Great Expectations: The Untold Story is a 1987 Australian period drama miniseries, which was later re-edited as a feature film.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p70, 201-202
It is based on an account of what happened to Magwitch from Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations when he was in Australia.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p187-188
Plot Magwitch is sentenced to life in New South Wales. He is put on a chain gang run by Solomon Tooth and eventually amasses a fortune.
Cast John Stanton as Magwitch Sigrid Thornton as Bridget Robert Coleby as Compeyson Anne Louise Lambert as Estella Noel Ferrier as Jaggers Ron Haddrick as Lankerton Danny Simmons as Young Pip Todd Boyce as Older Pip Serge Lazareff as Courtney Annie Byron as Mrs. Joe Gargery Bruce Spence as Joe Gargery Brian Moll as Uncle Pumblechook Les Foxcroft as Gaoler Richard Morgan as Pryce
Production The project was the idea of Tom Burstall, who made it with his director father Tim. Tim Burstall says in the writing of it he was influenced by a book by Price Waring, Tales of the Old Convict System.Interview with Tim Burstall, 30 March 1998 Retrieved 14 October 2012 It was filmed in Sydney from 9 March to 11 July 1986.
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Great Expectations: The Untold Story at Oz Movies Great Expectations: The Untold Story at TCMDB Great Expectations: The Untold Story at BFI