Charles Dickens (Novel), Mitch Glazer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

Great Expectations Script Resources:

Great Expectations Script PDF at The Script Savant
Great Expectations Script PDF - [Glazer][2nd 6-10-1996] at Script Fly ($)
Great Expectations Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.