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Little Dorrit

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Little Dorrit
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6hrs 0min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1988
Starring:
Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack  ...more
Synopsis: Little Dorrit was intended as the cinematic equivalent to the mammoth, eight hour Royal Shakespeare Company's staging of Dickens' Nicholas Nickelby. The film was released to theatres in two parts, each running approximately three hours. The first part, subtitled "Nobody's Fault," introduced us to the seamstress title character (Sarah Pickering), who chooses to live in debtor's prison with her father (Alec Guinness). Good samaritan Derek Jacobi endeavors to help both father and daughter. The second ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
Seldom does a film harmonize cinematography, performances, and script as skillfully as this highly acclaimed 1988 adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel, Little Dorrit. The movie is a two-part, six-hour drama centering on the fate of the bankrupt Dorrit family living in a debtor's prison at Marshalsea across the Thames River from central London. Director Christine Edzard, the daughter of two ... Full Review
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Alec Guinness
William Dorrit
Derek Jacobi
Arthur Clennam
Cyril Cusack
Frederick Dorrit
Sarah Pickering
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