Oliver Twist (2007) (DVD)

Directed by Coky Giedroyc

Starring: William Miller, Timothy Spall, Sophie Okonedo, Tom Hardy, Edward Fox, Rob Brydon, Gregor Fisher, John Sessions, Sarah Lancashire, Anna Massey, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michelle Gomez

Contributors: Sarah Phelps

Studio: BBC
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2,4
Release Date: 10 Mar 2008
Originally Issued: 2007
No of Discs: 1
Weight: 88g
Dimensions: 192 x 19 x 156 (mm)
Genre: Television
BBFC Cert: (12) Suitable for 12 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 190 minutes
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0

Description

Sarah Phelps's adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved novel, featuring a host of great British character actors. In a dank, candlelit room on a stormy winter night, Oliver Twist (William Miller) is born into a life of seemingly hopeless poverty. Escaping the cruelty of the workhouse he has grown up in, the young orphan makes his way to London where he meets a gang of pickpockets, led by the charismatic Fagin (Timothy Spall), and receives the first warm welcome of his life - unaware that this kindness comes at a price.

When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow (Edward Fox) brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But evil lurks on the horizon in the form of Bill Sykes (Tom Hardy) ...

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