Little Dorrit (film)

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Little Dorrit

Directed by	Christine Edzard
Produced by	John Brabourne Richard B. Goodwin
Written by	Christine Edzard Charles Dickens (novel)
Starring	Derek Jacobi Joan Greenwood Alec Guinness Miriam Margolyes Simon Dormandy Sarah Pickering
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release date(s)	March 26, 1988
Running time	360 min
Language	English
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Little Dorrit is a 1988 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. It was written and directed by Christine Edzard, and produced by John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin. The music, by Giuseppe Verdi, was arranged by Michael Sanvoisin.

The film stars Derek Jacobi as Arthur Clennam and Sarah Pickering in the title role. A huge cast of seasoned British stage and film actors was assembled to play the dozens of roles. Among them are Alec Guinness, Simon Dormandy, Joan Greenwood, Roshan Seth, Miriam Margolyes, Cyril Cusack, and Max Wall.

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Little Dorrit lasts 360 minutes and was released in two separate parts of approximately three hours each. The first part was subtitled Nobody's Fault, an allusion to one of Dickens' proposed titles for the original novel, and the story developed from the perspective and experiences of the Arthur Clennam character . The second film, entitled Little Dorrit's Story, took many of the same events and presented them through the eyes of the heroine. Together they represented separate but overlapping chronicles.

The production company which made the film, Sands Films, is operated by Christine Edzard, the director, and her husband, Richard B. Goodwin. The long awaited DVD is due in 2008.