Oliver Twist (DVD)
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This is the first film version of the Dickenss 1839 classic. It is 19th-century England and an unknown girl tragically dies during childbirth. Her orphaned boy, Oliver, spends his childhood in the workhouse, treated harshly at the hands of the parish authorities. He eventually runs away to London where he meets Fagin, an old criminal who controls a gang of young thieves and introduces Oliver to a life of crime and corruption. The heartwarming conclusion is filled with unexpected twists.
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In Twist by Polanski, a bonus feature on the DVD release of the film, Roman Polanski discusses his decision to make yet another screen adaptation of the Dickens novel. He realized nearly forty years had passed since Oliver Twist had been adapted for a feature film, and felt it was time for a new version. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood, with whom he had collaborated on The Pianist, welcomed the opportunity to work on the first Dickens project in his career.
For authenticity, all scenes featuring pickpocket skills were choreographed by stage pickpocket James Freedman and magician Martyn Rowland.
The film was shot in Prague, Beroun, and Žatec in the Czech Republic.
Differences from the Novel
Due to the complex plot, several characters and events were omitted or changed.
The film does not explain where Oliver was raised prior to arriving at the workhouse. Mr. Bumble s role is reduced - there is no mention of him losing his job at the workhouse. Additionally, the characters of Monks (Oliver s half brother) and the Widow Corney are absent, therefore omitting any plot to destroy the locket proving Oliver s identity as well as Fagin and Monks plan to prevent Oliver from inheriting his father s fortune by having him commit a crime. To make up for the absence of Monks, there is a plot in which Fagin and Sikes conspire to murder Oliver - an event which does not occur in the novel.
In the novel, it is left ambiguous as to how Oliver and Mr. Brownlow are related. As in many versions (such as the 1997 Disney version and the 1948 adaptation by David Lean), Brownlow is made Oliver s grandfather, however, unlike in previous versions, this relationship is more implied than explicitly stated.
Due to the absence of the Maylie family, Oliver is not left by Sikes to die during the burglary, rather he is taken back to Fagin s. The Artful Dodger is not deported to Australia and, therefore, plays a larger role in some of the later events in the story. Firstly, he is sent by Fagin (instead of Noah Claypole who appears only in the earlier scenes) to spy on Nancy, indirectly causing her death by informing Fagin and Sikes that she has informed on them. Secondly, it is Dodger (instead of Charley Bates, whose role is also smaller in the film than the novel) who attempts to give up Sikes to the police for murdering Nancy. However, his ultimate fate his left unknown after Sikes death.
Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews, holding a 61% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 143 reviews, averaging 6.3/10. The consensus reads, Polanski s version of Dickens classic won t have audiences asking for more because while polished and directed with skill, the movie s a very impersonal experience. Metacritic assigned a score of 65, indicating generally favorable reviews.
A. O. Scott of The New York Times called it a bracingly old-fashioned film that does not embalm its source with fussy reverence but rediscovers its true and enduring vitality. He added, the look of the movie... is consistent with its interpretation of Dickens s worldview, which could be plenty grim but which never succumbed to despair. There is just enough light, enough grace, enough beauty, to penetrate the gloom and suggest the possibility of redemption. The script... is at once efficient and ornate, capturing Dickens s narrative dexterity and his ear for the idioms of English speech.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was similarly positive; he lauded the film as visually exact and detailed without being too picturesque. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle praised it as a grounded and unusually matter-of-fact adaptation, continuing, Polanski does justice to Dickens moral universe, in which the motives and worldview of even the worst people are made comprehensible.
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly graded the film B+ and commented, On the face of it, Roman Polanski s Oliver Twist is in the tradition of every faithful Oliver Twist ever filmed – a photogenic, straightforward, CliffsNotes staging of Charles Dickens harrowing story... Yet precisely because this is by Roman Polanski, it s irresistible to read his sorrowful and seemingly classical take, from a filmmaker known as much for the schisms in his personal history as for the lurches in his work, as something much more personal and poignant.
However, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated two out of four stars, calling it drab and unfeeling while lacking the Polanski stamp. He further felt Barney Clark s performance as Oliver was bereft of personality. Todd McCarthy of Variety echoed Travers sentiments about Clark, labelling him disappointingly wan and unengaging, while writing that the film was conventional, straightforward and a respectable literary adaptation, but dramatic urgency and intriguing undercurrents.
In the UK press, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian opined that while Oliver Twist does not flag or lose its way and is always watchable, the book s original power and force have not been rediscovered. Philip French of The Observer wrote that the film was generally disappointing, though by no means badly acted, and alleged that it lacked any serious point of view about individuality, society, community.
DVD release
Sony Pictures released the film on DVD on 24 January 2006. It is in anamorphic widescreen format, with audio tracks and subtitles in English and French. Bonus features include Twist by Polanski, in which the director reflects on the making of the film; The Best of Twist, which includes interviews with production designer Allan Starski, costume designer Anna B. Sheppard, cinematographer Paweł Edelman, editor Hervé de Luze, and composer Rachel Portman; and Kidding with Oliver Twist, which focuses on the young actors in the cast.
