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Oliver!
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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   8,056 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:
Wonderful! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

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Trivia:
Early rumors regarding casting included Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor as Bill and Nancy, and either Laurence Harvey or Peter Sellers as Fagin; though eventually Ron Moody was asked to reprise his stage role. Jack Wild had played one of Fagin's boys in the London production, but was now old enough to play the Artful Dodger. Shani Wallis finally won the role of Nancy nearly a year after first auditioning when she demonstrated an acceptable Cockney accent - the one she grew up with. 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 "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mole People (#9.3)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
As Long As He Needs Me more

FAQ

What are the three scenes inspired or taken from Dickens novel that were not in the stage version?
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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful!, 2 January 2005
10/10
Author: BunnyPhobic from London, England

I took part in a little mini production of this when I was a bout 8 at school and my mum bought the video for me. I've loved it ever since!! When I was younger, it was the songs and spectacular dance sequences that I enjoyed but since I've watched it when I got older, I appreciate more the fantastic acting and character portrayal. Oliver Reed and Ron Moody were brilliant. I can't imagine anyone else playing Bill Sykes or Fagin. Shani Wallis' Nancy if the best character for me. She put up with so much for those boys, I think she's such a strong character and her final scene when... Well, you know... Always makes me cry! Best musical in my opinion of all time. It's lasted all this time, it will live on for many more years to come! 11/10!!

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