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Oliver!

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Oliver!
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G,2hrs 25min
Genre:
Musical
Release:
1968
Director:
Carol Reed
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed  ...more
Synopsis: 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 was essentially light entertainment. For its first half-hour or so, Carol Reed's Oscar-winning 1968 film version does a masterful job of telling its story almost exclusively through song and dance. Once nine-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) falls in with such underworld types as pickpocket Fagin ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
Oliver! proved that the British film industry could produce high-quality musicals at least as good as the best musicals from Hollywood. The bad news was that they had proven their ability to make a type of film that was quickly fading from style. It was the first musical for veteran director Carol Reed, who pushed the edge of what was considered acceptable family fare and gave the film a dark, Dickensian ... Full Review
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Ron Moody
Fagin
Shani Wallis
Nancy, Nancy Sikes
Oliver Reed
Bill Sikes
Harry Secombe
Mr. Bumble
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