Oliver Twist
screen play by David Lean and Stanley Haynes; produced by Ronald Neame; directed by David Lean
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Independent Producers : Criterion Collection, 1998
- Copyright:
- ©1948
- Related Series:
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- Summary:
- After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end. Includes original theatrical trailer.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- In English.
- Main Work:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Oliver Twist [by Dickens, C.]
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- Alternate Titles:
- Title on container: David Lean's Oliver Twist
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD.
- Performers:
- Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson, Mary Clare, Anthony Newley, Josephine Stuart, Ralph Truman, Kathleen Harrison, Gibb McLaughlin.
- Production Credits:
- Directed by David Lean; Produced by Ronald Neame; Photographer, Guy Green ; editor, Jack Harris ; music composed by Arnold Bax.
- General Notes:
- Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Videodisc release of the 1948 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Includes original theatrical trailer.
Notes by Michael Sragow. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- OLI 1948 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780021282
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Criterion: OLI040
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053190278
41294243 [Invalid]