Oliver Twist (2005)

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Genres:

Drama

Languages:

English

Reviews:

1 reviews

Format:

DVD

Ex-rental:

€4.99

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Director

Roman Polanski

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Oliver Twist

Brigitte from Dublin, 15 Jul 2011

Very disappointing as an adaptation of Dickens's novel, but great in the creation of a 19th-century London space.

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Escaping the workhouse to seek a better life in London, young Oliver Twist (Clark) is befriended by a pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger and introduced to a collective of young boys who are trained to steal for their enigmatic master Fagin (Kingsley)... Reuniting with screenwriter Ronald Harwood (who scripted the Oscar-winning The Pianist for him), Roman Polanski approaches Charles Dickens' formidable classic with an earthiness not present in previous cinematic versions....

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