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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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Mike Leigh profile
Mike Leigh

Director

Cast

Phil Davis profile
Phil Davis

Cyril Bender

Ruth Sheen profile
Ruth Sheen

Shirley

Edna Doré profile
Edna Doré

Mrs Bender

Philip Jackson profile
Philip Jackson

Martin Burke

Heather Tobias profile
Heather Tobias

Valerie

Lesley Manville profile
Lesley Manville

Lætitia Boothe-Brain

David Bamber profile
David Bamber

Rupert Boothe-Brain

Cheryl Prime profile
Cheryl Prime

Martin's Girlfriend

Judith Scott profile
Judith Scott

Suzi

Jason Watkins profile
Jason Watkins

Wayne

Diane-Louise Jordan profile
Diane-Louise Jordan

Chemist Shop Assistant

Linda Beckett profile
Linda Beckett

Receptionist

Phil Davis profile
Phil Davis

Cyril Bender

Ruth Sheen profile
Ruth Sheen

Shirley

Edna Doré profile
Edna Doré

Mrs Bender

Philip Jackson profile
Philip Jackson

Martin Burke

Heather Tobias profile
Heather Tobias

Valerie

Lesley Manville profile
Lesley Manville

Lætitia Boothe-Brain

David Bamber profile
David Bamber

Rupert Boothe-Brain

Cheryl Prime profile
Cheryl Prime

Martin's Girlfriend

Judith Scott profile
Judith Scott

Suzi

Jason Watkins profile
Jason Watkins

Wayne

Diane-Louise Jordan profile
Diane-Louise Jordan

Chemist Shop Assistant

Linda Beckett profile
Linda Beckett

Receptionist

Extra

Release Date

January 13, 1989

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

British Screen Productions logoPortman Productions logoFilm4 Productions logo

Available On

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Videos

High Hopes (1988) Trailer thumbnail
High Hopes (1988) Trailer
1988 High Hopes  Official Trailer 1  British Screen Productions thumbnail
1988 High Hopes Official Trailer 1 British Screen Productions

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