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Mr. Pip: Directed by Andrew Adamson. With Hugh Laurie, Xzannjah Matsi, Healesville Joel, Eka Darville. As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
In 1989, as a war rages on in the province of Bougainville-then called North Solomons-in Papua New Guinea, Mr. Watts (Hugh Laurie), the only white man left on the island after a blockade, re-opens the local school.
Mr Pip gives us a glimpse into the culture, spiritual beliefs and politics of this exotic and unfamiliar location, but he doesn't shy away from depicting some of the violence and harrowing reality of life for the villagers.
Mr. Pip (2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In Praise of Pip: Directed by Joseph M. Newman. With Jack Klugman, Connie Gilchrist, Bobby Diamond, Bill Mumy. Wearied bookie Max Phillips, learning of his grown soldier son Pip getting wounded during combat in South Vietnam, gets to spend one last delightful hour with a ten-year-old version of Pip at an amusement park after dark.
Small-time crook Rocky Valentine is caught in the act and gunned down by a policeman and wakens up to a cuddly big man in a white suit called Mr Pip. Who leads him to a seeming life of luxury and ease.
Mr. Pip. Edit. Kokonibaka. Traditional. Performed by Regina Toparin. We Plough the Fields and Scatter. Traditional. Music b Johann A.P. Schulz and lyrics by Jane Montgomery Campbell. Inthing Paramung. Written by Tim Finn. Performed by Janiel Nakan, Lois Len, Dylan Lasua, Sebastien Sireung (as Sebastien Sirburg), Melva Singkep and Zebulon Singkep. Sunshine Superman. Written by Donovan. Performed by Clint Woolly, Kayleen Misiel and Tim Finn. Funeral Songs.
With Hugh Laurie, Xzannjah Matsi, Healesville Joel, Eka Darville. As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
Great Expectations: Directed by David Lean. With John Mills, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons. A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Great Expectations: Directed by Stuart Walker. With Henry Hull, Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed. 9 year old 'Pip' Pirrip, an orphan living with relatives, aids and befriends an escaped convict on the moors, an act that will have a profound effect on his life.
