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* CostumeBacklash: Alec Guinness found his wig to be very uncomfortable, making the initial filming process quite nerve-wrecking.
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* CreatorCouple: David Lean's wife Kay Walsh, who does not star in this version, came up with the idea for an ending where [[spoiler: Pip saves Estella from a similar fate to Miss Havisham]], and received a screenplay credit. She was also instrumental in "dragging" her husband to a stage production of the book, where he became a fan of the story.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Jean Simmons never saw Martita Hunt out of costume, and this allowed her to only see her as Miss Havisham for their scenes.
* FakeBrit: A slight example. Martita Hunt was born in Argentina to a British family and spent the first twenty years of her life there.
* FakeBrit: A slight example. Martita Hunt was born in Argentina to a British family and spent the first twenty years of her life there.
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* IAmNotSpock: Despite having appeared in several popular films of the day, Martita Hunt's preference for the stage meant that she is best remembered as Miss Havisham.
* ProductionPosse: It would be the first of six films Alec Guinness made with David Lean.
* RoleReprise: David Lean based the streamlined film script on a 1939 stage version he had seen, where Alec Guinness played Herbert Pocket and Martita Hunt played Miss Havisham.
* ProductionPosse: It would be the first of six films Alec Guinness made with David Lean.
* RoleReprise: David Lean based the streamlined film script on a 1939 stage version he had seen, where Alec Guinness played Herbert Pocket and Martita Hunt played Miss Havisham.
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* CreativeDifferences: Guy Green replaced Robert Krasker as cinematographer on this movie. Creator/DavidLean and Ronald Neame were not satisfied with Krasker's studio re-creation of the marshes in the opening scenes.
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* ThrowItIn: {{Invoked}}. Creator/AlecGuinness struggled with a close-up in which he had to laugh out loud. Creator/DavidLean told him to forget about the whole thing, sat by his side, and made a little signal to signaled the camera to start turning in the course of the conversation. He said something which made Guinness laugh and then said, "Cut". Guinness: "So he got this shot on a totally false premise... but thank God. I don't think I would have ever achieved it otherwise".otherwise".
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** Both Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/MargaretLockwood were considered for the role of Estella.
** Music/PetulaClark tested for the role of Estella as a girl.
* WhatMightHaveBeen:
** Both Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/MargaretLockwood were considered for the role of Estella.
** Music/PetulaClark tested for the role of Estella as a girl.
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* DarkhorseCasting: Creator/JeanSimmons was not yet a familiar face to moviegoers when she was cast as the young Estella, but her performance impressed Creator/DavidLean.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/JohnMills, playing Pip from the age of nineteen to twenty-five, was thirty-eight at the time of filming.
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/JohnMills, playing Pip from the age of nineteen to twenty-five, was thirty-eight at the time of filming.filming, while Creator/AlecGuinness was thirty-two playing Herbert Pocket, who is roughly the same age.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/AlecGuinness admired the way Creator/DavidLean directed him, singling out a close-up in which he had to laugh out loud, and which he struggled to make look un-manufactured. Lean told him to forget about the whole thing, sat by his side, and made a little signal to the camera to start turning in the course of the conversation. He said something which made Guinness laugh and then said, "Cut".
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* CreativeDifferences: Guy Green replaced Robert Krasker as cinematographer on this movie. Creator/DavidLean and Ronald Neame were not satisfied with Krasker's studio re-creation of the marshes in the opening scenes.
* DawsonCasting: Creator/JohnMills, playing Pip from the age of nineteen to twenty-five, was thirty-eight at the time of filming.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/AlecGuinness admired the way Creator/DavidLean directed him, singling out a close-up in which he had to laugh out loud, and which he struggled to make look un-manufactured. Lean told him to forget about the whole thing, sat by his side, and made a little signal to the camera to start turning in the course of the conversation. He said something which made Guinness laugh and then said, "Cut".
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Valerie Hobson called the experience of working with Creator/DavidLean on this movie, "the unhappiest", and called him "a cold director. He gave me nothing at all as an actress."
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* DawsonCasting: Creator/JohnMills, playing Pip from the age of nineteen to twenty-five, was thirty-eight at the time of filming.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/AlecGuinness admired the way Creator/DavidLean directed him, singling out a close-up in which he had to laugh out loud, and which he struggled to make look un-manufactured. Lean told him to forget about the whole thing, sat by his side, and made a little signal to the camera to start turning in the course of the conversation. He said something which made Guinness laugh and then said, "Cut".
-->So he got this shot on a totally false premise...but thank God. I don't think I would have ever achieved it otherwise.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Valerie Hobson called the experience of working with Creator/DavidLean on this movie, "the unhappiest", and called him "a cold director. He gave me nothing at all as an actress."
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