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Oliver Twist (2005)  link to Oliver Twist on IMDb  

Number: 2011

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IMDb Rating:
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6.9/10 (27.3K votes)

Country: Czech Republic, 130 minutes

Spoken languages: English, Czech

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director(s): Roman Polanski

Storyline:
In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is soon welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow's fancy house.

Cast:

Barney Clark Oliver Twist
Jeremy Swift Mr. Bumble
Ian McNeice Mr. Limbkins
Richard Durden Unkind Board Member
Timothy Bateson Parson / Man with a Punch

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 16 Slot 92

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1