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Release Date
• USA: Jan 3, 2003
• UK: 27 Jun 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 22, 2003
Budget $10,000,000
Official Website:
Nicholas Nickleby Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for thematic material involving some violent action and a childbirth scene.
Running Time
2 hours, 12 minutes
Country USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands
Studio Cloud Nine Films, Hart/Sharp Entertainment, United Artists
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Genre: Drama, Exploitation, Kidnapping, Revenge, Tragedy, Melodrama, Period Piece, School / Campus, Marriage
Tagline: Every family needs a hero.
Plot: Writer-director Douglas McGrath indulges his taste for the classics again, having made his feature film debut with Jane Austen's EMMA (1996), then changing pace with an underrated original comedy COMPANY MAN (2000), and back again with Dickens's classic NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Common Dickensian themes of poverty, social class, and honor come across clearly in this tale of a 19-year-old country gentlemen (Charlie Hunnam) who is suddenly impoverished when his beloved father dies after losing his fortune. Nicholas, with his mother (Stella Gonet) and sister Kate (Romola Garai), find themselves at the mercy of their rich, loutish uncle Ralph Nickleby (Christopher Plummer) who delights only in their misery. He sends Nicholas away to work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall, a decrepit boarding school attended by sad, soiled, abused urchins. Meanwhile, Kate's reputation is at stake with uncle Ralph trying to marry her off to a foulmouthed client to whom he owes a debt. With the help of his faithful sidekick Smike (Jamie Bell), Nicholas avenges Kate's honor and conspires with some new friends to bring down horrid uncle Ralph.Other filmmakers have attempted to show Dickens' timelessness with modern versions of novels, such as Alfonso Cuaron's GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998) or even Richard Donner's
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 | Anne Hathaway
Brokeback Mountain, The Princess Diaries, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement |
 | Jim Broadbent
Moulin Rouge!, Gangs of New York, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
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 | Stella Gonet
The Discovery of Heaven, Stalin, For Queen and Country | | |
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Rachel Portman
Chocolat, The Cider House Rules, The Manchurian Candidate |
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