Oliver Twist (1948) - Criterion Collection
by David Lean
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Actor: Alec Guinness, Francis L. Sullivan, John Howard Davies, Kay Walsh, Robert NewtonDirector: David Lean
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Guy Green
Writer: David Lean
Editor: Jack Harris
Producer: Ronald Neame
Writer: Charles Dickens
Writer: Stanley Haynes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of Oliver Twist (1948) - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has incredibly beautiful black and white photography. The music by Arnold Bax is a clear winner in my book. A young Anthony Newley is the Artful Dodger - you can't miss that face anywhere.
But I'm writing because of Robert Newton. Known to many as THE Long John Silver, his appearance in this film is frightening. The scene where he kills Nancy is horrendous mainly for what we don't see. The look in his eyes is of madness incarnate. The dog pawing frantically to get away is equally searing. And yet we do not see any blow land on Nancy. It is suggested. Oh, if only directors today could understand the power of such visuals.
Summary of Oliver Twist (1948) - Criterion Collection
Expressionistic noir photography suffuses David Lean's Oliver Twist with a nightmarish quality, fitting its bleak, industrial setting. In Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home. Here Alec Guinness is the quintessential Fagin, his controversial performance fully restored in Criterion's new digital transfer.David Lean's 1948 version of Charles Dickens' classic novel begins with a bang: the young hero's pregnant mother fighting her way through a storm, a perfect metaphor for Oliver's difficult road ahead. Set in a world of slums in the shadow of Victorian England, the story traces the boy's life in a workhouse and then with a gang of little pickpockets. A stark but good-looking film shot around some impressive sets, Lean's immortal adaptation is perhaps best known for Alec Guinness's remarkable (and slightly controversial) performance as Fagin, the old mentor to the gang of boy thieves. --Tom Keogh
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