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Oliver!
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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   8,052 votes
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Director:
Carol Reed
Writers:
Charles Dickens (freely adapted from "Oliver Twist")
Lionel Bart (book)
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Release Date:
5 October 1968 (Japan) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Family | Musical more
Tagline:
More of a Masterpiece Than a Musical! [re-release] more
Plot:
Musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 23 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Lester Lands Saxon Fan Son A Part In Comeback Film
 (From WENN. 3 February 2009, 2:00 PM, PST)

Oliver's Lester To Battle Craig At The Box Office?
 (From WENN. 12 November 2008, 5:57 AM, PST)

User Comments:
My brief review of the film more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lionel Bart's Oliver! (UK) (poster title)
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Runtime:
153 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm magnetic prints)
Company:
Romulus Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bruce Forsyth has revealed that Lionel Bart considered him for the part of Fagin. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Oliver gets out of bed and goes to the window during the lead-in to "Who Will Buy?", his hair is tousled and sticking up. When the camera angle changes to the outside, his hair is neatly combed. more
Quotes:
Fagin: Bill, please, no violence! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Moviemakers (1968/I) more
Soundtrack:
Reviewing The Situation more

FAQ

What are the three scenes inspired or taken from Dickens novel that were not in the stage version?
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
My brief review of the film, 19 February 2005
Author: sol- from Perth, Australia

A high-spirited, lively version of the well-known story, the film manages to fit in songs and dances without subtracting from the deeper issues in Dickens' novel. The times are depicted vividly well, with excellent sets and costumes, and the film works as both surface entertainment for the young generation, and as a drama with deeper ideas behind it for the more adult viewer. As a musical, the story is not as potent as otherwise - if you compare it to David Lean's version for example - but yet the film explains parts of the story better than Lean's version did. It is not a perfect film as such, with some dances routines seeming pointless and a length that does become a tad annoying, but it is such a brilliant realisation of Dickens, and it is so well done, that it is hard not to think highly of the film. Ron Moody especially is very good: perfect as Fagin in an Oscar nominated role.

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