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Oliver Twist (2005) More at IMDbPro »

• Edward Hardwicke replaced Frank Finlay.
  
  
• The set was so huge that Roman Polanski rode around it on a motorized scooter.
  
  
• The idea of making a new version of "Oliver Twist" was suggested by Emmanuelle Seigner, director Roman Polanski's wife, while he was looking for a plot that their children would find interesting.
  
  
• Director Roman Polanski's children have parts in the film. Morgane Polanski plays the farmer's daughter and Elvis Polanski plays the boy with the hoop.
  
  
• To keep child actors of the Fagin's gang in character, Ben Kingsley kept his mannerisms (speech and hunch-walk) and his physical appearance as Fagin even off-set.
  
  
• Most of the sets designed were inspired by the work of the famous illustrator Gustave Doré (although Doré never did actually illustrate any of Dickens' novels).
  
  

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