TWIST
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Twist is a calmly lucid retelling of Charles Dickens's classic Oliver Twist, updated to current times and moved out of the poor house and onto the street. Told from the point of the Artful Dodger (“Dodge”), Twist is no longer a tale of the misfortunes of boys, but rather of the prosaically beautiful Oliver who falls into the hands of down-and-out young men. Dodge takes the young man under his wing and instructs him in the unforgiving arts of drug abuse and prostitution. As Oliver's innocence dissolves, both young men confront inner and outer demons and, strangely, it is Dodge who finds he cannot escape his past.
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Jacob Tierney
Director
This is the first film for 23-year-old Montréal writer/director Jacob Tierney, who has been working as an actor for more than 15 years. Tierney has starred in such films as Terence Davies’ The Neon Bible (Official Competition, Cannes Film Festival, 1997), Paul Quinn’s This Is My Father (Official Selection, Sundance, 1999; National Board of Review Award for Best First Film), and Jerry Ciccoritti’s The Life Before This (1999; Official Selection, Berlin Film Festival). His short film, Dad, has won prizes at both the Atlantic Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival and was selected for competition at the Pike Film Festival in Portugal and the Alaska Film Festival.
35 mm
94 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in English |
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Producer
Victoria Hirst
Associate Producers
Gina Rugolo-Judd
Adrienne Stern
Executive Producers
Kevin Tierney
Dan Lyon
Director and Scriptwriter
Jacob Tierney
Director of Photography
Gerald Packer
Editing
Mitchell Lackie
Production Designer
Ethan Tobman
Costume Designer
Joanna Syrokomla
Music
Ron Proulx
Cast
Nick Stahl
Joshua Close
Gary Farmer
Stephen McHattie
Michele-Barbara Pelletier
Tygh Runyan
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Production
Twist Film Productions Inc. / Victorious Films Inc.
476 Manning Ave.
Toronto Ontario
M6G 2V7
Canada
(416) 588-6059
(416) 588-1504
victorious@ca.inter.net
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