Oliver Twist Movie Review 1997

Lavish TV version of the Dickens tale finds orphaned Oliver (Trench) escaping to 1837's London and being befriended by the wicked Fagin (Dreyfuss) and his gang of pickpocketing youngsters, including the Artful Dodger (Wood).

Distribution

Walt Disney Home Video, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, Phone: (818)265-6500, URL: http://disney.store.go.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, Hard Knock Life, Adoption & Orphans, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Homeless, London, Childhood Visions

Screenplay

Monte Merrick

Cast

Alex Trench, Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood, David O'Hara, Antoine Byrne, Olivia Caffrey

Cinematography

Keith Wilson

Director

Tony Bill

Music

Van Dyke Parks

Producer

Steven North, Laurence Mark, John Baldecchi, Walt Disney Television