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Writers (WGA):
Charles Dickens (novel)
Douglas McGrath (screenplay)
Release Date:
29 May 2003 (New Zealand) more
Tagline:
Every family needs a hero.
Plot:
A young compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
10 Most Underrated Young Actors
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10 Most Underrated Young Actors
(From The Movie Fanatic. 12 October 2009, 7:54 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Dickens stripped bare... but still worthwhile because of a few good actors more (88 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Stella Gonet | ... | Mrs. Nickleby | |
| Andrew Havill | ... | Mr. Nickleby | |
| Henry McGrath | ... | Child Nicholas Nickleby | |
| Hugh Mitchell | ... | Boy Nicholas Nickleby | |
| Poppy Rogers | ... | Child Kate Nickleby | |
| Jessie Lou Roberts | ... | Young Kate Nickleby | |
| Charlie Hunnam | ... | Nicholas Nickleby | |
| Romola Garai | ... | Kate Nickleby | |
| Tom Courtenay | ... | Newman Noggs | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Ralph Nickleby | |
| Anne Hathaway | ... | Madeline Bray | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Mr. Wackford Squeers | |
| Angela Curran | ... | Parent | |
| Jamie Bell | ... | Smike | |
| Juliet Stevenson | ... | Mrs. Squeers |
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Rated PG for thematic material involving some violent action and a childbirth scene.
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Runtime:
132 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:LH | USA:PG (certificate #39321) | Ireland:PG | France:U | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Italy:T | Argentina:Atp | Chile:14 | Canada:PG
Filming Locations:
Churchill College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK more
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At the request of production designer Eve Stewart, the director advanced the time from the 1830s to the 1850s so she could incorporate elements of the Industrial Revolution in her design plans. more
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Anachronisms: Madeline Bray can be seen clearly with pierced earring holes. Pierced ears were not of regular use until more than a decade later. At the time, only rich women pierced their ears. more
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Vincent Crummles:
What happens when the light first pierces the dark dampness in which we have waited? We are slapped and cut loose. If we are lucky, someone is there to catch us and persuade us that we are safe. But are we safe? What happens if, too early, we lose a parent? That party on whom we rely for only everything? Why, we are cut loose again and we wonder, even dread whose hands will catch us now? There once lived a man named Nicholas Nickleby...
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Having read the novel NN a couple of times I know how rich and full of funny characters and episodes this novel is. This adaptation greatly reduces the number of events compared to the novel; though I understand a director has to make a choice what elements of a story he should put to the screen I think the director has been a bit too drastic in doing so. No reference at all to the Mantalini's, or to the downfall of the Squeerses and the closure of Dotheboys hall -I sorely missed those episodes! But what I missed story-wise was partly made up by the acting of Christopher Plummer as Ralph Nickleby and the heartrending performance of Jamie "Billie Elliot' Bell as Smike. A pity that the director also puts the accent mostly on the melodramatic aspects of a story which is full of delicious humor. This adaptation has it charms but check out the royal Shakespeare's Company's version for a faithful adaptation that does Dickens real justice!