Oliver!

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The Resource Oliver!

Statement of responsibility: Columbia Pictures presents ; the Romulus Production of Lionel Bart's ; screenplay by Vernon Harris ; produced by John Wolf ; directed by Carol Reed

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A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief--for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen--but must be earned. Arguably the last great old-fashioned movie musical to receive near-universal critical acclaim, Oliver! first hit screens more than 37 years ago. As transformed into a film, the timeless West End and Broadway show remains incredibly faithful to the classic work of literature by Charles Dickens, dank and dark, an anomaly of song-and-dance cinema. A film of many facets, it is both a warts-and-all view of Victorian London, an adaptation of a classic novel, a salient slice of significant social commentary, and a rip-roaring tune-filled toe tapper to boot
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned

Awards note

Winner, 1968 Academy Awards for Best Sound; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston; Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation): Johnny Green; Best Director: Carol Reed; Best Picture: John Woolf. Winner, 1969 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy, Best Motion Picture Actor-Musical/Comedy: Ron Moody.
Academy Award winner, 1968: Best Picture (John Woolf, producer) ; Best Director (Carol Reed) ; Best Music, adaptation score (John Green) ; Best Art Direction ; Best Sound ; Honorary Award, to Onna White for her outstanding choreography achievement

Credits note: Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editor, Ralph Kemplen ; music supervised, arranged and conducted by John Green ; choreography and musical sequences staged by Onna White ; production designer, John Box ; art director, Terence Marsh ; costume designer, Phyllis Dalton ; Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart ; Ralph Kemplen

Intended audience

Language note: Dialogue in English or French; optional subtitles in English and French; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote: Ron Moody (Fagin), Shani Wallis (Nancy), Oliver Reed (Bill Sikes), Harry Secombe (Mr. Bumble), Hugh Griffith (The Magistrate), Mark Lester (Oliver), Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger), Joseph O'Conor (Mr. Brownlow), Peggy Mount (Mrs. Bumble), Hylda Baker (Mrs. Sowerberry), Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Bedwin), Leonard Rossiter (Sowerberry), James Hayter (Mr. Jessop), Sheila White (Bet), Kenneth Cranham (Noah Claypole)

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