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Oliver Twist / Title on container: Charles Dickens' 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. - [United States] : WGBH : Distributed by Carlton International Media Ltd., 2004. - 3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - ExxonMobil Masterpiece theatre. . - Masterpiece theatre (Television program) .

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.

ISBN: 1593751508

Publisher. No.: WG33139 WGBH

Source: Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orphans--Drama.
Criminals--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Television mini-series--Great Britain.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Dewey Class. No.: 791.45/75