New
Digiview Productions
Digiview Productions
80
Digiview Productions
DVD
Movie
Adult
B00069UC08
872322001399
2005
2005-09-30
130
2h 10min
Awards, 2 wins & 4 nominations
Roman Polanski
Charles Dickens, Ronald Harwood
Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift
Robert Benmussa, Timothy Burrill, Petr Moravec, Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde, Michael Schwarz
Rachel Portman
Pawel Edelman
Hervé de Luze
Celestia Fox
Allan Starski
Jindrich Kocí, Jirí Matolín
Jille Azis
Anna B. Sheppard
Michele Baylis, Linda Eisenhamerova, Jean-Max Guérin, Lucie Kuprova, Didier Lavergne, Waldemar Pokromski, Wendy Rawson, Ivo Strangmüller
Veronika Finkova, Jiri Husak, Ondrej Nerud, Françoise Piraud, Pavel Voracek, Nathalie Chery
Jean-Denis Borel, Martina Götthansova, Vojta Hlavicka, Karolina Koutna, Oldrich Mach, Petr Nemecek, Ralph Remstedt, Caroline Veyssière, Vaclav Hanka
Anna Adamaszek, Bara Barova, Jan Blazicek, Marketa Bockova, Dennis Bosher, Miloslav Bulvas, Vaclav Cerny, Roy Chapman, Zuzana Cizmarova, Lesley Cross, Libor Datel, Zdenek Datel, Jaroslav David, Laura Dishington, Gustave Doré, Judy Ducker, Monika Enicka, Colin Fox, Barry Gibbs, René Gráf, Pavel Hartmann, Alex Harwood, Tereza Honsova, Jan Hrusa, Roman Illovsky, Martin Jelinek, Josef Kalina, Jan Kodera, Martin Kotek, Jan Kotik, Milena Koubkova, Stefan Kovacik, Martin Kubricht, Marek Kukawski, Daniel Kvarda, Lukas Lehoucka, Radek Lehoucka, Alice Linhartová, Jiri Macke, Anna Malehova, Samila Malehova, Tamara Marini, Petr Marousek, Sara Mathers, Pierre Mavrov, James McGowan, David Mears, David Meeking, Ales Novotny, Keith Pain, Darryl Paterson, Nenad Pecur, Maxime Rebière, Karel Sestak, Francisco Sole, Vladimir Stastny, Jan Svoboda, Katerina Van Gemund, Zbynek Vit, Miroslav Zdenek, Libor Zvolanek, Michal Abraham, Jana Bulakova, Jakub Eliasek, Laurent Ferrie, Michaela Formanova, David Gospodarczyk, Jan Hoffman, Jiri Hrubes, Lukas Katakalidis, Lada Koranda, Libor Michálek, Tony Noble, Stanislav Suva, David Trojan
Philippe Amouroux, Nicolas Becker, Jean-Marie Blondel, Katia Boutin, Tomas Cervenka, Paul Conway, Gurwal Coïc-Gallas, Assia Dnednia, Philippe Dongé, Geraldine Falieu, Jean Goudier, Dean Humphreys, Anne Le Campion, Stephane Lioret, Gréggory Poncelet, Guadalupe Cassius, Philippe Dongé
Milos Brosinger, Petr Lukavec, Martin Oberlander, Jirí Vater
Loic Bouineau, David Bush, Manfred Büttner, Clare Cheetham, Jonathan Cheetham, Arnaud Chelet, Stéphanie Dargent, Olivier Debert, Dimitri Delacovias, Jacques Delzescaux, Jérémie Droulers, Florian Gellinger, Marc Latil, Malika Mazauric, Frederic Moreau, Sarah Moreau, Robert Pinnow, Fred Roz, Melodie Stevens, Jean-Denis Borel, Alex Broeckel, Clare Cheetham, Benjamin Clément, Sergio Cremasco, Markus Degen, Thibault Deloof, Mirko Echghi-Ghamsari, Erich Eder, Nora Elsner, Johannes Gross, Yves Göbel, Sascha Alexander Haber, Thomas Hansen, Mareike Hilgenfeldt, Thilo Hoffmann, Jérémy Justice, Tobias Daniel Kammann, Andrew Keys, Benjamin Kniebe, Andreas Kreimaier, Eva Kunze, Justin Lanchbury, Daniel Lo Iacono, Nir Loewenberg, Jan Maroske, Dirk Matzkuhn, Sandra Moll, Frederic Moreau, Aude Nguyen-Ngoc, Enrico Perei, Robert Pinnow, Christian Pundschus, Heribert Raab, Michael Ralla, Norbert Ruf, Phillipp Sauermann, Verena Scheunemann, Caterina Schiffers, Markus Schneider, Florian Schroeder, Heiko Schweizer, Benjamin Seide, Oliver Seiter, Christian Stanzel, Jan Stoltz, Max Stummer, Eva von Overheidt, Sebastian von Overheidt, Michael Wagner, Adina Wernstedt, Eric Westphal, Marco Wilz, Carsten Woithe, Michael Wolf
