That was the saddest version of nancy's murder i've seen

Sikes is such a bastard with what he does to Nancy :(

That was sad and shocking

Horrible death for Nancy. Really good film/mini series.

as much as i hate Bill, i love how he hears something he doesn't like, and finishes his drink before inquiring further

@RanmaChan

4 жыл бұрын

Bill is the real villain unlike Monks.

A fittingly guesome and horrible death for Nancy - exactly as it is written in the novel! Many literary critics voiced the opinion that the episode of Nancy's death wasn't very well written: too much melodrama and totally over the top. I always thought that the death of Nancy, and the subsequent flight and death of Bill Sikes and his dog Bullseye elevated Dickens' first novel into the realms of great literature. And around 2009 it was rediscovered that Charles Dickens' description of the public outcry after Nancy's body was found, wasn't over the top at all: he had witnessed the public fallout after the gruesome real life murder of a prostitute. He wrote the death of Nancy shortly after the violent murder of Eliza Grimwood. At the time her cousin who was also her pimp, was the main suspect. But since he had no obvious motive and there were no material clues that he was involved, the crime remained unsolved. Only recent research came up with an alternative suspect: the valet Francois Courvosier, who was hanged in 1840 for murdering his employer. Anyway, the knowledge that Charles Dickens was fully aware of Eliza Grimwood's murder at the time he was writing the death of Nancy, had been lost over time. But the missing link was rediscovered in 2009.

The death of Nancy in this is pretty brutal. It also borrows from the Carol Reed musical OLIVER! with having the murder done offscreen, showing only the arm. What made the film musical so shocking was the harrowing screams of Shani Wallis as Nancy. I'll never understand why the death of Nancy is one of the most disturbing murders in all literature, but it is. It just makes one sick to see this character killed.

be careful with my edward

@ScrapNfight I saw the musical-film, but not the musical itself. ^__^ It is indeed the best version ever made of this beautiful story

I'm sorry, but Bill really cracks me up. "What would be the consequences of you killing me?" "UH, I'd go to the gallows!" I died laughing. xP

@ScrapNfight I think it's because Nancy is such an amazing woman. She's very brave and I think she is also sweet and kind.

funny thing i just noticed : Nancy is prtrayed by Emily *Woof*. in the musical i think she once was played by Samantha *Barks*. hahah, get it?

@sharonbeckerle8735

4 жыл бұрын

in the musical she wasnt played by samantha barks in the musical (the film version) she was playes by shani wallis.

@alondraperez-ramirez8363

4 жыл бұрын

@@sharonbeckerle8735 in the 2011 West End Revival the character of Nancy was played by Samantha Barks, the actress who did Eponine in the Les Miserables musical movie.

I really hate hating Dodger. D:

It looks like bill is holding an empty long toilet roll

Non mancavano 40 versioni dal 2005

@ScrapNfight I've never seen the musical, but I read the book and I've seen the 1968, 1997 and 2005 filmversions. I'm still going to watch this version.

@Kwanyin: He wasn't all that bad a person, really. He had some very admirable qualities, and if Fagin hadn't twisted what Noah reported, I personally don't think Sykes would have killed Nancy.

I have seen this on TV three times, and they have never shown Nancy's murder like it is shown here! They always cut it down when its on TV! This was really intense!

yes

that's not how it happens, the arful dodger would never peach on nancy, noah goes by the name of morris, and he tells on her. also dodger is a little boy, not a grown man

@NavaeraGreenleaf88 and she untwists a bad life heroically and in the process sacrifices herself. In the musical, the character is under the illusion that loving someone is enough to change them.

fuck me, this was cut down on television. i never saw it this way before. good god that was violent

@NavaeraGreenleaf88 When you see the musical, make it special. Don't watch clips on you tube. See the DVD. Put aside a night when there's not going to be interruptions. It's a Carol Reed film, an important film and as you probably know the Academy Award Best Picture of 1968. Also, the most successful film version of the Charles Dickens story.

Nancy knew, she chose her fate. That's what makes her so tragic, she had the chance of a better life and inside she really was a good person, but instead she chooses to crawl back to a darkness from which the only escape is death.

it was so terrible nancy's murder

@Soph967: I personally have to disagree. There are definitely worse versions out there. I'd say the 1933 version starring Dickie Moore is probably the worst -- the actor portraying Dodger is almost 40! In my opinion, this version is by far the best. It's right up there with the 1948 adaptation by David Lean.