Oliver Twist (1982/I) (TV)

Regisseur:

Clive Donner

Drehbuchautoren:

Charles Dickens (novel)
James Goldman (writer)

Premierendatum:

23. März 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama

Werbezeile:

A Compelling New Version of the Great Victorian Classic

Plot:

The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets. |

Plot Keywords:

Dickens | London England | Murder | Orphan | Pickpocket

Auszeichnungen:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Nutzerkommentare:

Good Adaptation;Some Strange Casting

Besetzung

George C. Scott	...	Fagin
Tim Curry	...	Bill Sikes
Michael Hordern	...	Mr. Brownlow
Timothy West	...	Mr. Bumble
Eileen Atkins	...	Mrs. Mann
Cherie Lunghi	...	Nancy
Oliver Cotton	...	Monks
Richard Charles	...	Oliver Twist
Lysette Anthony	...	Oliver's Mother
Eleanor David	...	Rose Maylie
Philip Locke	...	Mr. Sowerberry
Ann Beach	...	Mrs. Sowerberry
Artro Morris	...	Mr. Giles
John Barrard	...	Dr. Losborne
Brenda Cowling	...	Mrs. Bedwin

Länge:

103 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG | UK:PG

Drehorte:

Elstree Film Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Firma:

Claridge Productions

Dies und das:

This film was made for and premiered on US television, but it was released theatrically in some overseas territories.

Dialogzitate:

Bill Sikes: [Bill's dog runs off after he has killed Nancy; he starts after the dog, stumbling drunk] Come back here, you bloody dog!

Querbezüge:

Neufassung von "The DuPont Show of the Month: Oliver Twist (#3.4)" (1959)

Good Adaptation;Some Strange Casting

This is quite an accurate adaptation of the novel,and for the most part,quite satisfying.Curry does a good job,although I always thought of Sikes as a more burly chap.West does what he can as Bumble,but is miscast.Bumble's pride,arrogance,monumental conceit and collosal ignorance are to be matched by a hulking obese brute,masquerading as charity,piety,and responsibility.West comes across as a silly,dotty,and senile clod-he's just not grotesque enough.The muscular Scott lacks the physically frail quality for a proper Fagin-and his attempt to save Nancy at the end is totally out of character.Dickens created a villain-true,persecuted,discriminated against,and the victim of religious and racial bias-but a calculating,vicious,treacherous snake all the same.Everything else being considered,this is quite watchable,entertaing,and captures much of the spirit of the novel.