Oliver! (1968)

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 October 1968 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Lionel Bart's Oliver! See more »

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$40,000,000 (Worldwide) (January 1980)

Production Co:

Romulus Films, Warwick Film Productions See more »

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Runtime:

153 min

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)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

Amazingly, the composer of this highly respected score, Lionel Bart, could not read music himself. From his earliest days in theater, he would sing his melodies to a trained pianist, who would then set the tunes down on sheet music and orchestrate them. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: The "Boy For Sale" sequence deviates from both the novel and history: even during the harshest phases of Poor Law reform it was illegal for the government to sell paupers as slaves to tradespeople. It was also pointless, as apprentices could be had for nothing, and the state had to pay tradespeople for the service of taking paupers off their hands (as is the case in the novel, where the fee is paid by Bumble to Sowerberry). See more »

Quotes

Fagin: Bill, please, no violence!
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Connections

Referenced in Cats Don't Dance (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Reviewing the Situation"
(1960) (uncredited)
(Reprise)
Words and Music by Lionel Bart
Sung by Ron Moody and Jack Wild See more »