Oliver Twist

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Oliver Twist. (Added Author). Diplomat Films. (Added Author). United Productions, Ltd. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). Michael Kitchen, Julie Walters, Keira Knightley, Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay. (Cast).

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. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.

Record details

ISBN: 1593751508
Physical Description: videorecording
videorecording
videodisc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : WGBH : Carlton International Media Ltd. [distributor], 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	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. This film is described for people who are blind or have low vision.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Alan Bleasdale; screenplay, Alan Bleasdale; producer, Keith Thompson ; director, Renny Rye.
Participant or Performer Note:	Michael Kitchen, Julie Walters, Keira Knightley, Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Restrictions: Licensed for educational use at VCC and for personal home use.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned; described video for the visually impaired.