Sony To Bring Polanskis 'Oliver Twist' To US
[Tuesday, May 4th, 2004]Sony Pictures are bringing Roman Polanski's upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist to the US, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The new Oliver toplines Ben Kingsley as Fagin, the leader of a ring of pickpockets that takes in the innocent orphan Oliver. Barney Clark, a 10-year-old Briton, has been cast as Oliver, while Jamie Foreman will play the Artful Dodger, the boy who shows Oliver the ropes. Frank Finlay has been cast as Mr. Brownlow, the kind gentleman who rescues Oliver from the streets.
Twist is to begin a 16-week shoot in July in Prague.
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