NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

Year: 2002
USA: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
UK: Twentieth Century Fox
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Miranda Richardson, Nathan Lane, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent, Anne Hathaway, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Bruce Cook, Tom Courtenay, Alan Cumming, Romola Garai, Heather Goldenhersh, Stella Gonet, Barry Humphries, Hugh Mitchell, Joel Pitts, Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson
Director: Douglas McGrath
Countries: USA / UK
USA: 108 mins
UK: 130 mins
USA Rated: PG for thematic material involving some violent action and a childbirth scene
UK Certificate: PG contains some mild violence
USA Release Date: 3 January 2003 (Limited Release - wider)
USA Release Date: 27 December (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 27 June 2003

Synopsis

From one of Charles Dickens most beloved novels come some of his most unforgettable characters, vibrantly brought to life by a star-studded, award winning cast. In NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, young Nicholas (Charlie Hunnam) and his family have enjoyed a comfortable life - but then again this is Dickens.

When Nicholas' father dies the family is left penniless, and Nicholas, his sister and mother venture to London to seek help from their Uncle Ralph (Christopher Plummer). Unfortunately, Ralph's only intentions are to break up the family and exploit them, and Nicholas is sent away to work at a school run by the cruel and abusive Wackford Squeers (Jim Broadbent). Eventually Nicholas runs away with his kind-hearted friend Smike (Jamie Bell), and the two set off on an adventure to find and reunite the Nickleby family.