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Oliver & Company (1988) -- A homeless kitten named Oliver joins a gang of dogs to survive on the New York city streets
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   5,397 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jim Cox (screenplay) &
Tim Disney (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 November 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
The first Disney movie with attitude.
Plot:
A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A fun "twist" on the classic Oliver story more (51 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joseph Lawrence ... Oliver (voice) (as Joey Lawrence)

Billy Joel ... Dodger (voice)

Cheech Marin ... Tito (voice)

Richard Mulligan ... Einstein (voice)
Roscoe Lee Browne ... Francis (voice)

Sheryl Lee Ralph ... Rita (voice)

Dom DeLuise ... Fagin (voice)
Taurean Blacque ... Roscoe (voice)

Carl Weintraub ... Desoto (voice)

Robert Loggia ... Sykes (voice)
Natalie Gregory ... Jenny (voice)
William Glover ... Winston (voice)

Bette Midler ... Georgette (voice)

Frank Welker ... Louie the Hot Dog Man / Additional Voice (voice)
Deborah Gates ... Additional Voice (voice) (as Debbie Gates)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Oliver and the Dodger (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
74 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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The last animated Disney Classic to use line overlay, also called cel overlay, a technique used to make the backgrounds match the lines of the xeroxed objects in the film. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Rita has an obvious change in her voice when singing "Streets of Gold". Rita has a soft, kind voice and when she sings it’s loud and rough. more
Quotes:
Oliver: What kind of work do we do anyway?
Tito: Investment banking, man. Didn't you read about us in the Wall Street Journal?
Oliver: Really?
Francis: [chucking] Yes. Captains of Industry.
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Will there be a sequal to "Oliver & Company"?
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A fun "twist" on the classic Oliver story, 8 November 2006
8/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

I know it sounds weird because this movie was made when I was a child, you'd think I would've seen it at an earlier age. But I never did and my friend had the movie, I was curious and wondering why I never had the chance to see it. But I'm glad that I just got to see this movie, it was so much fun and I just missed the old time animation. It had great music by the awesome Billy Joel and the animals were just so adorable.

Basically, Oliver is an orphan kitten the big city of New York and meets a smooth street smart dog, Dodger. When Oliver follows Dodger to his layer of other dogs who are led by a homeless man, Fagin, they decide to keep Oliver. But when Oliver is learning the street smarts, a little girl sees him and takes him home where he gets a nice loving place to stay, not to mention extremely wealthy. But the guys want him back and kidnap him to pay back the mean Mr. Sykes.

I thought this was a great introduction of Charles Dicken's immortal classic for the kids. Not to mention that it was clever and witty, the music is memorable and there are some very funny moments that both kids and adults could get a kick out of. Believe me, this movie is good fun, but I'm still trying to find out why I didn't see it sooner.

8/10

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