Oliver! |  | Directors: Carol Reed, Ronald Saland
Actors: Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Johnny Green, Carol Reed, Onna White
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  165 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 153 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.7
MPN: COLD02137D
ISBN: 076781326X
UPC: 043396021372
EAN: 9780767813266
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Release Date: August 12, 1998
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Film buffs and critics can argue until their faces turn blue about whether this lavish Dickensian musical deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, but the movie speaks for itself on grandly entertaining terms. Adapted from Dickens's classic novel, it's one of the most dramatically involving and artistically impressive musicals of the 1960s, directed by Carol Reed with a delightful enthusiasm that would surely have impressed Dickens himself. Mark Lester plays the waifish orphan Oliver Twist, who is befriended by the pickpocketing Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and recruited into the gang of boy thieves led by Fagin (played to perfection by Ron Moody). The villainous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) casts his long shadow over Oliver and his friends, but the young orphan is still able to find loving care in the most desperate of circumstances. Full of memorable melodies and splendid lyrics, Oliver! is a timeless film, prompting even hard-to-please critic Pauline Kael to call it "a superb demonstration of intelligent craftsmanship," and to further observe that "it's as if the movie set out to be a tribute to Dickens and his melodramatic art as well as to tell the story of Oliver Twist." --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
A rousing film version of Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Dickens's classic novel, OLIVER! stars Ron Moody as Fagin and Mark Lester as the eponymous hero. The orphaned Oliver escapes to London from a dreary workhouse and is taken in by a gang of young pickpockets who work for master thief Fagin while learning their trade. When he's falsely accused of stealing from the gang by the fearsome Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed), Oliver begins to realize that he has more friends than he had thought.
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 Excellent October 15, 2009
firstlight (Minnesota, USA)
This is indeed a fantastic movie/musical. Many many fun and singable songs like "I'd do anything for you" and "Oom pah pah". Our kids very much enjoyed it and the movie teaches great lessons about the existance of people who start life with a tragedy and how society responds.
 Not the best adaptation but earns its place as a masterpiece musical October 14, 2009
D. COLLIER (Brownwood, TX United States)
I grew up hearing about this wonderful film called OLIVER! even before I ever heard of a Charles Dickens novel called OLIVER TWIST.
I recently read OLIVER TWIST for the first time and decided it would be fun to watch different film adaptations of the novel as well. I watched three in all: this one, the David Lean version, and the Roman Polanski version. While the Roman Polanski version was truest to the novel, none of the three followed the novel very closely. And while all three had different qualities (and all three are well worth seeing for different reasons), only OLIVER! kept me glued on account of its magical feel and Dickensian nostalgia.
Sure, it had top notch acting and incredible cinematography; but these compliments were well earned by the other two aforementioned adaptations. But since it was a musical, OLIVER! also had songs that seemed to bring forth memories that I didn't know I had. I had never seen the movie before. And I had never heard any of the songs in their entirety as best as I can remember. But there was a strong familiarity in several of them: "Food, Glorious Food", "I'd Do Anything", "Who Will Buy?", and "Consider Yourself".
As is the case with even the greatest of musicals, a few of the songs go on for a very long time (i.e. "Who Will Buy?") -- sometimes, so long that you may find yourself reaching for the remote.
But in the end, OLIVER! surprised me: I was not looking for a wonderful classic musical. But I'm glad I found one.
Perfect purchase.......... May 25, 2009
Nancie A. Nelson (Minneapolis Mn USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My two grandchildren were in this play this year.....I got them both a copy of this movie to have as a memory....they loved them.......thank you.
Very good, but not for kids May 15, 2009
Laura E. Wilker
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my kids (9 and 4) and it was really too dark for them. A good version, though.
Oliver May 12, 2009
Gina Fagan (NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this movie, it brings back a lot of memories of my family watching it together when I was a kid!
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