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September 23rd 2005, PG-13, 128mins, Sony Pictures
  Cast: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden, Leanne Rowe, Edward Hardwicke, Jeremy Swift, Mark Strong, Frances Cuka, Chris Overton, Michael Heath, Gillian Hanna, Alun Armstrong, Paul Brooke, Jake Curran, Joseph Tremain, James Babson, Ophelia Lovibond


Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Ronald Harwood, Charles Dickens


Reviews: Critics Reviews
Links: Related Articles, Official Site
Interviews: Ben Kingsley


Plot: Following their Academy-Award winning film, "The Pianist," director Roman Polanski and writer Ronal Harwood re-imagine Charles Dickens' classic story of a young orphan boy who gets involved with a gang of pickpockets in 19th Century London. Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist (Barney Clark) is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the awful Mr. Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Desperate yet determined, Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the sinister Fagin (Sir Ben Kingsley) - the mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life.