The film by Roman Polanski comes out in October. At the moment, lower primary schools and some primary schools have received a teachers’ kit, but in French. Here is the site in English, and this one is interesting and full of information (unlike the French site!)
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/olivertwist/
*** and the English teaching guide ( 6 pages with the synopsis and ideas of activities, and a contest, but only for the US…too bad!)
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/olivertwist/teacholivertwist/assets/twist_teachingguide.pdf
the first chapter of the book
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/olivertwist/teacholivertwist/first_chapter.html
the best site about Dickens : David Purdue’s site, recommended on the site of the film
http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/
about the book (from Wikipedia)
http://www.answers.com/topic/oliver-twist
to download the whole book (free online)
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DicOliv.html
from book to film http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=1251
***and remember that to study a film, you will certainly find free resources in this excellent site:
http://www.filmeducation.org/resources.html (see for example « teaching trailers »)
you can also find interesting documents in this PBS companion site to Alan Bleasdale’s adaptation of the book for television. Here is the teachers’ guide:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/olivertwist/teachers_guide.html
– Oliver Twist
