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Rating: 7/10 by 423 users

Oliver! (1968)

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Directing:
  • Carol Reed
  • Colin M. Brewer
  • Pamela Davies
  • Ray Corbett
  • Ariel Levy
Writing:
  • Charles Dickens
  • Lionel Bart
  • Vernon Harris
  • Lionel Bart
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Sep 26, 1968

Rating: 7/10 by 423 users

Alternative Title:
オリバー! - JP
올리버! - KR
Oliver! - PT
Oliver - ES

Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 33 minutes
Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $37,400,000

Plot Keyword: london, england, based on novel or book, pickpocket, orphanage, musical, based on play or musical, victorian england, orphan, dog, 19th century, preserved film
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Oliver Reed
Bill Sikes
Jack Wild
The Artful Dodger
Joseph O'Conor
Mr. Brownlow
Peggy Mount
Mrs. Bumble
Hylda Baker
Mrs. Sowerberry
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Bedwin
James Hayter
Mr. Jessop
Kenneth Cranham
Noah Claypole
Hugh Griffith
The Magistrate
Fred Emney
Chairman - Workhouse
Edwin Finn
Pauper - Workhouse
Roy Evans
Pauper - Workhouse
Norman Mitchell
Arresting Policeman
Dempsey Cook
Fagin's Boy
Nigel Grice
Fagin's Boy
Brian Lloyd
Fagin's Boy
Peter Lock
Fagin's Boy
Clive Moss
Fagin's Boy
Ian Ramsey
Fagin's Boy
Peter Renn
Fagin's Boy
Billy Smith
Fagin's Boy
Kim Smith
Fagin's Boy
Freddie Stead
Fagin's Boy
Raymond Ward
Fagin's Boy
John Watters
Fagin's Boy

John Chard

I consider Oliver! the movie to be my mate. Charles Dickens famous novel of an orphan boy, Oliver Twist, who escapes from his poor life to seek his fame and fortune in London, is adapted as a glossy musical. Who would have thought that a story from the brilliant Dickens could be so sweet and endearing? So it be with Carol Reed's (Best Director Winner) unforgettable 1968 Best Picture Winner. Yes it's some way away from the essence of the source, those in need of that should be seeking out David Lean's fabulous 1948 version, but with an array of wonderful tunes and choreography, this Oliver is a treat for all the family. The cast are uniformly strong, notably Ron Moody (Fagin), Oliver Reed (who as Bill Sykes is probably playing himself!), Mark Lester (Oliver) and the fabulous Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger). While Lionel Bart's songs are as timeless as they are engaging. The 60s was a tough decade for cinematic musicals, with many of them turning out to be bloated exercises in tedium. But Oliver! is one of the shining lights in the genre, a true uplifter guaranteed to have the feet a tapping and the smile firmly implanted on ones face. So if you have yet to see and be charmed by it? Come on in, join our number and consider yourself one of us. 8/10

CinemaSerf

Sir Carol Reed has delivered a belter of a film that I'm certain would have Charles Dickens dancing with delight. Mark Lester is ideally cast as the weedy title character; brought up in the harshness of a Victorian workhouse. After daring to ask for "more" at supper time, he is sold to the local undertaker; runs away to London and the rest is the stuff of well known literature. Ron Moody is outstanding as "Fagin", with Shani Wallis "Nancy"; Oliver Reed as the dastardly "Bill Sikes" and Jack Wild as the "Artful Dodger" all making the best of Lionel Bart's cracking musical adaptation of this tale of 19th century London squalor and violence. I did a version of this on stage in Glasgow when I was but a child, and when I see it again now I remember almost all of the words (that, and the looks I got going home on the bus with my stage make up still on!).


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