Adam Kulhavy, Robert Lahoda, Paul Lowe, Tomás Tobola, Pavel Bousek, Jan Holicek, Jiri Horky, Jindrich Klaus, Milos Kulhavy, Ladislav Lahoda, Vaclav Pacal
Armin Bach, Karel Bastar, Jan Belohradsky, Tomas Beseda, Antonin Bocek, Ondrej Bocek, Jiri Ctvrtecka, Guy Ferrandis, Jiri Filipovsky, Ingo Gardner, Zbigniew Gustowski, Daniel Havelka, Roman Hodek, Michal Houzvicka, Lada Hruby, Tomás Hruska, Stanislav Kabat, Milos Kabela, Robert Lukowski, Milan Novak, Miroslav Pavlik, Marcus Pohlus, Marek Rajca, Roland Safr, Ronald Schwarz, Jiri Sip, Vaclav Strozik, Stepan Svoboda, Carsten Thoms, Vladimir Urbanek, Petr Valenta, Ivo Cervenka, Jiri Cvancara, Tomás Drdácký, Ladislav Hruby, Lukas Jaromersky, Mirek Jaromersky, Petr Jiracek, Jiri Krenek, Igor Murco, Angel Quiroga, Martin Rain, Jan Simecek, Petr Urbanek, Roman Vales, Petr Vladyka, Martin Vortel, Jan Zak, Miro Zila
Nancy Bishop, Jirí Hrstka, Alex Johnson, Sarah Parfitt, Olga Záhorbenská, Abigail Barbier, Louis Elman, Noelle Trkulja
Iva Bártová, Jane Clive, Miroslav Fantys, Barbara Higgins, Karolina Jirova, Alena Koucka, Michal Krejca, Wei Liang, Liba Malerova, Vera Mirová, Sarah Moore, Peter Paul, Richard Pointing, Katerina Polanska, Ladislav Procházka, Jitka Svecova, Tomás Sýkora, David Whiteing, Michelle Wickland, Kevin Wiremu, Milena Adamová, Marie Charvatova, Gabriela Kolackova, Ivana Kotkova, Liba Malerova, Jirina Svancarova, Helena Vitoulová, Barbora Wildova
Catherine Athon, Lionel Cassan, Yvan Lucas, Margot Meynier, Andrea Pugner, Philippe Reinaudo, Clara Salducci, Sárka Sklenárová, Philippe Tourret, Nicolas Criqui, Mickael Dumontier, Frederic Jupin, Carlos Pinto, Clement Zveguintzoff
Jiri Krejcir
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Chris Cozens, Chris Dibble, James Fitzpatrick, Jan Holzner, Rachel Portman, David Snell, Polly Taylor, Amélie de Chassey, Lewis Jones, Richard King, Delphine Mathieu, Patrick Russ
Sylvette Baudrot
Dan Kuska, Dave Bruyea, Tomas Bursik, Tony Vizina, Richard Watkins
Malgosia Abramowska, Sylvie Balloy, Ota Bares, Borek Benes, Milan Blazko, Ales Bosticka, Ian Burlingham, Daniel Champagnon, Olivier Chiavassa, Sarka Cimbalova, Nicholas Dalton, Isabelle Dassonville, Steve Dent, Charlotte Dirickx, Libor Doudera, Jon Duncan, Jacqueline Edwards, Mat Ford, James Freedman, Geoff Freeman, Veronika Gavlakova, Gabriela Glass, Romana Hajkova, Martin Hanus, Fréderic Hardy, Katherine Hook, Marcela Jahodova Zachova, Pavel Jelen, Lenka Kadlecova, Radim Macha, Chirag Malde, Sirish Malde, Martin Mares, Michal Olah, Laura Park, Vaclav Petr, Chantal Peyrieras, Marketa Poruba, Eda Raban, Nathalie Radovic, Kay Raven, Martyn Rowland, Bob Shah, Vaclav Sramek, John Styles, Jan Sula, Taylor Wessing, James Weston, Anna Zenowicz, Julie Adams, Veronika Finkova, Petr Hynek, Lubomir Janci, Mirek Pechar, Kay Raven, Veronika Skarlandtova, Radek Tomasek, Richard Woolford
Julie Adams, Jeff Berg, Didier Duverger, Jean-Patrick Flande, Tim Levy, Suzana Peric, Jérôme Seydoux, Isabelle Terrel
Crime, Drama
R.P. Productions, Runteam II Ltd., ETIC Films
France, UK, Czech Republic
English
PG-13
6.8
32949
65
Oliver Twist is a 2005 drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood adapts Charles Dickens s 1838 novel of the same name. It is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, France and Italy.
The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2005 before going into limited release in the United States on 23 September. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics, but was a commercial failure.
$60,000,000 (estimated)
$68,447
$2,080,321
$42,580,321
Character name as title,oliver twist character,artful dodger character,fagin character,bill sykes character