Oliver Twist PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 24, 2006
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ben Kingsley, Ian McNeice, Leanne Rowe, Mark Strong, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Jamie Foreman & Barney Clark | |
Directed by | Roman Polanski | |
Edited by | Hervé de Luze | |
Screenwriting by | Ronald Harwood | |
Composition by | Rachel Portman | |
Produced by | Robert Benmussa & Alain Sarde | |
Director of Photography: | Pawel Edelman |
Entertainment Reviews:
It retains the book's emotional punch and darker elements - the spectre of the gallows is a running motif - and presents them in a way likely to engage younger viewers without patronising them.
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Time Out
[P]ersonal and poignant....Polanski here considers the case of a person shaped by a fate over which he has no control...
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 2/5 --
Please sir, can we have some less?
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BBC.com
It's noble, high-minded and safe, and I can't help thinking that I would have preferred an audacious but honest failure.
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Washington Post
Rating: 4/4 --
A grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: 3/5 --
Polanski and Harwood have streamlined the meandering narrative to Dickens' second novel, which may horrify purists, but which works well enough for the filmmakers' purposes.
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The List
Polanski's done a very creditable job with the material....Polanski brings a searing intensity and sense of angry helplessness to the early scenes of Oliver's treatment in the workhouse.
Sight and Sound
Product Description:
Acclaimed director Roman Polanski turns a dark eye toward the classic Charles Dickens novel OLIVER TWIST, about a charming orphan boy (Barney Clark) whose life seems to depend solely on the whims of fate. Abandoned early in life, Oliver first seems doomed to life in a workhouse, where he is farmed out to a local undertaker where he regularly is underfed and mistreated. Hoping to improve his lot in life, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a gang of petty criminals led by the fence Fagin (Ben Kingsley) and the young pickpocket the Artful Dodger (Harry Eden). His new situation seems like relief, until he meets Mr. Brownlow (Edward Hardwicke), who sees Oliver's true character and potential and seems determined to sway destiny.
Despite his innocent performance, eleven-year old Barney Clark was already a seasoned professional when Polanski recruited him to play Oliver, including studies at the Anna Scher Theatre and performances in the film THE LAWLESS HEART and British television dramas FOYLE'S WAR and THE BRIEF. Also of note is the moving score by award-winning composer Rachel Portman, which brings to life the gritty life of Victorian London. Polanski can now add OLIVER TWIST to his array of classic films, including THE PIANIST and CHINATOWN, which forever will shape cinematic vision.
Despite his innocent performance, eleven-year old Barney Clark was already a seasoned professional when Polanski recruited him to play Oliver, including studies at the Anna Scher Theatre and performances in the film THE LAWLESS HEART and British television dramas FOYLE'S WAR and THE BRIEF. Also of note is the moving score by award-winning composer Rachel Portman, which brings to life the gritty life of Victorian London. Polanski can now add OLIVER TWIST to his array of classic films, including THE PIANIST and CHINATOWN, which forever will shape cinematic vision.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 132,006
- UPC: 043396130654
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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