High Hopes
1989 | 108m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Mike Leigh |
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| Writer: | Mike Leigh |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 13, 1989 |
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| Director: | Mike Leigh |
| Writer: | Mike Leigh |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | london, england, working class, class differences, family, elderly lady |
| Production Companies | Film4 Productions, British Screen Productions, Portman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,192,322
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jon Gregory | Editor |
| Graham Martyr | Clapper Loader |
| Billy McCarthy | Sound Mixer |
| Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Andrew Rothschild | Art Direction |
| Anthony Black | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Andrew McClelland | First Assistant Editor |
| Peter Joly | Sound Editor |
| Chris Allies | Title Designer |
| Caroline Hill | Production Manager |
| Micky Moynihan | Location Manager |
| Diana Charnley | Production Design |
| Simon Fulford | Focus Puller |
| John Etherington | Grip |
| George Richards | Boom Operator |
| Miri Ben-Schlomo | Hairdresser |
| Shirley Spriggs | Construction Buyer |
| Debbie Scott | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Steve Evans | Assistant Editor |
| Paul Newson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Heather Storr | Script Supervisor |
| Sue Hayes | Unit Manager |
| Howard Arundel | First Assistant Director |
| David Carrigan | Third Assistant Director |
| Sue Whatmough | Casting Director |
| Claudine Aidenbaum | Producer's Assistant |
| Peter Lamb | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Vernon Connolly | Electrician |
| Dave Pearce | Construction Manager |
| Eric Strange | Dressing Prop |
| Perry Bell | Painter |
| Robin Heinson | Standby Painter |
| Tony Rubini | Standby Rigger |
| Lucy Bristow | Camera Trainee |
| Maddy Hall | Other |
| Pat Howell | Production Accountant |
| Chris Streeter | Driver |
| Steve Wheeler | Standby Property Master |
| Dom Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Britt Harrison | Production Coordinator |
| John Paul Chapple | Production Executive |
| Ted Read | Gaffer |
| Bob Wilcox | Generator Operator |
| Barry Read | Electrician |
| Les Benson | Property Master |
| Barry Arnold | Standby Property Master |
| Colin Brooks | Painter |
| Malcolm Roberts | Standby Carpenter |
| Colin Smith | Other |
| Peter Murphy | Sound Assistant |
| John Sivers | Accounting Supervisor |
| Mike D'Silva | Accountant |
| Richard Booz | Transportation Captain |
| Frank O'Connor | Still Photographer |
| Andrew Dickson | Original Music Composer |
| Mike Leigh | Writer, Director |
| Lindy Hemming | Costume Design |
| Morag Ross | Makeup Artist |
| Roger Pratt | Camera Operator, Director of Photography |
| Marc Munden | Second Assistant Director |
| Graham Broadbent | Production Runner |
| David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Simon Channing Williams | Producer |
| Victor Glynn | Producer |
| Tom Donald | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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