Publisher's Synopsis
A four-volume collection of films based on the novels of Charles Dickens. In the modern-day version of 'Great Expectations' (1998), ten-year-old Finn Bell (Jeremy James Kissner) is coerced by the convict Lustig (Robert De Niro) into helping him escape from the authorities. Later, when he is taken to the home of bitter recluse Nora Diggers Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft), Finn (Ethan Hawke) is introduced to the beautiful Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), whom he is fated to love. In 'Nicholas Nickleby' (2002) young Nicholas (Charlie Hunnam) has to become the head of the family after his father dies, leaving them penniless. In desperation, he turns to his uncle (Christopher Plummer) for help, but this only leads the family into even more of a mess. In 'A Christmas Carol' (1984) the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season. That is, until, his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, each of which takes him on a journey which helps him to open his heart to his fellow man and to thereby learn the joy of Christmas. Finally, in Roman Polanski's adaptation of 'Oliver Twist' (2005), Oliver (Barney Clark) escapes from a miserable apprenticeship and travels to London. Once there, the Artful Dodger (Harry Eden) initiates him into an infamous gang of pickpockets led by the notorious Fagin (Sir Ben Kingsley). After a robbery goes wrong, an innocent Oliver soon finds himself on the run from the evil Bill Sykes (Jamie Foreman).
