MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jacob Tierney
Genres: Drama
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After countless faithful translations to the big screen -- not to mention one timeless, Oscar-winning musical version -- Charles_Dickens' tale of downtrodden London youth is given a gritty, contemporary spin in this independent Canadian production. This time told from the point of view of the Artful Dodger, Twist transposes the story of -Oliver Twist to modern-day Toronto, where Dodge (Nick_Stahl) is a smack-addicted male hustler working the streets when he comes across foster-home runaway Oliver (Joshua_Close). The two strike up a fast friendship and Dodge makes the boy his apprentice, introducing him to a world of drugs, prostitution, and squalid, rent-free living, overseen by the formidable pimp Fagin (Gary_Farmer). But Oliver finds his loyalties torn between his nascent attraction to Dodge and his son-like affection for Nancy (Mich

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