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Charles Dickens (novel)
Martyn Hesford (adaptation)
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Release Date:
29 January 2002 (USA) more
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2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Nicholas Nickleby (UK) (short title)
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The green Spencer worn by a London extra is the same costume Sylvestra Le Touzel (Fanny Price) wears riding in "Mansfield Park" (1983). more
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Version of "Nicholas Nickleby" (1957) more

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A shiny NICKLEBY, 3 February 2003
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Author: John L. Buckingham (obi-john) from Worcester, MA USA

After suffering though the lackluster new theatrical film - poor Charlie Hunnam has to be the least talented young actor thrust into a lead role in a long, long time - I was more than grateful to catch the Company Television miniseries version on Bravo. Not only is this adaptation blessed with a Nicholas who really can act - James D'Arcy is particularly fine in the role - but director Stephen Whittaker and screenwriter Martyn Hesford have done a remarkable job of maintaining the sweep and period feel of Dickens' huge, slightly flabby novel. (Take that, Douglas McGrath!) Well cast over all - Charles Dance is wonderfully subtle as the greedy, coldhearted Ebeneezer Scrooge prototype, Uncle Ralph Nickleby - this made for television NICKLEBY stands high above McGrath's boneheaded, miscast (save for Jim Broadbent as a gleefully wicked Squeers) & period-challenged Cliff Notes-meets-Reader's Digest version. Skip that wee bit of Dickens Lite in favour of this robust, full strength version.

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