"The film was shot in Prague, Beroun, and Žatec in the Czech Republic. Like David Lean's 1948 film ""Oliver Twist"" and the writers of the stage musical Oliver!, Polanski and Harwood entirely omitted the Maylie family from their film. Like the musical, but unlike Lean, they also omitted Monks, as well as the entire subplot of a conspiracy to defraud Oliver of the inheritance money that his father left him. Oliver now has no origin, but is an anonymous orphan like the rest of Fagin's gang. (See more here.) To fill up the gap left by the absence of Monks"
"Oliver Twist (1997 film) Oliver Twist is a 1997 American made-for-television film based on Charles Dickens’s 1839 novel of the same title. The film was directed by Tony Bill, written by Monte Merrick and Stephen Sommers, and produced by Walt Disney Television. It stars Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood, David O'Hara, and Alex Trench as the titular character. As in most film adaptations of this novel, Monks, Oliver's half-brother, is not in the film. There are other changes as well. The bookseller does not testify for Oliver at his trial, but Rose Maylie does. Most of the changes are minor, but"
"Oliver Twist, Jr. Oliver Twist, Jr. is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb and starring Harold Goodwin, Lillian Hall, George Nichols, Harold Esboldt, Scott McKee, Clarence Wilson, and G. Raymond Nye. It is based on the 1838 novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on March 13, 1921. An orphan named Oliver Twist, Jr. meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a group of thieves who are trained to steal for their master. A copy of ""Oliver Twist, Jr."" exists in Cinemateket Svenska Filminstitutet,"
"Stockholm. Oliver Twist, Jr. Oliver Twist, Jr. is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb and starring Harold Goodwin, Lillian Hall, George Nichols, Harold Esboldt, Scott McKee, Clarence Wilson, and G. Raymond Nye. It is based on the 1838 novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on March 13, 1921. An orphan named Oliver Twist, Jr. meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a group of thieves who are trained to steal for their master. A copy of ""Oliver Twist, Jr."" exists in Cinemateket Svenska"
"Oliver Twist (2005 film) Oliver Twist is a 2005 drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on Charles Dickens’s 1839 novel of the same name. The film was preceded by numerous adaptations of the Dickens book, including several feature films, three television movies, two miniseries, and a stage musical that became an Academy Award-winning film. 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. In the 1800s, a young orphan (Oliver Twist) is forcibly brought to a"
"Oliver Twist (1982 TV film) Oliver Twist is a 1982 American-British made-for-television film adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic of the same name, premiering on the CBS television network as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Stars include George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Cherie Lunghi, and introducing Richard Charles as Oliver, in his first major film role. The film opens with a young, blonde-haired woman outdoors during a rainstorm. She is seen struggling on her knees, and she manages to stumble into a home. The occupants, learning that the pregnant woman is about to go into labour, make preparations"
"Oliver Twist (1922 film) Oliver Twist is a 1922 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"", featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin and Jackie Coogan as Oliver Twist. The film was directed by Frank Lloyd. Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy, Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. The film was considered lost, until a"
"Brownlow's coach and they make the journey back to Brownlow's estate. Oliver Twist (1982 TV film) Oliver Twist is a 1982 American-British made-for-television film adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic of the same name, premiering on the CBS television network as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Stars include George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Cherie Lunghi, and introducing Richard Charles as Oliver, in his first major film role. The film opens with a young, blonde-haired woman outdoors during a rainstorm. She is seen struggling on her knees, and she manages to stumble into a home. The occupants, learning that"
"Oliver Twist (1982 Australian film) Oliver Twist is a 1982 Australian 72-minute made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia; a part of the studio's series of adaptations of Charles Dickens' works made from 1982 through 1985. It was originally broadcast in 1982 through the Australian Nine Network Australia. The film is based on Charles Dickens' classic English novel, ""Oliver Twist"", first published in 1838, and was adapted by John Palmer. It was produced by George Stephenson and directed by Richard Slapczynski. A second live-action, made-for-television title under the same name was produced in the same year. All copyright in this"
"Twist (film) Twist is a 2003 Canadian drama film directed by Jacob Tierney and starring Nick Stahl and Joshua Close. It is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic, ""Oliver Twist"". The plot of ""Oliver Twist"" is updated to the present day, and moved out of the London poor house onto the streets of a large North American city (in Donsky's film it was New York City, and this film it is Toronto). In addition, the tale is told not from Oliver's point of view, but rather that of Dodge (Nick Stahl). Oliver (Joshua Close) falls into the hands of down-and-out"
"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. Oliver Twist (2005 film) Oliver Twist is a 2005 drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on Charles Dickens’s 1839 novel of the same name. The film was preceded by numerous adaptations of the Dickens book, including"
"Oliver Twist (1933 film) Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen. It is the earliest sound version of Charles Dickens's novel of the same name. It stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William ""Stage"" Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget. It never really achieved much success and was out of circulation for many years, but resurfaced on television in the 1980s."
