Line #0 Trivia/OliverTwist


1	!!The novel
2	* BeamMeUpScotty: The most famous line, "Please, sir, I want some more," is often misquoted as "Please, sir, may I have some more?"
3	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Creator/CharlesDickens is believed to have based Mr. Bronlow on John Brownlow, the director of the Foundling Hospital, which was dedicated to looking after abandoned and unwanted children.
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5	!!Adaptations
6	* ActingForTwo: Lysette Anthony plays both Rose and Agnes in the 1985 miniseries.
7	* ActorInspiredElement: The wordless opening sequence of the 1948 film, in which Oliver's mother staggers over the rain-swept moors to give birth on the steps of the workhouse, was devised by actress Kay Walsh (Nancy).
8	* AdaptationOverdosed: With over a dozen cinematic adaptations, multiple tv adaptations, the musical theater adaptation ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}''; which was subsequently adapted into the successful 1968 film of the same name. Adaptations range from faithful retellings of the source material to [[SettingUpdate contemporary setting updates]] such as Disney's ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany''. ''Oliver Twist'' remains one of Creator/CharlesDickens' most recognized and adapted works, beaten in sheer volume of adaptations only by ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''.
9	* BannedInChina:
10	** The 1948 film with Creator/AlecGuinness as Fagin was banned in Israel for the antisemitic portrayal of the character.
11	** It was also banned in Egypt... for making Fagin ''too sympathetic''.
12	* CreatorCouple: Kay Walsh, who played Nancy in the 1948 film, was married to Creator/DavidLean at the time.
13	* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: As the portrayal of Fagin in the 1948 version was a sore spot, considering the recent [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]], many of his scenes were cut or edited to remove profile shots in the US release (where it didn't come out until 1951 either for that same reason). It was shown uncut in 1970.
14	* MissingEpisode: The 1916 film is lost.
15	* RemakeCameo:
16	** Lysette Anthony played Agnes in the 1982 film. In the 1985 miniseries she played both Rose and Agnes.
17	** Timothy Spall had a minor role in the 1982 film. Years later he played Fagin in the 2007 miniseries.
18	* RoleReprise:
19	** Marie Doro played Oliver on Broadway in 1912 and reprised her role in the 1916 film.
20	** David Garlick played the Artful Dodger on Broadway and the West End in ''Oliver!'' and reprised his role in the 1985 miniseries.
21	** Davy Jones, later of The Monkees, played The Artful Dodger in the original Broadway cast of ''Oliver!'' (and performed a number from it on the Ed Sullivan Show the same night four moptops made their debut on the show...). In 1974, he voiced the same character for Filmation's made-for-TV animated musical adaptation.
22	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/AnthonyNewley and Creator/DianaDors had a brief fling while making the 1948 film.
23	* SettingUpdate:
24	** ''Chitti Tammudu'' (1962) changes the setting from Victorian England to 1960s India.
25	** ''Twist'' (2021) is set in modern London.
26	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobertDonat was desperate to play Bill Sikes in the 1948 film, even doing a screen-test.

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