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High Hopes

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Calorie Rating: 152
Released: 1989-01-13
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Revenue 1192322
Studios: British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, Film4 Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

Mike Leigh
Director
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director

Marc Munden
Second Assistant Director
David Carrigan
Third Assistant Director
Dom Shaw
Assistant Director



Cast

Phil Davis
Character: Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Character: Shirley
Edna Doré
Character: Mrs Bender

Philip Jackson
Character: Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Character: Valerie
Lesley Manville
Character: Lætitia Boothe-Brain

David Bamber
Character: Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime
Character: Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott
Character: Suzi

Jason Watkins
Character: Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Character: Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Character: Receptionist

Ali
Character: Baby


Production and Crew


Diana Charnley
Production Design
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design

Morag Ross
Makeup Artist
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Tom Donald
Executive Producer

Roger Pratt
Camera Operator
Simon Fulford
Focus Puller
Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader

Billy McCarthy
Sound Mixer
George Richards
Boom Operator

Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction

Shirley Spriggs
Construction Buyer
Anthony Black
Wardrobe Supervisor
Debbie Scott
Wardrobe Assistant

Andrew McClelland
First Assistant Editor
Steve Evans
Assistant Editor
Peter Joly
Sound Editor

Paul Newson
Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Caroline Hill
Production Manager

Sue Hayes
Unit Manager
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
Sue Whatmough
Casting Director

Britt Harrison
Production Coordinator
Claudine Aidenbaum
Producer's Assistant
John Paul Chapple
Production Executive

Graham Broadbent
Production Runner
Ted Read
Gaffer
Peter Lamb
Best Boy Lighting Technician

Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator
Vernon Connolly
Electrician
Barry Read
Electrician

Dave Pearce
Construction Manager
Les Benson
Property Master
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop

Barry Arnold
Standby Property Master

Robin Heinson
Standby Painter
Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger

Lucy Bristow
Camera Trainee
Peter Murphy
Sound Assistant

John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Pat Howell
Production Accountant

Mike D'Silva
Accountant
Richard Booz
Transportation Captain

David Appleby
Still Photographer
Frank O'Connor
Still Photographer
Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master

Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer