"Oliver Twist" (1999) (mini)TV mini-series

Regisseur:

Renny Rye

Drehbuchautoren:

Alan Bleasdale (writer)
Charles Dickens (novel)

Premierendatum:

8. Oktober 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies...

Plot Keywords:

Child Abuse | Young Boy | Cruelty | London England | Orphan

Filmpreise:

1 win & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Why change a great story?

Besetzung

Sam Smith	...	Oliver Twist
David Ross	...	Mr Bumble
Julie Walters	...	Mrs. Mann
Roger Lloyd-Pack	...	Mr Sowerberry
Ger Ryan	...	Mrs Sowerberry
Michael Kitchen	...	Mr Brownlow
Annette Crosbie	...	Mrs Bedwin
Keira Knightley	...	Rose Fleming (as Kiera Knightley)
Tim Dutton	...	Edwin Leeford
Lindsay Duncan	...	Elizabeth Leeford
Marc Warren	...	Monks
Robert Lindsay	...	Fagin
Alex Crowley	...	Artful Dodger
Andy Serkis	...	Bill Sikes
Emily Woof	...	Nancy

Länge:

386 Min (4 parts)

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Drehorte:

Alston, Cumbria, England, UK

Firma:

Diplomat Films

Dialogzitate:

Rose: You have to get that locket back.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Neufassung von Oliver Twist (1982/II) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Fantasia for Piano 4 Hands in F Minor

Why change a great story?

This production suffers from two problems. The locations in Prague look exactly like..........locations in Prague. There are plenty of places in London and even Paris that have the right Victorian look. But Prague is cheaper. Secondly, if you making a mini series then there is enough screen time to really get into the detail of Dickens' book. So why get in scriptwriters that seem to think they are better writers than Dickens and allow them to change significant parts of the story, leave out whole chapters of perfectly valid storyline and finally change the whole Bill Sikes death scene? On the whole the acting was very good, Julie Walters and Robert Lindsay deserve a special mention.But ultimately this was very disappointing.