Harry Secombe, Jack Wild, Mark Lester

Musicalization of the Dickens novel about a young boy living in an orphanage who gets caught up with an unruly gang of thieves led by an evil old man.

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G, 2 hrs. 23 min.

Directed by: Carol Reed

Release Date: December 11, 1968

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DVD Release Date: August 11, 1998

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  • February 21, 2009
    Such 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)gn and build.

    Impressive casting abilities allowed for a perfectly selected group of Actors to bring the already established characters to life and do them justice and have made the characters, people whom weve all come to know and love today.

    Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart set the mood of scenes throughout and have become well-known sing along classics.

    Some interesting ?Behind the scenes? footage appear on the special features and are worth taking a look at.

    Oliver is a must see of Classic musicals.
  • November 9, 2008
    Extreemly enjoyable musical, perfectly casted with great songs and a great story from Dickens.
  • March 2, 2008
    Oliver Twist the author is Charles Dickens died long ago, but his tales are retold in cinema format.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • September 30, 2007
    Please sir, I want some more.
  • November 1, 2009
    wow what a movie 2 watch....i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...........i think that shani wallis,ron moody, oliver reed, harry secombe, jack wild, mark lester, p...( read more)lay good roles/parts throughout this movie....i think that the director of this classic/kids/family/musical/performing arts movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie....i think that this is a good movie 2 watch n its got a good cast throughout this movie...i think that this is a good movie
  • October 28, 2009
    I love this film. Funny bit is provided by the always-brilliant Leonard Rossiter as a pleasantly sozzled undertaker.
  • October 25, 2009
    In Ms Hurleys fifth grade class..
  • October 19, 2009
    Oliver! is a 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the stage musical Oliver!, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart. The screenplay was written by Vernon Harris.
    Both the film and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twi...( read more)st. The musical includes several musical standards, including "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself", "As Long as He Needs Me", "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", "Oom-Pah-Pah" and "Where is Love?".
  • September 29, 2009
    love it love it love it!

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A treasure of a movie. full review

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  • HayleyLeigh1
    September 29, 2009
    this film never gets old. i watch it every christmas lol
    i know the script word for word.
  • xelli1997x
    May 19, 2007
    Honestly tho those 3 were the main parts!
  • xelli1997x
    May 19, 2007
    I hjavn't exactly seen this mi self but 3 of my gooood mates starred init in the production somewhere 1 of em was the main part n the other 2 were kinda :)
    God how i love them all soo much :)
    Lolx
  • johnnydeppfan123
    October 19, 2006
    "Consider yourself, at home! Consider yourself, part of the furniture..." love it!!!

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