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Encyclopedia > Twisted (1997 film)
Twisted
Directed by Seth Michael Donsky
Written by Seth Michael Donsky
Music by Q. Lazzarus
Cinematography Hernan Toro
Editing by Tom McArdle
Distributed by Leisure Time Features
Release date(s) 1997
Running time 100 mins
Country USA
Language English
Budget $150,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

The film Twisted was written and directed by Seth Michael Donsky and released in 1997. It is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abuse and prostitution. The film debuted at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival. Donsky's film was made ten years prior to American actor Nick Stahl's similar film Twist. Seth Michael Donsky (born October 22, 1968) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... Dickens redirects here. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens second novel. ... Drag queens are performers - usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women - who dress in drag, clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated versions thereof. ... Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. ... A sex worker in Germany. ... One of the A festivals in Europe. ... Stahl at the Terminator 3 premier. ... The film Twist was released in 2003 and is a retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel. ...

Tagline

The tagline for this independent film is "Something Wicked, Something Wonderful!"


Cast

  • Ray Arhana .... Can Man
  • Keivyn McNeil Gaves .... Lee
  • Erik Jensen .... Punk
  • Anthony Crivello .... Eddie
  • David Norona .... Angel
  • Billy Porter .... Shiniqua
  • Simon Brook .... Undercover Cop
  • William Hickey .... Andre
  • Jean Loup Wolfman .... Fine Art
  • Brenda Pressley .... Mrs. Burns
  • Eugene Byrd .... Willus
  • Keisha Howard .... Laylene
  • Elizabeth Franz .... Social Worker

Anthony Crivello (born on August 2, 1955 in Milwaukee, WI) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and singer, mostly in musicals on Broadway. ... William Hickey has also been the name of a diary column in the Daily Express William Hickey (September 19, 1928 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. ... Eugene Byrd is an actor. ... Elizabeth Franz Elizabeth Franz (born Elizabeth Frankovich on June 18, 1941 in Akron, Ohio) is an American actress of stage and television. ...

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