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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
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director
David Carrigan
Third Assistant Director

Dom Shaw
Assistant Director
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
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
Tom Donald
Executive Producer

Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager

Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
George Richards
Boom Operator

Roger Pratt
Camera Operator
Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader
Billy McCarthy
Sound Mixer

Shirley Spriggs
Construction Buyer
Anthony Black
Wardrobe Supervisor
Chris Allies
Title Designer

Caroline Hill
Production Manager
Simon Fulford
Focus Puller
Andrew McClelland
First Assistant Editor

Steve Evans
Assistant Editor
Les Benson
Property Master
Robin Heinson
Standby Painter

Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Joly
Sound Editor
Ted Read
Gaffer

Pat Howell
Production Accountant
Claudine Aidenbaum
Producer's Assistant

Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator
Dave Pearce
Construction Manager

Barry Read
Electrician
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger

David Appleby
Still Photographer
Frank O'Connor
Still Photographer
Peter Lamb
Best Boy Lighting Technician

Peter Murphy
Sound Assistant
Sue Whatmough
Casting Director
Graham Broadbent
Production Runner

Barry Arnold
Standby Property Master
Mike D'Silva
Accountant
John Paul Chapple
Production Executive

Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction
Debbie Scott
Wardrobe Assistant
Paul Newson
Assistant Sound Editor

Sue Hayes
Unit Manager

Richard Booz
Transportation Captain
John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop

Britt Harrison
Production Coordinator
Lucy Bristow
Camera Trainee
Vernon Connolly
Electrician

Andrew Dickson
Original Music Composer
Morag Ross
Makeup Artist

Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Diana Charnley
Production Design