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Mike Newell - film director
Why did Mike Newell choose to make a film of the classic Dickens novel Great Expectations? What more is there to add when there have already been so many adaptions?
Mike Newell is responsible for box office hits like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He could make almost any film he wants. So why choose his latest movie - a remake of the classic Dickens novel Great Expectations. What more is there to add when there have already been so many adaptions?
(Image: Mike Newell, Credit: Getty Images)
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