Oliver! (1968) |
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| Director(s) | Carol Reed |
| Producer(s) | John Woolf |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Family, Film Adaptation, Musical |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, Children, Poverty, Rags to Riches |
Featured Cast of Oliver! See More »
Mark Lester(as Oliver Twist)
Oliver!
Released
1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Mark Lester
(as Oliver Twist)
Ron Moody(as Fagin)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Ron Moody
(as Fagin)
Shani Wallis(as Nancy)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Shani Wallis
(as Nancy)
Oliver Reed(as Bill Sikes)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Oliver Reed
(as Bill Sikes)
Harry Secombe(as Mr. Bumble)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Harry Secombe
(as Mr. Bumble)
Jack Wild(as The Artful Dodger)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Jack Wild
(as The Artful Dodger)
Hugh Griffith(as The Magistrate)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Hugh Griffith
(as The Magistrate)
Peggy Mount(as Mrs. Bumble)
Oliver!
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1968
Oliver!
Released
1968
Peggy Mount
(as Mrs. Bumble)
Oliver! Overview:
Oliver! (1968) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Carol Reed and produced by John Woolf.
The film was based on the novel Oliver Twist and also Bentley's Miscellany Magazine Serial written by Charles Dickens published in 1838 (novel); Feb 1837 - April 1839 (magazine).
SYNOPSIS
This is a delightful musical version of Dickens's tale of a young orphan who is introduced to a life of petty crime, adapted from the stage musical by Bart. Songs include "Boy for Sale" and "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two." Won a slew of Academy Awards, including a special choreography award for White.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Ron Moody | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jack Wild | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: John Box, Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Phyllis Dalton | Nominated |
| Best Director | Carol Reed | Won |
| Best Film Editing | Ralph Kemplen | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Adaptation score by John Green | Won |
| Best Picture | John Woolf, Producer | Won |
| Best Writing | Vernon Harris | Nominated |
| Honorary Award | Onna White | Won |
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Oliver! Quotes:
Sowerberry:
Quite right. We must all sit on Oliver.
Bill Sikes:
You're a fine one for the boy to make a friend of!
Nancy: Yes, I am, Lord help me! But tonight he's a liar, and a thief, and all that's bad! Ain't that enough for you without beating him to death?
Nancy: Yes, I am, Lord help me! But tonight he's a liar, and a thief, and all that's bad! Ain't that enough for you without beating him to death?
Oliver Twist:
[singing] Where is love?
Nancy:
[singing] Who cares if straightlaces sneer at us in the street? Fine airs and fine graces don't have to sin to eat.
Fagin:
We must have civil words, Bill. Civil words.
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Both Jack Wild and Oliver Reed were wearing lifts in the film. Although Wild was 15 at the time of filming, he was actually shorter than nine-year-old Mark Lester.
The film is always listed as running 153 minutes, but this is because of the Overture heard before the film, the Intermission Music, and the Exit Music. The actual film, including the opening credits, runs about 145 minutes.
When he finally received his payment for the film at the age of 18 (the money had been put in trust for him), Mark Lester went out and bought a Ferrari with his earnings.
Onna White recalled that Jack Wild had to practically drag Mark Lester through the "Consider Yourself" number. Wild, having been part of the West End version, knew the entire play backwards but Lester had no idea what to do.