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High Hopes (1989)
Directed by Mike Leigh
Comedy, Drama · 1h 48m
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
Cast
Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
C
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
J
Judith Scott
Suzi
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
Crew
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writer
- Mike Leigh
- Director of Photography
- Roger Pratt
- Original Music Composer
- Andrew Dickson
- Editor
- Jon Gregory
- Producer
- Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn
Details
- Release date
- 1989-01-13
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, Film Four International
- Box office
- $1,192,322