Oliver Twist overview

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Synopsis:

Director Roman Polanski gives one of Charles Dickens' best-loved stories a new and dynamic interpretation in this period drama. Oliver Twist (Barney Clark) is a young orphan in Victorian England who has been sent to a dank workhouse run by the miserly Mr. Bumble (Jeremy Swift) when it is learned there is no one to care for him. When Oliver dares to ask for more gruel, he is sent away to live with an undertaker, who treats him poorly. Preferring life on the streets to the treatment he's been receiving, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with the Artful Dodger (Harry Eden), a youthful pickpocket.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Roman Polanski
  • Year: 2005
  • Run Time: 130 minutes
  • Country: Italy, Czech Republic, France, UK
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG13 (for disturbing images)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2005 09 23 (USA - Limited)

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