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Oliver!

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Original title

Oliver!

Year

1968

Running time

153 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Carol Reed

Screenwriter

Vernon Harris. Novel: Charles Dickens

Cast

Music

Lionel Bart, Johnny Green

Cinematography

Oswald Morris

Producer

Romulus, Warwick Film Productions

Genre

Musical. Drama | Childhood. Poverty. 19th Century

Movie Groups

Charles Dickens Adaptations | Oliver Twist

Synopsis

Adaptation of Lionel Bart's musical version of the Dickens classic. Oliver (Mark Lester) is a nine-year-old orphan who's sold to an undertaker by workhouse officials for objecting to his scant rations; he soon manages to escape from bondage and make his way to London. There he's befriended by the precocious Artful Dodger (Jack Wild), a pickpocket who belongs to a gang of youthful thieves run by Fagin (Ron Moody), a veteran cutpurse. This criminal mentor admits Oliver to his academy of larceny, introducing him also to the brutish Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and Sikes's kind-hearted wife, Nancy (Shani Wallis). As time passes, Nancy becomes almost a mother to Oliver, and when the resentful Sikes falsely accuses the boy of stealing from the gang, it's time for the orphan to speak up and find out who his friends are.

Rankings Position

#36 Best Musical Movies
#95 Best British Movies

Awards: 1968: 5 Academy Awards (+1 honorary): including best Movie and Director. 11 Nominations

1968: Golden Globes: Best Movie and Actor - Comedy or Musical (Moody). 5 nominations

1968: BAFTA Awards: 8 Nominations including Best Film and Director

1968: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Film & Best Director

1968: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1968: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.

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48 My Favorite Musicals (75)

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