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"Oliver Twist" (1999)TV mini-series

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User Rating: 8.1/10 (300 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Renny Rye
Writers:
Alan Bleasdale (writer)
Charles Dickens (novel)
Release Date:
8 October 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies... more
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
I Want Some More more

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
386 min (4 parts)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Company:
Diplomat Films more

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Quotes:
Monks, aka Edward Leeford: If I could live my life again, I wouldn't. more
Movie Connections:
Version of "Oliver Twist" (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Fantasia for Piano 4 Hands in F Minor more

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17 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
I Want Some More, 27 February 2004
10/10
Author: TemporaryOne-1 from Orlando, Florida, USA

This adaptation of Oliver Twist surpasses David Lean's spectacular version.

Oliver Twist is dark, brutal, and gritty, and it truly depicts the The Slums Of London, the Filthly Slums as Dickens' himself experienced it.

Alan Bleasdale penned the screenplay, and Oliver Twist was apparantly a labour of love for him. He had envisioned making Oliver Twist for his whole life, and finally sat down in 1997 to actualise his Twistian visions.

The first installment is Bleasedale's own creation; the 2nd & 3rd are the core of Oliver's hard life. The violence depicted in the series is harsh - this is not the same Masterpiece Theatre that we grew up with. The Artful Dodger is a cruel rogue in this one. Nancy is a whipping post. Sikes is woman-beater. Mr. Bumble is a nasty gold-digger. Oliver is physically abused, starved, and even walled up briefly.

This version features outstanding performances by Michael Kitchen, Robert Lindsay, Andy Serkis, Marc Warren, and Sam Smith, the young boy who plays Oliver. When Smith says, "I want some more", you get the chills.

Serkis & Marc Warren give exemplory, BAFTA-worthy performances as their characters. Warren reaps the benefits of Bleasedale's writings. Edward Leeford/Monks was a shady character in the novel; Bleasedale developed Monks, giving him a history, and Warren externalizes that history with shocking, authentic realism.

Thank you Alan Bleasedale, thank you PBS/BBC.

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