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Great Expectations: The Untold Story

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'Great Expectations: The Untold Story' is a 1987 Australian film which was made as a feature film and a mini series.Ed. Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p70, 201-202

It is based on an account of what happened to Magwitch from the novel 'Great Expectations' when he was in Australia.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p187-188

Plot



Magwitch is sentenced to life in New South Wales. He is put on a chain gang run by Solomon Tooth and eventually amasses a fortune.

Cast



*John Stanton as Magwitch

*Sigrid Thornton as Bridget

*Robert Coleby as Compeyson

*Anne Louise Lambert as Estella

*Noel Ferrier as Jaggers

*Ron Haddrick as Lankerton

*Danny Simmons as Young Pip

*Todd Boyce as Older Pip

Production



The film was the idea of Tom Burstall, who made it with his director father Tim. Tim Burstall says in the writing of it he was influenced by a book by Price Waring, 'Tales of the Old Convict System'.[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Tim+Burstall&bl&PHPSESSID=b84a60315abeb35485367633c6533d29 Interview with Tim Burstall, 30 March 1998] Retrieved 14 October 2012 It was filmed in Sydney from 9 March to 11 July 1986.

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