New DVD
Oliver Twist.
Rated PG-13 for disturbing images.
Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Barney Clark, Harry Eden, Leanne Rowe, Edward Hardwicke, Mark Strong, Ian McNeice, Rachel Portman.
The story of a young orphan boy who gets involved with a gang of
pickpockets in 19th century London. Abandoned at an early age, Oliver
Twist is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the awful Mr.
Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Desperate yet
determined, Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless
and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the sinister Fagin --
the mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets. Oliver's rescue by
the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the beginning of a series of
advenetures that lead him to the promise of a better life.