A re-imagining of 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.
The movie was boreing and there was no charecter develipment
This is a beautifull period piece with great acting, directing, photograpy, locations, costumes and of course a marvelous Dickens story. I highly recommend it.
this re-make lived upto the origional and even took it a step further. i felt polanski and all the casr really understood what dikins tried to put across in his book.