Opens 10 Nov 2005
Acclaimed director Roman Polanski turns a dark eye toward the
classic Charles Dickens novel OLIVER TWIST, about a charming orphan
boy (Barney Clark) whose life seems to depend solely on the whims
of fate.
Abandoned early in life, Oliver first seems doomed to life in a
workhouse, where he is farmed out to a local undertaker where he
regularly is underfed and mistreated. Hoping to improve his lot in
life, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a gang of
petty criminals led by the fence Fagin (Ben Kingsley) and the young
pickpocket the Artful Dodger (Harry Eden).
His new situation seems like relief, until he meets Mr. Brownlow
(Edward Hardwicke), who sees Olivers true character and potential
and seems determined to sway destiny.
