Oliver Twist (2005)

Barney Clark
Harry Eden
Jamie Foreman
Edward Hardwicke
Ben Kingsley
Leanne Rowe
Mark Strong

Director	Roman Polanski
Producer	<b>Roman Polanski</b>; Robert Benmussa
Writer	Ronald Harwood

From the Academy Award-Winning Director of "The Pianist"

Roman Polanski directs the classic Charles Dickens' 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 (Barney Clark) 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 (Academy-Award® winner Sir Ben Kingsley) -- 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 adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life.