Oliver & Company (1988)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

George Scribner

Writers:

Jim Cox (screenplay) &
Tim Disney (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Young Girl | Dog | Disney Animated Feature | Hit By Train

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

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)

Also Known As:

Oliver and the Dodger (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:5 | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6 | Singapore:G

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

Animators shot photos of New York streets as reference, using cameras set eighteen inches off the ground to get a dog's point of view.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the final chase on the bridge, Fagan's scooter jumps from the railway tracks to the bridge support wires. After it makes the jump, there's a medium shot of Dodger and Oliver attacking Sykes. In this shot you can see the scooter briefly on the left of the screen riding on the bridge supports. The previously full scooter is now completely empty (with not even a driver), and it's behind Sykes's limo, even though it has been in front of it all along.

Quotes:

Sykes: Three sunrises. Three sunsets. Three days, Fagin.
Fagin: [counting on his fingers] Three sunrises. Three sunsets. Three days. Three, three, three. That's nine. Nine?
Sykes: No, Fagin. Three.
Fagin: Three? Oh, you mean, just three days? Oh, my goodness! Oh, I'm having a bad day!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Golden Girls: Love Me Tender (#4.14)" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Streets of Gold

I love this movie!!!

OK, I've seen this movie for the first time when I was 6 years old... This movie was actually made in 1988, the year I was born I haven't seen it in 11 years, and now I'm 17 I love this movie even more then I did before!

The songs are lovely, and the story is really heartwarming!! The dutch version of this movie is just as funny as the English is! My favorite character is Dodger, because he's the "cool street dog" and Oliver is just cute!!

I know I'm a real Disney freak and this movie really belongs to one of my favorites!!!