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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
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Carol Reed, Ronald Saland |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1968 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | G (General Audience) |
| FEATURES: | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Atmospheric, Bittersweet, Child Classic, Childhood Drama, Class Differences, Color, Down on Their Luck, Drama, English, Excellent For Children, Feature, Heartwarming, High Artistic Quality, High Production Values, Humorous, Merry, Movie, Musical, Musical Drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | SPHE |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396021372 |
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Customer Reviews of Oliver!
Without a doubt my favorite movie! I was thrilled to find this on dvd! Growing up in children's institutions in upstate NY, we were taken to see this when it first came out. It had an enormous impact on us. I remember we used to act out as much of the movie as we could remember in the playground. Just like Oliver, we took stong offense to anyone talking about our parents, who many of us did not know. We all fought over who would get to play the artful Dodger. I must have hummed many of these songs to myself hundreds of times over the past 30 years. And now it all comes back : - ) I was one big goose bump re-living all this! <
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>Fagin is the kind of person children cherish and really need in their lives. Ron Moody's Fagin perfectly epitomizes what is most missing in today's culture - empathy! He is someone who takes the time to see the world through the eyes of children. Ron Moody is truly a master of his craft. It is just pure pleasure to watch him play Fagin and listen to him sing so beautifully. Dodger was who we as kids all wanted to be like. An enormously confident and charming kid who holds his own with grown-ups. <
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>Oliver! is a kid friendly movie that happily distances itself from today's endless materialism (agreeing with a previously made point). Oliver is vulnerable but steadfastly defiant, standing up for what is rightly his. It was so easy to see ourselves in his tattered shoes. <
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>Finally, the soundtrack. If you haven't done this, buy it. Take it with you where ever you drive and bath yourself in these happy tunes. I love nothing more than speeding off to work in the morning to Fagin's "In this life, one thing counts, in the bank large amounts..." : - ))) The cd is full of these memorable and uplifting songs. <
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>Without a doubt my favorite movie!
One of the best kid musicals ever!
Despite my 5 year olds (yes, twins) being way past their bed time, they were riveted and watched the movie to the very end; usually they'd fall asleep...
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>Highly recommended as one of the best must-see family movies ever!!
Love the songs!
I like this movie, my favorite thing about it is the songs. I wish I could find the soundtrack for it!
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