Oliver Twist / a Diplomat Films production for United Productions and WGBH/Boston ; written by Alan Bleasdale ; screenplay by Alan Bleasdale ; produced by Keith Thompson ; directed by Renny Rye.

Contributor(s): Kitchen, Michael, 1948- | Walters, Julie, 1950- | Knightley, Keira, 1985- | Smith, Sam | Rye, Renny | Bleasdale, Alan | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Oliver Twist | Diplomat Films | United Productions, Ltd | WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) | WGBH Video (Firm) | Carlton International Media LimitedMaterial type: FilmFilmPublisher number: WG33139 | WGBHSeries: Masterpiece theatre (Television program)Publication details: [United States] : WGBH : Distributed by Carlton International Media Ltd., 2004Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 1593751508Other title: Title on container: Charles Dickens' Oliver TwistSubject(s): Orphans -- Drama | Criminals -- Drama | London (England) -- DramaGenre/Form: Television mini-series -- Great Britain. | Films for the hearing impaired. | Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. DDC classification: 791.45/75 Cast: Michael Kitchen, Julie Walters, Keira Knightley, Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay.Summary: Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves.
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Originally broadcast by ITV in 1999.

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Special features: Printable materials for educators; access to the ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre web site.

Michael Kitchen, Julie Walters, Keira Knightley, Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay.

Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.

Closed-captioned; described video for the visually impaired.

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