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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812–9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform...
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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 film of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities. It starred Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin, and was directed by Ralph Thomas.

Initial release date:

  • 1958

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  • 117 min (70.2 hs )

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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1911 silent film directed by William J. Humphrey, loosely based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Initial release date:

  • 1912

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Runtime:

  • 30 min (18 hs )

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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton, Donald Woods and Elizabeth Allan. The supporting players include Basil Rathbone, Blanche...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 27, 1935

Runtime:

  • 123 min (73.8 hs )

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Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit is a 1988 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. It was written and directed by Christine Edzard, and produced by John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin. The music, by Giuseppe Verdi, was arranged by Michael...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 26, 1988

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Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 360 min (216 hs )

Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company is a 1988 animated feature film in which a homeless kitten named Oliver joins a gang of dogs to survive on the 1980s New York City streets. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and became the twenty-seventh...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 18, 1988

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Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 73 min (44 hs )

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The first episode revolved around Oliver's parents (Agnes Fleming and Edward Leeford) as they struggled to fight their love for each...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1922 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin, and Jackie Coogan as Oliver. Directed by Frank Lloyd. Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 30, 1922

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Runtime:

  • 74 min (44 hs )

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 2005 British drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1838 novel of the same title by Charles Dickens. The film was preceded by numerous adaptations of the Dickens book, including...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 11, 2005

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Runtime:

  • 130 min (78 hs )

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1997 television movie based on the popular novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. It aired during The Wonderful World of Disney. One of the lesser known film versions of the book, it starred veteran Richard Dreyfuss as Fagin,...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist (1948) is the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels. Following the success of his 1946 version of Great Expectations, Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his next film, including producers Ronald...

Initial release date:

  • 1948

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Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

Oliver!

Oliver! is a 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the stage musical Oliver!, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart. The screenplay was written by Vernon Harris. Both the film and play are based on the famous...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 26, 1968

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Runtime:

  • 153 min (91.8 hs )

Scrooge

Scrooge (1951), released as A Christmas Carol in the U.S., is one of the best-known film adaptations of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. It starred Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge and was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 31, 1951

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Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

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Scrooge

Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. It was filmed in London, directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney in the title role. The film's musical score was composed by Leslie...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 5, 1970

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Runtime:

  • 113 min (67.8 hs )

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Scrooged

Scrooged is a 1988 comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman. The screenplay was written by Mitch Glazer and...

Initial release date:

  • 1988

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean and based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It stars John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, and Alec Guinness. Jean Simmons, who played the role of the young Estella...

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  • 1946

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Runtime:

  • 118 min (70.8 hs )

Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (usually shortened to David Copperfield) is a 1935 film based upon the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield. Although quite a few characters and...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 18, 1935

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  • 130 min (78 hs )

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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous short story A Christmas Carol. It was the first animated holiday special ever produced specifically for television (1962), and the only one until Rudolph the Red-Nosed...

Initial release date:

  • 1962

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Runtime:

  • 60 min (36 hs )

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The Pickwick Papers

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her...

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas, scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and a plea for global cooperation between nations, was telecast only once -- December 28, 1964. The only TV movie ever directed by Joseph L...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 28, 1964

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  • 84 min (50 hs )

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Bleak House

Bleak House is a fifteen-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, which was originally published in 1852–53. Produced with an all-star cast, the serial was shown on BBC One from October to December 2005, and...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 27, 2005

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Bleak House

Bleak House (1985) was the second adaptation by the BBC of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. The novel was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft. It ran for eight episodes and starred Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock, with Denholm Elliott in the role of...

Twist

Twist is a 2003 film and is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist. The plot is updated to the present day, and moved out of the poor house and onto the streets. In addition, the tale is told not from Oliver's point of view, but...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 7, 2003

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Runtime:

  • 97 min (58 hs )

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David Copperfield

David Copperfield is a 1969 American television film directed by Delbert Mann based on the novel by Charles Dickens adapted by Jack Pulman, who later went on to adapt the Roman saga I, Claudius for BBC Television. The film was made in the UK for...

Initial release date:

  • 1969

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a British movie released for TV in 2001, directed by Stephen Whittaker, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield is a 1993 traditionally-animated feature-length adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story of the same name. It was directed by Don Arioli and features the voices of Sheena Easton, Julian Lennon, Howie Mandel, Andrea Martin,...

Great Expectations

The "talkie" version produced by Universal Studios. Francis L. Sullivan appears in the this and the classic 1946 version.

Initial release date:

  • 1934

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a 1998 contemporary film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. It is known for having...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 30, 1998

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Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a 1989 British miniseries based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same title. Jean Simmons, who played the role of the young Estella in the 1946 movie, played Miss Havisham in the 1989 version. Other key roles include John Rhys...

Initial release date:

  • 1989

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Twisted

The film Twisted was written and directed by Seth Michael Donsky and released in 1997. It is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abuse and...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a 1934 adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was the first sound version of the novel and was produced in Hollywood by Universal Studios and directed by Stuart Walker. It stars Phillips Holmes as Pip,...

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  • 1934

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a 1974 film made for television based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was directed by Joseph Hardy, with screenwriter Sherman Yellen and music by Maurice Jarre, starring Michael York as Pip and Sarah Miles as...

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is BBC's 1999 BAFTA award-winning television film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name and was aired on Masterpiece Theatre. A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands...

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (also known as Disney's A Christmas Carol ) is a 2009 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the same name. The film is written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 6, 2009

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PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

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Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 British/American drama film with comedic undertones written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay is based on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, which originally was published in...

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Runtime:

  • 132 min (79.2 hs )

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby is a 1947 British drama film directed by Cavalcanti. The screenplay by John Dighton is based on the 1839 novel The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. It is the first sound screen adaptation of the book,...

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Runtime:

  • 108 min (64.8 hs )

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1982 Australian 72-minute made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia; a part of the studio's series of adaptations of Charles Dickens' works made from 1982 through 1985. It was originally broadcast in 1982...

Initial release date:

  • 1982

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Runtime:

  • 72 min (43 hs )

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The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers is a 1952 UK production from George Minter of the Charles Dickens classic. Both screenplay and direction were by Noel Langley.

Initial release date:

  • 1952

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1933 American film directed by William J. Cowen. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's popular novel with the same name and was the first sound version of the classic. Ultimately, the film, which never really achieved great...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 28, 1933

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Scrooge

Scrooge is a 1935 film directed by Henry Edwards featuring Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, not counting a 1928 short subject that now...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 30, 1935

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A Diva's Christmas Carol

Another in the many adaptations of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." A successful but mean spirited pop singer is shown the error of her ways and learns to appreciate the christmas holiday cheer through the agency of Marli Jacob and the three...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 13, 2000

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