Movie Description
High Hopes
(1989)Overview
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
Featured Crew
- Director : Mike Leigh
- Producer : Simon Channing Williams,Victor Glynn
- Writer : Mike Leigh
- Editor : Jon Gregory
- Cast : Phil Davis,Ruth Sheen,Edna Doré,Philip Jackson,Heather Tobias,Lesley Manville,David Bamber,Cheryl Prime,Judith Scott,Jason Watkins,Diane-Louise Jordan,Linda Beckett,Ali
Cast
Cyril Bender
Shirley
Mrs Bender
Martin Burke
Valerie
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Martin's Girlfriend
Suzi
Wayne
Chemist Shop Assistant
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Facts
Original TitleHigh Hopes
Status Released
Release Information
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1989-01-13
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 48m
Revenue₹ 1192322
Production CompaniesBritish Screen Productions,Portman Productions,Film4 Productions
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
