Oliver Twist
Synopsis
Set in 1848, Oliver Twist is the story of an orphan, born in a workhouse and brought up in harsh and cruel conditions, half-starved by the corrupt parish authorities. He is unlucky enough to be chosen to ask for more gruel and is immediately found employment in an undertaker’s establishment where he is treated quite as badly as he was in the workhouse. He escapes and makes his way to London where he falls in with the Artful Dodger, a boy of his own age, who introduces him to the villainous Fagin. Fagin runs a gang of boys who are pickpockets and thieves, and whose associates are Bill Sykes, a violent criminal, and his girlfriend, Nancy.
Oliver is caught up in a series of misadventures in which he is wrongly accused of thieving, is taken in by Mr Brownlow, a kindly benefactor, and is recaptured by Fagin. Forced to take part in a robbery with Bill Sykes, Oliver is saved by the humanity of Nancy who betrays her former friends. Bill Sykes murders her and is himself eventually trapped but dies before he can be arrested. Oliver is taken in by Mr Brownlow and given the promise of a better life.
Details
- Year
- 2005
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 128 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Producer
- Timothy Burrill, Petr Moravec
- Editor
- Herve De Luze
- Screenwriter
- Ronald Harwood
- Director of Photography
- Pawel Edelman
- Production Designer
- Allan Starski
- Sound
- Jean-Marie Blondel
- Music
- Rachel Portman
- Principal Cast
- Sir Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Jamie Foreman, Leanne Rowe, Harry Eden, Mark Strong, Edward Hardwicke
Genre
Production status
Complete
Please let us know if we need to make any amendments to this Film entry mailing us directly at
Last updated 23rd October 2008
