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Oliver Twist(2005 film) |
| Oliver Twist | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
| Produced by | Roman Polanski Robert Benmussa Alain Sarde |
| Written by | Ronald Harwood (based on the novel by Charles Dickens) |
| Starring | Ben Kingsley Barney Clark Leanne Rowe Mark Strong Jamie Foreman Harry Eden Edward Hardwicke Ian McNeice |
| Music by | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography | Paweł Edelman |
| Editing by | Hervé de Luze |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 11 September 2005 |
| Running time | 130 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000,000 |
Oliver Twist is a 2005 film directed by Roman Polanski.
It is based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The screenplay is by Ronald Harwood. The plot is considerably simplified in the film, omitting Monks (Oliver's half-brother) and the Maylie family, as well as all of the far-fetched coincidences of the novel, but several scenes that have never been included in film versions of the story are faithfully re-enacted here, such as Oliver's visit to Fagin in Newgate Gaol. There is also a minor change (which is in many film versions), it is the Artful Dodger and not Noah Claypole, who is sent by Fagin to dodge Nancy.
The filming took place in Barrandov Studios (Prague).
It stars the actor Barney Clark in the title role.
Some such as USA Today compared it unfavourably to earlier versions by David Lean and Lionel Bart.
Diffrences To The Novel
This film version differs from the novel in the Climax, just like previous film Adaptations by David Lean and Lionel Bart. Bill Sikes takes Oliver out onto the Roof, as he attempts to use a rope to swing across to the neighbouring building. In this version however, unlike the other two film adaptations, Sikes is not shot. Instead he is startled by Bullseye appearing menacingly and poetically in the window opposite, and he slips and hangs himself.
Cast
- Ben Kingsley – Fagin
- Barney Clark – Oliver Twist
- Jamie Foreman –
Bill Sikes - Harry Eden –
The Artful Dodger - Lewis Chase – Charley Bates
- Edward Hardwicke – Mr. Brownlow
- Leanne Rowe – Nancy
- Ian McNeice – Mr. Limbkins
- Timothy Bateson – Parson
- Andy de la Tour – Workhouse Master
- Gerard Horan – Farmer
- Morgane Polanski – Farmer's Daughter
- Liz Smith – Old Woman
- Elvis Polanski – Boy with Hoop
- Patrick Godfrey – Bookseller
- Alun Armstrong – Magistrate Fang
External links
- Official site
- Official site
- Official Spanish site
- Oliver Twist at the Internet Movie Database
- Oliver Twist at Rotten Tomatoes
- Oliver Twist at Metacritic
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