![]() This film recounts Charles Dickens' classic tale of life among the poor and criminal elements in 19th century London. A young boy, raised in a workhouse for orphans, is punished for insubordination by being farmed out as an apprentice to an undertaker. After much abuse, he escapes and falls in with a gang of street urchins who pick pockets on the streets of London. The wayward youths are presided over by a trio of corrupt adults, the brutal Bill Sikes, his mistress Nancy and Fagin, the criminal mastermind behind the boys' thefts. Oliver is quickly assimilated into the group but on his first foray into the teeming streets he is accused of trying to steal a man's wallet. Instead of being carted away by the police he is taken in by his intended victim who tries to educate and reform him. BD25| 1080i AVC| 01:51:07| 21.3 Gb + 3% rec Language: English, French (DTS-HD Master Audio) Subtitles: French Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama Director: David Lean Cast: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies Country: UK Extras: • 'A Profile of Oliver Twist' - Interviews with Sir Ronald Neame (producer), Guy Green (director of photography), Oswald Morris (camera operator) and Norman Spencer (production manager). When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as. Video embeddedCome promesso, la telecronaca di. Logo audax italiano pes 2013. Come mettere la telecronaca di Sandro. Download Telecronaca. Tutorial acquisto e download digitale. (English with optional french subs) • Interview with Laurent Bury, Professor of English Literature at the University of Lyon 2 (French, no subs) • Casting appeal for 'Oliver Twist' with Anthony Wager (English with optional french subs) • Trailer. This multi-Oscar winner is the film version of the satge musical adaptation of the classic novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. As you might expect, it's a sumptuous well-done British affair filled with excellent sets and costumes, good music, and some decent performances. As for how it fares as an adaptation? Well, pretty decently. It's certainly entertaining, though I can't say I've ever really been all that into Oliver Twist (in any form). That makes my praise seem odd no doubt, but I'm the sort of person who can give praise to something when it is well done, even if it's really not my thing. John Howard Davies![]() The casting is good, as are the performances, but special credit must be given to Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes, a chilling performance that the Nostalgia Critic (Doug Walker) rightfully included on his list of the Top 11 Scariest Performances. He's a real creep, and Reed's take is wonderfully done. Shani Wallis's Nancy and Ron Moody's Fagin are pretty good too. Mark Lester is capable as the title character, but his voice (mostly singing) is a bit much for me. I know I can't fault him for not hitting puberty by the time this film was made, but damn. Oliver Twist 1948It's not distracting enough to take the movie down though. Carol Reed, the director behind the masterpiece that is The Third Man, does a really good job of bringing this musical to life on the big screen. There's nothign really cinematically showy going on, but it's solid and well played nonetheless. If you happen to like musicals or the source material, then yeah, give this one a go. Unlike almost all 1960s movie musicals, this one is at least under 3 hours. Kay WalshThis film recounts Charles Dickens' classic tale of life among the poor and criminal elements in 19th century London. A young boy, raised in a workhouse for orphans, is punished for insubordination by being farmed out as an apprentice to an undertaker. After much abuse, he escapes and falls in with a gang of street urchins who pick pockets on the streets of London. The wayward youths are presided over by a trio of corrupt adults, the brutal Bill Sikes, his mistress Nancy and Fagin, the criminal mastermind behind the boys' thefts.
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