---
title: 'Great Expectations (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfonso Cuarón'
released: '1998-01-30'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/great-expectations-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119223/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Great Expectations (1998)

1998 · 107 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfonso Cuarón](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-cuaron)
- **Screenplay:** [Mitch Glazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitch-glazer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Patrick Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-doyle)
- **Producer:** [Art Linson](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-linson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-lubezki)
- **Editor:** [Steven Weisberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-weisberg)

## Cast

- [Gwyneth Paltrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/gwyneth-paltrow)
- [Hank Azaria](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-azaria)
- [Kim Dickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-dickens)
- [Marc Macaulay](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-macaulay)
- [Drena De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/drena-de-niro)
- [Stephen Spinella](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-spinella)
- [Lance Reddick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-reddick)
- [Jeremy James Kissner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-james-kissner)
- [Peter Jacobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jacobson)
- [Gabriel Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-mann)
- [Ethan Hawke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-hawke)
- [Nicholas Woodeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-woodeson)
- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro)
- [Nell Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nell-campbell)
- [Chris Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cooper)

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