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16 November 1997 (USA) morePlot:
Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Consider Yourself . . . lucky if you missed this one. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Fagin |
 | Elijah Wood | ... | The Artful Dodger |
 | David O'Hara | ... | Bill Sikes |
 | Alex Trench | ... | Oliver Twist |
| Antoine Byrne | ... | Nancy |
| Olivia Caffrey | ... | Rose Maylie |
| Anthony Finigan | ... | Mr. Brownlow (as Anthony Finnegan) |
| Maria Charles | ... | Widow Corney |
| Des Braiden | ... | Magistrate |
| Eileen Colgan | ... | Mrs. Bedwin |
| Eilish Moore | ... | Cook |
 | Lisa Dwan | ... | Agnes |
| Conor Evans | ... | Chief Constable |
| A.J. Kennedy | ... | Police Constable |
| Jeffrey O'Toole | ... | Hugh |
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91 min | Argentina:95 minCountry:
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Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-8 | Germany:6 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | Argentina:AtpFilming Locations:
IrelandFun Stuff
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Oliver: Dodger, it's not a game anymore.The Artful Dodger: [sadly] It never was a game, mate. You just thought it was.
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The reference to the song from the musical version of Charles Dickens' classic is not gratuitous, because this Disney version owes as much to the film version of OLIVER! as it does to the novel. Maybe more, because very little of the novel's depiction of crippling poverty and horrific child abuse remains. Too much sugar coats these reprehensible characters and situations. Fagin is softened to some sort of gruff but lovable foster father, and Nancy is enobled as a hooker-with-a-heart of gold, not a pathetic, physically and mentally battered wretch. One would expect such a treatment from Disney, but the trivialization of poverty, child abuse, and crime does not do the story Dickens intended justice.