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Oliver!
1968
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. .. Read more
| Starring | Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester |
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| Director | Carol Reed |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
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Oliver!
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.
| Starring | Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester, Jack Wild, Shani Wallis |
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| Director | Carol Reed |
| Studio | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 24 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 11 Dec 2000 Production year: 1968 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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In this immensely popular film version of Lionel Bart's musical, Ron Moody — top-billed and Oscar-nominated as Fagin — brings a wealth of Petticoat Lane wit and wisdom, and a certain magnificence, to the role he had created on stage. The film collected six Oscars, including best picture and best director (Carol Reed, a last minute substitute for Lewis Gilbert, who probably would have brought the charm the fable sometimes lacks), and there's no denying that the Academy recognition for sound and art direction is well and truly justified. Today, the film works well as a child's introduction to Dickens, and adults can enjoy Shani Wallis's Nancy, Onna White's brisk Broadway choreography and the inimitable Harry Secombe's Mr Bumble.
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The last, perhaps, of the splendid film musicals which have priced themselves out of existence; it drags a little in spots but on the whole it does credit both to the show and the original novel, though eclipsed in style by David Lean's straight version.
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9 out of 13 people found this review helpful
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The one and only best OLIVER musical to be made love it again and again, all great actors and what a fantastic music score.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
fab
its as good to watch now as it was when it was first came out , l thought it was great ,great story, great music ,what else do you need.
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