Twisted
1996 • Drama • 1h 40m
This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes, but the book's classic themes remain the same. Caught under the thumb of a lecherous brothel owner, 10-year-old Lee befriends an aspiring musician named Angel who helps him escape his servitude and sends a maternal drag queen to vanquish the boy's enemies.
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Key Crew
Ray Aranha
Can Man, a homeless man
Keivyn McNeill Grayes
Lee, a homeless boy
Elise Ballard
Dumb Bitch
Sharlene Brown
Woman with Can
Erik Jensen
Man Who Kills Can Man
Anthony Crivello
Eddie, a drug dealer
David Norona
Angel, his boyfriend
Billy Porter
Shiniqua, Angel's friend
Kelly Coyle
Arthur's Girlfriend
Simon Brook
Undercover Cop
William Hickey
Andre - A Proprietor
Jean Loup Wolfman
Arthur 'Fine Art', a hustler
Rose Baum Senerchia
Andre's Mother
Brenda Pressley
Mrs. Burns, Lee's foster mother
Eugene Byrd
Willus Burns, her son