"""Oliver Twist"", but he removed Jewish elements from his depiction of Fagin in his public readings from the novel, omitting nasal voice mannerisms and body language he had included in earlier readings. Joel Berkowitz reports that the earliest stage adaptations of ""Oliver Twist"" ""followed by an almost unrelieved procession of Jewish stage distortions, and even helped to popularize a lisp for stage Jews that lasted until 1914"" It is widely believed that the most antisemitic adaptation of ""Oliver Twist"" is David Lean's film of 1948, with Alec Guinness as Fagin. Guinness was made-up to look like the illustrations from the"
"Oliver Twist (1974 film) Oliver Twist is a 1974 American animated film produced by Filmation that is loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. In the 19th century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent to a workhouse, where the children are barely fed and mistreated. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spanking, he starts a seven-day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is welcomed by a gang of pickpockets led by old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief,"
"print surfaced in Yugoslavia in the 1970s. The print lacked intertitles, which were subsequently restored by Blackhawk Films with the help of Jackie Coogan and Sol Lesser. Coogan was at the height of his career during the filming, having played the title role in Charles Chaplin's ""The Kid"" the previous year. On June 30, 2009, a Region Free DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video. Oliver Twist (1922 film) Oliver Twist is a 1922 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"", featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin and Jackie Coogan as Oliver Twist. The film was directed by"
"Oliver Twist (1916 film) Oliver Twist is a lost 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by James Young. It is based on the famous novel, ""Oliver Twist"", by Charles Dickens and the 1912 Broadway stage version of the novel. Marie Doro had played ""Oliver"" on Broadway in 1912 to much acclaim and was brought in by Lasky to reprise her role in this film. In fact, the main reason this film was made was to showcase Doro rather than Dickens. In the play, the parts of Nancy, Fagin and Bill"
"wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow's fancy house. Oliver is wounded, while Mr. Brownlow tries to save Oliver. ""Oliver Twist"" was first released in theaters on July 10, 1974. The movie was first released on VHS in August 13, 1996 and was re-released on DVD on September 3, 2002 by Warner Home Video. Oliver Twist (1974 film) Oliver Twist is a 1974 American animated film produced by Filmation that is loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The"
"director and author of ""L'Chaim""), and later by Tony Robinson, Davy Jones, Leonard Whiting, Steve Marriott, and Phil Collins, among others. Elijah Wood also portrayed the character in the 1997 television film that aired as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. He was played by Harry Eden in Roman Polanski's big-budget 2005 film version. In the 1968 film ""Oliver!"", Jack Wild played the role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In the BBC adaptation of ""Oliver Twist"" in 2007, he is played by Adam Arnold. Others to have played the role in"
"the United States until 1951, with seven minutes of profile shots and other parts of Guinness's performance cut. It received great acclaim from critics, but, unlike Lean's ""Great Expectations"", another Dickens adaptation, no Oscar nominations. The film was banned in Israel for anti-semitism. It was banned in Egypt for portraying Fagin too sympathetically. Beginning in the 1970s, the full-length version of Lean's film began to be shown in the United States. It is that version which is now available on DVD. The film was the fifth most popular film at the British box office in 1949. ""Oliver Twist"" currently has"
"Transylvania Twist Transylvania Twist is a 1989 comedy film that parodies horror films. Originally released by Concord Production Inc., this film is distributed on home video by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the film Angus Scrimm reprises his role of the ""Tall Man"" from the Phantasm movies, as a parody. The humor of the film is most often said to be in the style of Airplane!, and Mel Brooks comedies. It occasionally breaks the Fourth wall rule with characters looking at the camera, and one even saying ""I'm in the wrong movie."" The film's main theme has been released on a variety of"
"Oliver's Twist Oliver's Twist is a 2002 television series featuring chef Jamie Oliver, the name of the programme is a pun on the title of Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. Following the popularity of his first TV series, The Naked Chef, he began producing Oliver's Twist to be aired outside the UK. The show became a success, being aired in over 70 countries and helping to establish Oliver's global popularity. The show was produced by Oliver's own production company, Fresh One Productions, and there are 52 episodes in total. The Series Producer was Simon Willis and the show was filmed"
"An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves. Oliver Twist (1933 film) Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen. It is the earliest sound version of Charles Dickens's novel of the same name. It stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William ""Stage"" Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget."
