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Oliver!

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1968 film directed by Carol Reed

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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.

Released: 1968-09-26153 minDir: Carol ReedDrama, FamilyBudget: $10.0MBox office: $37.4M

Cast

  • Ron Moody as Fagin
  • Shani Wallis as Nancy
  • Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes
  • Harry Secombe as Mr. Bumble
  • Mark Lester as Oliver
  • Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger

Themes

  • london, england
  • based on novel or book
  • pickpocket
  • orphanage
  • musical
  • based on play or musical
  • victorian england
  • orphan
  • dog
  • 19th century

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Ratings

IMDb

7.4/10

43,327 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

74/100

Year
1968
Runtime
153 min
Genres
Drama, Family, Musical
Rated
G
Awards
Won 5 Oscars. 13 wins & 25 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
Carol Reed
Screenplay by
Vernon Harris
Based on
Oliver! , 1960 musical, by Lionel Bart , Oliver Twist , 1837 novel, by Charles Dickens
Produced by
John Woolf
Starring
Ron Moody , Oliver Reed , Harry Secombe , Shani Wallis , Mark Lester , Jack Wild
Cinematography
Oswald Morris
Edited by
Ralph Kemplen
Music by
Lionel Bart (music and lyrics) , John Green (music score)
Production company
Romulus Films
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
26 September 1968 ( 1968-09-26 )
Running time
153 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
$10 million
Box office
$40 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration
146
FilmAffinity ID
347212
Image
Opdracht Columbia Internationaal (etalages over Oliver), Bestanddeelnr 921-9805.jpg
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publication date
1968-12-17
title
Oliver!
Commons category
Oliver! (film)
review score
90%
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Article

Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film directed by Carol Reed from a screenplay by Vernon Harris, based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist. It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, and Mark Lester in the title role.

Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, the film was a Romulus production by John Woolf and was distributed worldwide by Columbia Pictures. It includes such musical numbers as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself", "As Long as He Needs Me", "I'd Do Anything", "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", and "Where Is Love?".

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