TY - ADVS AU - Dickens,Charles AU - Dickens,Charles ED - Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. ED - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) TI - Oliver Twist T2 - Masterpiece theatre U1 - 823 23 PY - 1985/// CY - United States PB - Anchor Bay Entertainment KW - Orphans KW - Drama KW - Thieves KW - Melodrama KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - Dark comedy KW - Adventure N1 - Based on the novel by Charles Dickens; Sources used: information from pre-release promotional materials; MPAA rating: Not rated N2 - Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances ER -