EVERY FAMILY NEEDS A HERO.
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
AdventureDramabased on novel or bookgreedliverpool, englandwealthkindnesschildhood memory1830s1850ssnow adventurewicked unclesecret revealed
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, resolved and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Charlie HunnamNicholas Nickleby
- Nathan LaneVincent Crummles
- Jim BroadbentMr. Wackford Squeers
- Christopher PlummerRalph Nickleby
- Jamie BellSmike
- Anne HathawayMadeline Bray
- Alan CummingMr. Folair
- Timothy SpallCharles Cheeryble
- Romola GaraiKate Nickleby
- Andrew HavillMr. Nickleby
Crew
- Douglas McGrathDirector
- Douglas McGrathWriter
- Charles DickensNovel
- Dick PopeDirector of Photography
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
- Lesley WalkerEditor
- John N. HartProducer
- Jeffrey SharpProducer
- Simon Channing WilliamsProducer
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