Oliver Twist

~ADAPTED FROM CHARLES DICKENS' CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL!- HASHIR

Overview

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 2005-09-23
Budget: $50000000
Revenue: $42580321
Runtime: 130 min

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