Charles Dickens: Unique adaptations
February 7, 2012, marks the 200th birthday of
What follows are some of the more unique takes on the world of Charles Dickens. (Gale Research Co.)
This modern-day retelling of “A Christmas Carol” took a very postmodern twist by having the story of a Scrooge-like TV executive (
The first theatrical
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For reasons clear only to them, “South Park” creators
Jack Dawkins, the colorful scamp known as the Artful Dodger from “Oliver Twist,” got his own series in this Australian children’s series. Rather than keep Dawkins in dreary old Victorian London, this series took him to sunny Australia and allowed him to escape his life of crime and become a hero. Of course, Oliver Twist and old Fagin also made appearances as well. The series lasted just 13 episodes. (Grundy Television Australia)
“Oliver Twist” gets retold from the point of view of the Artful Dodger (renamed Dodge) in this modern-day tale set in the world of male prostitutes in Toronto. Young Oliver’s innocence dissolves amid a backdrop of
The first Muppet movie produced after the death of creator