TWIST (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Raff Law (Repo Men), Michael Caine (Alfie), Lena Headey (The Flood), Rita Ora (Fifty Shades Freed), Noel Clarke (Fisherman’s Friends), Franz Drameh (Attack the Block), Sophie Simnett (Surviving Christmas with the Relatives), David Walliams (Murder Mystery), Jason Maza (Anuvahood)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Martin Owen (Killers Anonymous), director; Sally Collett (The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud), writer; Noel Clarke (4.3.2.1.), Ben Grass (film debut), Jason Maza (The Hooligan Factory) and Matt Williams (Let’s Be Evil), producers; Neil Athale (Gloves Off), composer; Håvard Helle (Killers Anonymous), cinematographer; Jeremy Gibbs (Red Mercury), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In modern day London, street-smart teenager Oliver Twist (Law) joins a group of young hustlers led by a man named Fagin (Caine), who instructs them to plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The classic Charles Dickens story gets a modern update, with a stellar cast from Michael Caine to singer Rita Ora breathing new, exciting life into the timeless tale of a young orphan named Oliver Twist.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH JANUARY 2021 (AVAILABLE ON SKY CINEMA)

 

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