Mike Newell’s Great Expectations was screened at the Toronto Film Festival a few days ago and will close the London Film Festival on October 21st, ahead of its UK release on Friday 30th November 2012. Now a new trailer has arrived, and we’ve embedded a couple of clips from the movie below. Here’s the synopsis: #Young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella; a spoilt heiress he’s loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear. Starring an award-winning cast, this British tour de force is directed by the BAFTA winning director of Four Weddings and A Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mike Newell, and has been written for the big screen by David Nicholls, the acclaimed writer of the global best seller One Day.’
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