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High Hopes

71 %|Jan 13, 1989|Comedy, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Mike Leigh
Director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Steve Wheeler
Standby Property Master
Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Micky Moynihan
Location Manager
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Hairdresser
Howard Arundel
First Assistant Director

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Cast

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Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
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Ruth Sheen
Shirley
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Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
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Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
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Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
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David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
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Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
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Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
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Linda Beckett
Receptionist
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Ali
Baby