Oliver Twist (1997 film)

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Oliver Twist

Directed by	Tony Bill
Produced by	John Baldecchi
Written by	Charles Dickens (novel) Monte Merrick
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss Elijah Wood
Running time	91 min.
Language	English
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Oliver Twist (1997) is a television movie based on the popular novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It aired during The Wonderful World of Disney. One of the lesser known film versions of the book, it starred veteran Richard Dreyfuss as Fagin, Elijah Wood as the Artful Dodger, and Alex Reed as Oliver Twist.

As in most film adaptions of this book, Monks, Oliver's half-brother, is not in the film, but there have been a few changes. The bookeeper does not testify for Oliver, but Rose Brownlow does. Most of the changes are minor. Mr. Bumble is only in one scene, and the Widow Corney's role is added onto.

[edit] Cast

Richard Dreyfuss .... Fagin
Elijah Wood .... The Artful Dodger
David O'Hara .... Bill Sikes
Alex Trench .... Oliver Twist
Antoine Byrne .... Nancy
Olivia Caffrey .... Rose Maylie
Anthony Finigan .... Mr. Brownlow
Maria Charles .... Widow Corney
Des Braiden .... Magistrate
Eileen Colgan .... Mrs. Bedwin
Eilish Moore .... Cook
Lisa Dwan .... Agnes
Conor Evans .... Chief Constable
A.J. Kennedy .... Police Constable
Jeffrey O'Toole .... Hugh

[edit] External link

Oliver Twist at the Internet Movie Database

Oliver Twist
Characters:	Fagin \| Bill Sikes \| The Artful Dodger \| Nancy Sikes \| Rose Maylie
Film adaptions:	Oliver Twist (1948) \| Oliver! \| Oliver & Company \| Oliver Twist (1997) \| Twist \| Boy called Twist \| Oliver Twist (2005)
Other adaptions:	Oliver! \| Fagin the Jew \| Oliver Twist (TV miniseries)