Ron Moody,
Shani Wallis,
Oliver Reed,
Harry Secombe,
Hugh Griffith
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Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passages but managed to retain a strong subtext to what w... read more
Directed by: Carol Reed
Release Date: December 11, 1968
Keywords:
best picture,
ron moody,
oliver reed,
mark lester,
oliver twist,
Ron Moody ,
Best Picture ,
Oliver Reed ,
Jack Wild
DVD Release Date: August 11, 1998
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August 30, 2011This multi-Oscar winner is the film version of the satge musical adaptation of the classic novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. As you might expect, it's a sumptuous well-done British affair filled with excellent sets and costumes, good music, and some decent performances. As f... read more
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March 11, 2010Extremely enjoyable musical, perfectly cast with great songs and a great story from Dickens.
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December 20, 2009Rollicking version of the stage play, the kind of film Hollywood has lost the art of making. Big and splashy with some lovely songs and fine performances. Well directed which is vital to the success of a piece such as this.
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July 5, 2009I think I've seen pretty much every single adaptation of Oliver Twist, and I still like the Disney cats and dogs version the best. This movie is WAY too long, and the story pretty much sucks, as to be expected from Charles Dickens. The children are rather cute, though.
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February 21, 2009Such a huge musical production adapted from the Charles Dickens novel, which captured the era and it?s class divide so clearly. The film also managed to show an authentic look of London during the 19th Century, made possible from a huge ensemble of people working on the set desi... read more
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March 2, 2008Oliver Twist the author is Charles Dickens died long ago, but his tales are retold in cinema format.
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June 30, 2007It's a classic, though very dry. They tried to make joy out of a miserable group of characters, and somewhat succeeded. The songs are a treat, with some having huge dance numbers. It all looks so dirty and grungy. It's hard to believe this won as best picture; "2001: A Space Odys... read more
Critic Reviews
February 19, 2008
Rich Gold, Variety
February 19, 2008
TIME Magazine
After a season of watching inane twitching in the name of dance, the viewer is most happily greeted by Onna White's choreography, an exuberant step-by-step exploration of Victorian zeal. Full Review
December 13, 2006
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
In retrospect, it seems emblematic of the triviality Reed descended to in the last years of his career. The Third Man it's not. Full Review
December 26, 2010
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Glorious musical based on Oliver Twist. Full Review
February 19, 2008
Film4
Reed's memorable and epic musical provides good family fun, some great musical numbers and in Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Sykes, some of cinema's most beloved unsavoury characters. Full Review
December 13, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Overrated at the time of release, the Oscar-winning Oliver! is a skillful but unexciting movie musical, one that softens considerably Dicken's famous novel, and not helped much by the mediocre staging... Full Review
December 13, 2006
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Oliver! is better than most screen musicals of the 1960s, a period when oversized, poorly rendered songfests virtually killed the genre. Full Review
December 2, 2006
Wesley Lovell, Oscar Guy
An intense and inspired musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story about an orphan's amazing ordeal on the streets of the big city. Full Review
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