Product Details

• Actors: Lysette Anthony, Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Michael Attwell, Pip Donaghy
• Directors: Gareth Davies
• Writers: Alexander Baron
• Producers: Terrance Dicks
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Warner
• DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Run Time: 360 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009PVZLY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,962 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Oliver Twist, BBC: 1985" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/06/2005 Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dickens Classic with Dickensian Details!, March 8, 2006

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M. Davis (Comfort, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oliver Twist, BBC: 1985 (DVD)

This version of Oliver Twist was a real pleasure! While a dramatization that stays fairly close to the original, the producers did this one right by giving it the time it needed. While the cast is of people little-known in the US, fans of classic literature should sit up and take notice of this one.

Ben Rodska does a wonderful portrayal of Oliver Twist that really brings home just how difficult life was in the workhouse. Dickens' book brought the plight of the poor into the public light in Britain, causing the dismantlement of the workhouse system and the poor laws. The actors and acresses in this episodic telling of the story convincingly prove to the viewer just how bad life could be in the early-to-mid 1800s.

Bill Sikes is frighteningly well played. Fagin is absolutely disreputable. Nancy is pitiable and trapped in a life filled with misery--and knows it.

Performed in twelve half-hour episodes, Oliver Twist has a simple musical score that enhances the rich visual imagery. People and places abound. This is the England of 1825 you long to see.

Oliver says it best: "Please, sir. I want some more!"

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the ultimate version!, September 6, 2005

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pelle4fant "pelle4fant" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oliver Twist, BBC: 1985 (DVD)

I have been waiting for this version, as it is , in my opinion, vastly superior to many of the newer version. The characters stay with you for a long time to come, and I have found myself using this a the yardstick to measure others with. It is funny touching, absorbing, gripping and a highly satisfactory production. To praise one character over the rest of the cast is not fair. Eric Porter, of course, is welknown, whereas the rest are fairly unfamiliar, but everybody does a splendid job.
If you don't know this version! You are in for a treat!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good... just a bit drawn out at times., August 12, 2006

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J. W. Zimmerman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oliver Twist, BBC: 1985 (DVD)

Very good rendition... a few segments are a bit drawn out at times... and a number of the shots are very dark (lighting)... I guess to simulate the pre-electric point in time. Made it difficult to "see" some of the details in the scenes though. Well worth the sale price that I was able to obtain.