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:
Bill:
Hand it over, you avaricious old skeleton.
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?
Nancy:
I thieved for you when I was half his age and it's your dirty work I've been doing ever since.
Bill: Well if you have it's a living ain't it?
Fagin: Yes, a living is a living.
Nancy: Some living, Lord help me, some living!
Bill: Well if you have it's a living ain't it?
Fagin: Yes, a living is a living.
Nancy: Some living, Lord help me, some living!
Oliver Twist:
Please sir, I want some more.
Mr. Bumble: [thinking he must not have heard right] What?
Oliver Twist: Please sir, I want some...
[pauses hesitatingly]
Oliver Twist: more?
Mr. Bumble: [surprised beyond belief] More?
Mr. Bumble: [thinking he must not have heard right] What?
Oliver Twist: Please sir, I want some...
[pauses hesitatingly]
Oliver Twist: more?
Mr. Bumble: [surprised beyond belief] More?
Mr. Jessop:
Two other boys stole Mr. Brownlow's wallet. This child had nothing to do with it!
The Magistrate: [half-drunk] But sentence has been passed... hasn't it?
See More Quotes from Oliver!The Magistrate: [half-drunk] But sentence has been passed... hasn't it?
Oliver! Facts
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The whole "Who Will Buy" sequence took 6 weeks to film.
The cast included 84 boys between 8 and 15 years of age, and one member of Parliament suggested they were being exploited just as the depicted orphans had been. The filmmakers replied that they needed protection more than the boys did, due to the rowdy nature of the production during the summer.
Because most of the studio sets were built in the open air, many viewers did not realize that the movie was filmed entirely in the studio.
Since Mark Lester was unable to simulate tears, freshly cut onions were used to make his eyes water for the "Where Is Love?" number.