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Twist (2003 Canada) Written & Directed by Jacob Tierney, Director of Photography -- Gerald Packer, CSC. Editor -- Mitchell Lackie. Dodge -- Nick Stahl, Oliver -- Joshua Close, Fagin -- Gary Farmer. A gay re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist. Moved from the poor house to the dark streets of the hustler. Tale told from POV of the 'Artful Dodger'--now Dodge. The prosaically beautiful Oliver is gladly taken in by down-&-out hustlers. Dodge mentors Oliver in the unforgiving arts of drug abuse & prostitution. As Oliver's innocence dissolves, both confront demons & strangely, it is Dodge who finds he cannot escape his past. Format: 35mm Kodak Film. Produced with the assistance of Telefilm Canada. All music rights for use with this film secured (& credited) by the producers. Copyright Victorious Films Inc. (2003)
