High Hopes

Film Description

Wayne left home because of an argument about pies. Cyril would like to machine gun the Royal family. Rupert and Laetitia Boothe-Brain play yuppie sex games, while deep in suburbia Valerie fails to arouse her husband Martin with a suggestion that he be Michael Douglas and she a virgin. Mrs Bender gets locked out of her house and is criticised by her neighbour for selfishly occupying a whole house in an increasingly fashionable area. And Cyril’s girlfriend Shirley wants to start a family, but gets no encouragement from Cyril, who feels that the world should be spared more babies until everyone already here has a job, a place to live and enough to eat.

This disparate cast of characters swim in and out of each others lives against a background of London and its suburbs seamlessly orchestrated by director Mike Leigh.

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• Contemporary Film / Comedy
• Contemporary Film / Drama
• Contemporary Film / British
• Comedy / Drama

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DVD Extras

• Original Theatrical Film (108 mins)
• On set 1988 News Footage (4 mins)
• Interview with Mike Leigh on High Hopes(4 mins)
• Production Notes
• Biographies.

Film Details

Director	Mike Leigh
Year	1988
Country	UK

Cast

Phil Davies, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen

Technical Details

Certificate	15
Length	116 mins
Label	FAB
Format	DVD Colour
Region	2
Aspect	16:9 Wide Screen
Cat No	FHED2019
Main Language	English

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