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High Hopes (1989)

PG 02/24/1989 (US) ComedyDrama 1h 48m
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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.

  1. Mike Leigh

    Director, Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Phil Davis

    Phil Davis

    Cyril Bender

  2. Ruth Sheen

    Ruth Sheen

    Shirley

  3. Edna Doré

    Edna Doré

    Mrs Bender

  4. Philip Jackson

    Philip Jackson

    Martin Burke

  5. Heather Tobias

    Heather Tobias

    Valerie

  6. Lesley Manville

    Lesley Manville

    Lætitia Boothe-Brain

  7. David Bamber

    David Bamber

    Rupert Boothe-Brain

  8. Cheryl Prime

    Martin's Girlfriend

  9. Judith Scott

    Suzi

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High Hopes
High Hopes

Status Released

Original Language English

Budget -

Revenue $1,192,322.00

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