High Hopes (1989)
January 13, 1989Release Date
High Hopes (1989)
January 13, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Phil Davis
Cyril
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia
David Bamber
Rupert
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Judith Scott
Suzi
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
Mike Leigh
Director
Ali
Baby
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master
Victor Glynn
Producer
Andrew Dickson
Composer
Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Roger Pratt
Cinematographer
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
Jon Gregory
Editor
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Hairdresser
Diana Charnley
ProductionDesigner
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director
Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
John Etherington
Grip
George Richards
Boom 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
Maddy Hall
Other
Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator
Dave Pearce
Construction Manager
David Carrigan
Third Assistant Director
Colin Brooks
Painter
Colin Smith
Other
Barry Read
Electrician
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Frank O'Connor
Still Photographer
Dom Shaw
Assistant Director
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
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Sue Hayes
Unit Manager
Perry Bell
Painter
Chris Streeter
Driver
Richard Booz
Transportation Captain
John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 13, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$1,192,322
Filming LocationsLloyd's building, United Kingdom
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
High Hopes is a 1988 comedy-drama film directed by Mike Leigh, focusing on an extended working-class family living in King's Cross, London, and elsewhere.
The film primarily examines Cyril (Philip Davis) and Shirley (Ruth Sheen), a motor-cycle courier and his girlfriend, along with their friends, neighbours, and Cyril's mother and sister.
Despite staying true to Leigh's down-at-the-heel, realist style, the film is ultimately a social comedy concerning culture clashes between different classes and belief systems. According to the critic Michael Coveney', "As in Meantime, High Hopes contrasts the economic and spiritual conditions of siblings. And in developing some of the themes in Babies Grow Old and Grown-Ups, it presents a brilliantly organised dramatic résumé of attitudes towards parturition and old age."