The scene in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations in which the convict Magwitch first surprises young Pip Pirrip in a graveyard is one of the most memorable in English literature.
The scene in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations in which the convict Magwitch first surprises young Pip Pirrip in a graveyard is one of the most memorable in English literature.
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by Barry Didcock
In David Lean's 1946 film adaptation, it became one of the scariest images in British cinema too, thanks to the performance of Edinburgh-born Finlay Currie in those heart-stopping opening scenes set on the bleak Kent marshes. The latest actor to take on the role is Ralph Fiennes. He stars in Mike Newell's upcoming adaptation, yesterday revealed as the closing film in October's London Film Festival.
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The scene in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations in which the convict Magwitch first surprises young Pip Pirrip in a graveyard is one of the most memorable in English literature.
In David Lean's 1946 film adaptation, it became one of the scariest images in British cinema too, thanks to the performance of Edinburgh-born Finlay Currie in those heart-stopping opening scenes set on the bleak Kent marshes. The latest actor to take on the role is Ralph Fiennes. He stars in Mike Newell's upcoming adaptation, yesterday revealed as the closing film in October's London Film Festival.
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