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High Hopes

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Calorie Rating: 157
Released: 1989-01-13
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 112 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

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

Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography

Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Simon Fulford
Focus Puller
Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader

Roger Pratt
Camera Operator
George Richards
Boom Operator

Robin Heinson
Standby Painter
Lucy Bristow
Camera Trainee
Peter Murphy
Sound Assistant

Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
Mike D'Silva
Accountant
Pat Howell
Production Accountant

Anthony Black
Wardrobe Supervisor
Peter Joly
Sound Editor
John Paul Chapple
Production Executive

Vernon Connolly
Electrician
Paul Newson
Assistant Sound Editor

Graham Broadbent
Production Runner
Richard Booz
Transportation Captain

David Appleby
Still Photographer
Caroline Hill
Production Manager

Sue Hayes
Unit Manager
Sue Whatmough
Casting Director
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop

Claudine Aidenbaum
Producer's Assistant
Dave Pearce
Construction Manager

Barry Arnold
Standby Property Master
John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction

Shirley Spriggs
Construction Buyer
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator

Billy McCarthy
Sound Mixer
Andrew McClelland
First Assistant Editor

Steve Evans
Assistant Editor
Debbie Scott
Wardrobe Assistant
Britt Harrison
Production Coordinator

Peter Lamb
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Les Benson
Property Master
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ted Read
Gaffer
Barry Read
Electrician
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger

Frank O'Connor
Still Photographer
Chris Allies
Title Designer

Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Diana Charnley
Production Design
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design


Morag Ross
Makeup Artist