NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 2002
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: A comic, brutal andipassionate tale of greed andiloveiin Victorian England.; ; A vengeful uncle, a headmaster from hell, upper-class wastrels and twin benefactors. These are just some of the larger-than-life Dickens characters portrayed to perfection in this lavish new production from Britain's Channel Four.; ; Featuring Charles Dance (The Jewel in the Crown) as Ralph Nickleby, the wealthy and cold-hearted uncle whom Nicholas (James D'Arcy) and his sister, Kate (Sophia Myles), turn to when their father's death leaves them destitute. Nicholas eagerly takes on a teaching job at a boy's boarding school, but flees after rebelling against the unspeakable horrors there. Meanwhile, his sister's beauty attracts menacing attention from a group of rich, boorish swells. With powerful enemies marshaled against him, Nicholas struggles to find his way in the world and rescue his family.
• Cast: John Dallimore, James D'Arcy, Sophia Myles, Diana Kent, Charles Dance, George Innes, Abigail McKern, Gregor Fisher, Archie Preston, Berwick Kaler, Lee Ingleby, Pam Ferris, Chris Roebuck, Debbie Chazen, Tom Hollander, Marian McLoughlin, Hannah Storey, Rosalind March, Lorraine Stanley, Tom Ellis, Lucy Bowen, Tim Barlow, Donald Sumpter, Philip Croskin, Charles Cork, Alex Knight, Malcolm Tierney, Jacqueline Tong, Ruth Chapman, Richard Katz, Kitty Leigh, Roderic Culver, Dominic West, Helena Leonard, Emma Gregory, John Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Danny Babington, Jonathan Coy, JJ Feild, Simeon Andrews, Katherine Holme, Philip Bond, Liz Smith, Frank Mills, Peter Gale, Allin Kempthorne, Bindu De Stoppani, João Costa Menezes, Charles Dickens, Martyn Hesford
• Director: Douglas McGrath
• Runtime: 3:20
• Company: Acorn Media
• Media Format: movie