Great Expectations (1998 film) were done by Francesco Clemente, an Italian painter. The actors sat for him in private. A gallery of some of the paintings is available for viewing at Fox's website devoted to the film. Great Expectations (1998 film) Great Expectations is a 1998 contemporary film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. It is known for having moved the setting of the original novel from 1812-1827 London to 1990s New York. The film is an abridged
Great Expectations (1998 film) in the song "RoboCop" on Kanye West's 2008 album, "808s & Heartbreak". The screenplay for this film was written by Mitch Glazer, loosely based on Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations". The film itself was then novelized by Deborah Chiel, also under the title "Great Expectations". "Great Expectations" received mixed or average reviews. Based on 24 critic reviews from mainstream publication, Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 55% based on reviews from 24 critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 38% based on 34 reviews. Film critic Roger Ebert, giving it three stars out of four,