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Oliver Twist [DVD]
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Oliver Twist [DVD]
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[DVD] / Diplomat Films production for United Productions and WGBH/Boston ; written by Alan Bleasdale ; screenplay by Alan Bleasdale ; produced by Keith Thompson ; directed by Renny Rye.
Publication Information:
[United States] : WGBH : Distributed by Carlton International Media Ltd., [2004]
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781593751500
Series:
General Note:
Originally broadcast by ITV in 1999.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Special features: Printable materials for educators; access to the ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre web site.
Abstract:
Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Variant Title:
Title on container: Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
Contents:
V.1. Episode 1. The story begins ; A secret romance ; The locket ; Secrets are revealed ; The inheritance and the will ; A plan for murder ; The search for Agnes ; The baby is born ; What to do with Oliver? ; Off to the workhouse -- Episode 2. Oliver wants some more ; Off to the undertaker ; Fagin and his crew ; The locket resurfaces ; Dodger trains Oliver ; Oliver meets Mr. Brownlow ; Oliver is kidnapped ; More trouble for Oliver ; Plans among thieves ; Robbing Mr. Brownlow -- v. 2. Episode 3. Oliver is left for dead ; Nursing Oliver back to health ; Oliver tells his story ; Mr. Brownlow accepts Dr. Losberne ; Nancy goes to Mr. Brownlow ; A vicious murder ; Bill Sikes and Fagin are cornered ; The Bumbles pay a visit ; Oliver learns the truth ; A new life for Oliver.
Credits:
Written by Alan Bleasdale ; editor, David Rees, Wendy Edgar-Jones ; director of photography, Walter McGill.
Performer:
Michael Kitchen, Julie Walters, Keira Knightley, Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay, Annette Crosbie, Marc Warren, Lindsay Duncan, Roger Lloyd Pack, Sophia Myles, Tim Dutton, David Ross, Alun Armstrong, Andy Serkis, Emily Woof.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language:
Closed-captioned; described video for the visually impaired.