"were released within two months of each other: ""Oliver Twist"", directed by David Lean, and Powell and Pressburger's ""The Red Shoes"" (both 1948). Due to a shortfall in funds, brought about by financial overspends the previous year, Rank did not have enough money to market ""The Red Shoes"" sufficiently at first in the US, but it became Rank's biggest earner up to that point, grossing over £1 million (the equivalent of £26 million in 2012 terms). In 1948, John Davis was appointed managing director. By the following year, Rank had run up an overdraft of £16 million (the equivalent of"
"Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, when they present him with a locket that the old nurse Sally had taken from Oliver's mother. Mr. Monks wishes Oliver to be involved in a crime and imprisoned, so he may claim the inheritance that is rightfully Oliver's. Oliver Twist (1982 Australian film) Oliver Twist is a 1982 Australian 72-minute made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia; a part of the studio's series of adaptations of Charles Dickens' works made from 1982 through 1985. It was originally broadcast in 1982 through the Australian Nine Network Australia. The film is based on Charles Dickens' classic English"
"Twister (1989 film) Twister is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Suzy Amis, Crispin Glover, Harry Dean Stanton, and Dylan McDermott. It was shot in Wichita, Kansas. Based on Mary Robison's 1981 novel ""Oh!"", the film relates the story of the eccentric Cleveland family during the event of a tornado's hitting their rural Kansas home. The head of the family is Eugene Cleveland (Stanton), who built soda pop and mini-golf empires and lives off the proceeds. His two adult children, Maureen (Amis), and Howdy (Glover), live with him in his mansion along with Maureen's daughter"
"Twisted (1996 film) Twisted is a film written and directed by Seth Michael Donsky. His debut film, it was released in 1997. The film, a Don Quixote and Miravista Films production, is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel ""Oliver Twist"" set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abusers and hustlers. The film was an official selection and debuted in 1997 at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, and was also screened as an official selection at the Seattle International Film Festival. Donsky's film was made prior to Jacob Tierney's similar film ""Twist"", starring"
"Twister (1996 film) Twister is a 1996 American epic action disaster adventure film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes. It was directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. Its executive producers were Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Gerald R. Molen. ""Twister"" was the second-highest-grossing film of 1996 domestically, with an estimated 54,688,100 tickets sold in the US. In June 1969 Oklahoma, young Jo (Alexa Vega) and her family are awoken by an approaching F5 tornado. The family seeks refuge in their storm cellar, but the tornado"
"Oliver! (film) Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed, written by Vernon Harris, and based on the stage musical of the same name. Both the film and play are based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The film includes such musical numbers as ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"", ""As Long as He Needs Me"", ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"", and ""Where Is Love?"". Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus Films production and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures. At the 41st Academy Awards for 1968, ""Oliver!"" was"
"for his work Twisted (1996 film) Twisted is a film written and directed by Seth Michael Donsky. His debut film, it was released in 1997. The film, a Don Quixote and Miravista Films production, is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel ""Oliver Twist"" set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abusers and hustlers. The film was an official selection and debuted in 1997 at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, and was also screened as an official selection at the Seattle International Film Festival. Donsky's film was made prior to Jacob Tierney's similar"
"""Twist"" currently holds a 16% 'Rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus ""Despite of [""sic""] its contemporary setting and some strong performances, this is a bland retelling of ""Oliver Twist""."" Twist (film) Twist is a 2003 Canadian drama film directed by Jacob Tierney and starring Nick Stahl and Joshua Close. It is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic, ""Oliver Twist"". The plot of ""Oliver Twist"" is updated to the present day, and moved out of the London poor house onto the streets of a large North American city (in Donsky's film it was New York City, and this film"
"pilfering, and while Fagin negotiates with Oliver for the locket, ultimately returns it. The locket finally proves that Oliver is in fact Mr. Brownlow’s grandson by the matching of the portraits. After bidding a fond farewell to the arrested Dodger promising to see him again someday, Oliver is last seen sleeping happily in his new home. Oliver Twist (1997 film) Oliver Twist is a 1997 American made-for-television film based on Charles Dickens’s 1839 novel of the same title. The film was directed by Tony Bill, written by Monte Merrick and Stephen Sommers, and produced by Walt Disney Television. It stars"
"the film available on their website, but limited to 3,000 copies, which has since sold out. Sony Pictures re-released a Blu-ray edition of the film on December 11, 2018. Oliver! (film) Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed, written by Vernon Harris, and based on the stage musical of the same name. Both the film and play are based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The film includes such musical numbers as ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"", ""As Long as He Needs Me"", ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"", and ""Where Is Love?""."
"Twist of Fate (film) Twist of Fate, also known as Beautiful Stranger, is a 1954 British and American mystery film noir directed by David Miller and starring Ginger Rogers and Herbert Lom. Joan Victor, an actress known as ""Johnny"" to her friends, is living in Cannes, France, where she and financier Louis Galt plan to marry as soon as he gets a divorce. Marie Galt and her brothers run Louis's firm and have become suspicious of his business methods. Marie is unaware that Louis is the ringleader of a gang that deals in counterfeit gold coins. In a casino, Johnny"