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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the unscrupulous leader of the young pick-pockets Oliver (Alex Trench) initially falls in with after escaping from a sweat shop and going to London to find his relatives. Written by John Sacksteder
Release : | 1997 |
Rating : | 6.2 |
Studio : | Laurence Mark Productions, Disney Branded Television, |
Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
Cast : | Richard Dreyfuss Elijah Wood David O'Hara Alex Trench Maria Charles |
Genre : | Drama Family |
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Fantastic!
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
This is Brian Kesler, phony film critic, with your daily movie buzz. As Disney sinks lower and lower every week, and the animation studio is being chopped up for winter firewood, their live action productions seem to be moving right along. 'Oliver Twist' has just managed to make its way onto television screens everywhere. And it's created quite a buzz regarding other versions of the film. After being advertised to magnificently horrid reviews, this sugar fest of insipid cockney accents and wonderfully witless dialogue has broken all sorts of records for cash lost in a single week. With it's eye shattering out of period fiberglass set and nauseating cinematography, 'Oliver Twist' has the look of a winner of minus three Emmy awards. And 'Oliver Twist' is perfect for the middle class suburban brain dead family. No nasty lyrics, gruesome perversions, or multiculturalism like there is in the musical and other versions. Oliver Twist has been sanitized, shrink wrapped, and drained of all blood for your protection. This is Brian Kesler with the movie buzz, and who the hell am I anyways?
As we are all too aware, nothing nasty ever happens in the wonderful world of Disney.Why,then,did Disney try their dead hand at Charles Dickens great novel of social injustice,child abuse,crime and poverty? Do not watch this appallingly bad film which shares little with the book other than the name.At least Lionel Bart's 'Oliver!' had a couple of decent songs in it.
This movie wasn't really all that good and most of the acting wasn't too good either. Richard Dreyfuss certainly didn't shine in this movie although he is in excellent actor. I thought that Elijah wood did a good job and so did a few of the other minor actors, but for the most part it was flat and boring
I first saw this movie on "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC when it first aired. Months later, I saw it at my former pastor's cabin on a video that he and his wife had taped it on. This is quite differnt than the 1968 musical in many ways. For one thing, the Artful Dodger is much older in this version than in the musical. Instead of being a preteen or young teenager, he's a high school aged teen. Fagin has a much more clean appearance with his cleanly-shaved face. Bill Sykes doesn't look so scruffy either as he does in the musical. At the workhouse, there is a female version of Mr. Bumble and they show Oliver's mother giving birth to him at the beginning. In the musical, the scene begins with the orphans lining up to eat supper. Although this is a great movie, I still like the musical much better.