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Oliver Twist

Rating:PG-13 (for disturbing images)
Genre:Drama, Family
Release Date:September 23, 2005
Running time:130 minutes
Cast:Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Jamie Foreman, Frank Finlay, Harry Eden
Director:Roman Polanski
Producer:Alain Sarde, Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski
Writer:Roman Polanski, Ronald Harwood, Charles Dickens
Distributor:Sony Pictures

Description: Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist 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 -- 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.

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