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 more consistent with the draft, as well as the natural working out of the tale. Modern literary criticism is split over the matter. Dickens and Wills co-owned "All the Year Round", one 75%, the other 25%. Since Dickens was his own publisher, he did not require a contract for his own works. Although intended for weekly publication, "Great Expectations" was divided into nine monthly sections, with new pagination for each. "Harper's Weekly" published the novel from 24 November 1860 to 5 August 1861 in the US and "All the Year Round" published it from 1 December 1860 to 3 August