"Oliver Twist" (1999) TV mini-series

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.1/10   

Temporadas:

1

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 octubre 2000 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies...

Plot Keywords:

London | Orphan | 19th Century | Victorian Era | London England

Premios:

1 win & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

I've seen better

Reparto

David Ross	...	Mr Bumble (4 episodios, 1999)
Julie Walters	...	Mrs. Mann (4 episodios, 1999)
Michael Kitchen	...	Mr Brownlow (4 episodios, 1999)
Annette Crosbie	...	Mrs Bedwin (4 episodios, 1999)
Lindsay Duncan	...	Elizabeth Leeford (4 episodios, 1999)
Marc Warren	...	Monks (4 episodios, 1999)
Sam Smith	...	Oliver Twist (3 episodios, 1999)
Keira Knightley	...	Rose Fleming (3 episodios, 1999)
Robert Lindsay	...	Fagin (3 episodios, 1999)
Alex Crowley	...	Artful Dodger (3 episodios, 1999)
Andy Serkis	...	Bill Sikes (3 episodios, 1999)
Emily Woof	...	Nancy (3 episodios, 1999)
Isla Fisher	...	Bet (3 episodios, 1999)
John Grillo	...	Mr Grimwig (3 episodios, 1999)
Charlotte Le Moignan	...	Young Rose Fleming (3 episodios, 1999)
Roland Manookian	...	Charley Bates (3 episodios, 1999)
Roger Lloyd-Pack	...	Mr Sowerberry (2 episodios, 1999)
Tim Dutton	...	Edwin Leeford (2 episodios, 1999)
Alun Armstrong	...	Mr Fleming (2 episodios, 1999)
David Bark-Jones	...	Dr. Losberne (2 episodios, 1999)
Laura Grace Cockroft	...	Chertsey Maid (2 episodios, 1999)
Sarah Flind	...	Homely Maid (2 episodios, 1999)
Morgan Jones	...	Brittles (2 episodios, 1999)
Sam Kelly	...	Giles (2 episodios, 1999)
Calum MacPherson	...	Blacksmith Bignall (2 episodios, 1999)
Rosalind March	...	Mrs Corney (2 episodios, 1999)
Sophia Myles	...	Agnes Fleming (2 episodios, 1999)
Alan Pentony	...	Pedlar (2 episodios, 1999)
Iain Robertson	...	Woodcroft (2 episodios, 1999)
Hilary Sesta	...	Martha, Female Pauper (2 episodios, 1999)
Liz Smith	...	Sally (2 episodios, 1999)

Duración:

386 min (4 parts)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Dolby

Locaciones de Filmación:

Alston, Cumbria, England, UK

Compañía:

Diplomat Films

Citas:

Brownlow: You state my case very well Dr. Losberne. So well in fact that I feel I could rest the case right now. But I won't, you see, I knew the man who Rose's sister was in love with. He was my best friend. He was charming. He was delightful company. He was witty. He was handsome. And he was feckless! And he was hopeless! And he was a fool! But above all, Losberne, he was irresponsible! Do you want me to give you chapter and verse?
Dr. Losberne: Not really, no. In fact not at all sir.
Brownlow: Well how unfortunate for you because that's exactly what I'm going to do!

Conexiones de Película:

Version of Twist Olivér (1919)

Banda de Sonido:

Fantasia for Piano 4 Hands in F Minor

I've seen better

I have always loved this story - the hopeful theme, the excellent characters and Dickens' realistic and meticulous descriptions. So when this was aired, all my friends told me to watch it, because it was really good. So I did. And I enjoyed it. It didn't stick to the book too often, and Mr Bumble and Fagin weren't that Dickensian, but Monks was brilliant and there were some ingenious moments of direction. Then I watched the final episode, and was so disappointed. Someone else said they were almost in tears by the end. I was too - it was so poor. It was as though the scriptwriter skimmed through the book and made the rest up. It was rushed, especially during Sikes' escape, and as a result lacked any feeling to it. The only feeling was in the one place it shouldn't have been - Sikes. Dickens wrote him as an unfeeling, brutal character. If at any point he loved Nancy, he would never have said so, least of all to Fagin. That one line, "I loved her, Fagin" ruined everything the film had going for it. Unbeliveable. Which describes Fagin. Pathetic. Alec Guinness was so much better - he was realistic. As was Frances L. Sullivan. I don't think that guy who played Mr Bumble realised that the character was a poke of fun at the parish beadles. As well as the dodger... if Dickens wrote that he was around Oliver's age, do you think the dodger was MEANT to be around Oliver's age? On the other hand, as well as Monks' superb acting, Rose Maylie (sorry, Fleming) was pretty good, as was Nancy, except she didn't show any love for Bill. They must have got the two mixed up. I much prefer Lean's 1948 version. It may be abriged, but it's better than the expanded attempt at Dickens.