Mike Newell - film director
Why did Mike Newell choose to make a film of the classic Dickens novel Great Expectations?
The Interview · BBC World Service
December 6, 201223m 21s
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Show Notes
Mike Newell is responsible for box office hits like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He could make almost any film he wants. So why choose his latest movie - a remake of the classic Dickens novel Great Expectations. What more is there to add when there have already been so many adaptions?
(Image: Mike Newell, Credit: Getty Images)