High Hopes (1989)
January 13, 1989Release Date
High Hopes (1989)
January 13, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
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
Victor Glynn
Producer
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Andrew Dickson
Composer
Roger Pratt
Cinematographer
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Jon Gregory
Editor
Diana Charnley
ProductionDesigner
Graham Broadbent
Production Runner
Marc Munden
Second Assistant Director
Andrew Rothschild
Art Direction
John Paul Chapple
Production Executive
Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Morag Ross
Makeup Artist
Heather Storr
Script Supervisor
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sue Whatmough
Casting Director
Lucy Bristow
Camera Trainee
Andrew McClelland
First Assistant Editor
Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master
Malcolm Roberts
Standby Carpenter
Peter Joly
Sound Editor
David Carrigan
Third Assistant Director
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director
Chris Allies
Title Designer
Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader
Vernon Connolly
Electrician
Britt Harrison
Production Coordinator
Billy McCarthy
Sound Mixer
Debbie Scott
Wardrobe Assistant
Perry Bell
Painter
Eric Strange
Dressing Prop
Robin Heinson
Standby Painter
Barry Arnold
Standby Property Master
Les Benson
Property Master
Anthony Black
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ted Read
Gaffer
Dom Shaw
Assistant Director
Pat Howell
Production Accountant
George Richards
Boom Operator
Caroline Hill
Production Manager
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Hairdresser
Simon Fulford
Focus Puller
John Etherington
Grip
Shirley Spriggs
Construction Buyer
Steve Evans
Assistant Editor
Paul Newson
Assistant Sound Editor
Sue Hayes
Unit Manager
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
Claudine Aidenbaum
Producer's Assistant
Peter Lamb
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Bob Wilcox
Generator Operator
Barry Read
Electrician
Dave Pearce
Construction Manager
Colin Brooks
Painter
Tony Rubini
Standby Rigger
Colin Smith
Other
Peter Murphy
Sound Assistant
Maddy Hall
Other
John Sivers
Accounting Supervisor
Mike D'Silva
Accountant
Chris Streeter
Driver
Richard Booz
Transportation Captain
Frank O'Connor
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 13, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$1,192,322
Filming LocationsLloyd's building, United Kingdom
Genres
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."