High Hopes

High Hopes (1989)

Released: 1989-01-13 Duration: 1hr 48min
Genres: Comedy Drama
Rating 7.1

Overview

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.

Production Companies

British Screen Productions
Portman Productions
Film4 Productions
Film4 Productions

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $1,192,322.00
Original Language en
Popularity 6.507

Directed By

Mike Leigh

Crew

Director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Mike Leigh
Standby Property Master
Steve Wheeler
Director of Photography
Roger Pratt
Executive Producer
Tom Donald
Focus Puller
Simon Fulford
Clapper Loader
Graham Martyr
Camera Operator
Roger Pratt
Boom Operator
George Richards
Standby Painter
Robin Heinson
Camera Trainee
Lucy Bristow
Sound Assistant
Peter Murphy
Standby Carpenter
Malcolm Roberts
Accountant
Mike D'Silva
Production Accountant
Pat Howell
Wardrobe Supervisor
Anthony Black
Sound Editor
Peter Joly
Production Executive
John Paul Chapple
Electrician
Vernon Connolly
Assistant Sound Editor
Paul Newson
Production Runner
Graham Broadbent
Painter
Perry Bell
Transportation Captain
Richard Booz
Still Photographer
David Appleby
Hairdresser
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Script Supervisor
Heather Storr
Production Manager
Caroline Hill
Unit Manager
Sue Hayes
Casting Director
Sue Whatmough
Dressing Prop
Eric Strange
First Assistant Director
Howard Arundel
Producer's Assistant
Claudine Aidenbaum
Construction Manager
Dave Pearce
Standby Property Master
Barry Arnold
Accounting Supervisor
John Sivers
Art Direction
Andrew Rothschild
Construction Buyer
Shirley Spriggs
Location Manager
Micky Moynihan
Third Assistant Director
David Carrigan
Generator Operator
Bob Wilcox
Painter
Colin Brooks
Sound Mixer
Billy McCarthy
First Assistant Editor
Andrew McClelland
Assistant Editor
Steve Evans
Wardrobe Assistant
Debbie Scott
Assistant Director
Dom Shaw
Production Coordinator
Britt Harrison
Best Boy Lighting Technician
Peter Lamb
Property Master
Les Benson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Maxwell
Second Assistant Director
Marc Munden
Gaffer
Ted Read
Electrician
Barry Read
Standby Rigger
Tony Rubini
Still Photographer
Frank O'Connor
Other
Maddy Hall
Title Designer
Chris Allies
Original Music Composer
Andrew Dickson
Production Design
Diana Charnley
Costume Design
Lindy Hemming
Editor
Jon Gregory
Producer
Victor Glynn
Makeup Artist
Morag Ross

TOP CAST

Phil Davis
Phil Davis

Cyril Bender

Ruth Sheen
Ruth Sheen

Shirley

Edna Doré
Edna Doré

Mrs Bender

Philip Jackson
Philip Jackson

Martin Burke

Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville

Lætitia Boothe-Brain

David Bamber
David Bamber

Rupert Boothe-Brain

Cheryl Prime
Cheryl Prime

Martin's Girlfriend

Diane-Louise Jordan
Diane-Louise Jordan

Chemist Shop Assistant

Linda Beckett
Linda Beckett

Receptionist

Ali
Ali

Baby

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