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Release Date:
30 July 1951 (USA)
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A Screen Event To Be Remembered For All Time !
Plot:
Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London...
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Pickpocket
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Young Boy
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Charles Dickens
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Caning
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 nomination
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Ways of Love, or the Best Films that Didn't Appear on Other "Ten Best" Lists...
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:57 AM, PST)
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:57 AM, PST)
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Lean does it again - A Masterpiece
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Newton | ... | Bill Sikes | |
| Alec Guinness | ... | Fagin | |
| Kay Walsh | ... | Nancy | |
| Francis L. Sullivan | ... | Mr. Bumble | |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Mr. Brownlow | |
| Mary Clare | ... | Mrs. Corney | |
| Anthony Newley | ... | Artful Dodger | |
| Josephine Stuart | ... | Oliver's Mother | |
| Ralph Truman | ... | Monks | |
| Kathleen Harrison | ... | Mrs. Sowerberry | |
| Gibb McLaughlin | ... | Mr. Sowerberry | |
| Amy Veness | ... | Mrs. Bedwin | |
| Frederick Lloyd | ... | Dr. Grimwig | |
| John Howard Davies | ... | Oliver Twist | |
| Henry Edwards | ... | Police Official |
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116 min | USA:105 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:G |
Germany:12 |
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Canada:G (Ontario) |
UK:A (Janus print) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:U
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Revealing mistakes: When the crowd chase Oliver down an alleyway following the theft at the bookstore, the "brick" wall wobbles, revealing its flimsy structure.
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Mr. Brownlow:
Somehow I feel you and I are going to be good friends.
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References The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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My Hat, It Has Three Corners
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David Lean spoils us yet again, Oliver Twist is an amazing piece of work. I regard this version of the Dicken's classic as definitive. No one could capture the eerie quality and the authentic style better than Lean.
The film is quite dark, strong blacks dominate the canvas.
The acting is extraordinary, Alec Guinness as Fagin steals the film. Perfect casting. Robert Newton is equally superb as the drunk, Sykes. John Howard Davies as Oliver is fantastic, he fits the character perfectly.
The direction and screenplay are awesome, I can't put into words how perfect everything is.
Watch the greatest adaptation of Oliver Twist by David Lean, it's a masterpiece!