High Hopes (1989)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,192,322.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 6.043 |
Directed By
Mike Leigh
Crew
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Steve Wheeler
Tom Donald
Roger Pratt
Micky Moynihan
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Howard Arundel
Malcolm Roberts
John Etherington
George Richards
Roger Pratt
Graham Martyr
Billy McCarthy
Shirley Spriggs
Anthony Black
Chris Allies
Caroline Hill
Simon Fulford
Andrew McClelland
Steve Evans
Les Benson
Robin Heinson
Peter Maxwell
Peter Joly
Ted Read
Pat Howell
Claudine Aidenbaum
Maddy Hall
Bob Wilcox
Dave Pearce
David Carrigan
Colin Brooks
Colin Smith
Barry Read
Tony Rubini
David Appleby
Frank O'Connor
Dom Shaw
Peter Lamb
Peter Murphy
Sue Whatmough
Graham Broadbent
Barry Arnold
Mike D'Silva
John Paul Chapple
Andrew Rothschild
Debbie Scott
Paul Newson
Heather Storr
Sue Hayes
Perry Bell
Chris Streeter
Richard Booz
John Sivers
Eric Strange
Britt Harrison
Lucy Bristow
Marc Munden
Vernon Connolly
Andrew Dickson
Jon Gregory
Morag Ross
Lindy Hemming
Diana Charnley
Simon Channing Williams
Victor Glynn
TOP CAST
Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott
Suzi
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
Ali
Baby
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