Joseph Lawrence (II), Billy Joel, Cheech Marin

Disney does Dickens in this animated version of Oliver Twist, in which a homeless New York City cat falls in with a bunch of mischievous dogs under the leadership of the appealing scoundrel Fag...( read more  read more... )in. The roots of Disney's success with animation in the '90s begins with this clever, energetic, atmospheric movie, which succeeds in capturing the grim world Dickens conjured. Lyricist Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid) worked on the songs, the best of which is sung by Billy Joel, who provides the voice of (the Artful) Dodger. --Tom Keogh

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G, 74 min.

Directed by: George Scribner

Release Date: November 18, 1988

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DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002

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  • August 12, 2007
    Disney does Dickens in this animated version of Oliver Twist, in which a homeless New York City cat falls in with a bunch of mischievous dogs under the leadership of the appealing scoundrel Fagin.
  • July 15, 2007
    Garsh, what a forgettable Disney picture. Sure, it has a song by Billy Joel and a New York City traffic jumping scene, but it just wasn't very involving. Fagin looked sort of like Nasty Canasta, the gambler from the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Oliver Twist is a nasty story of child abus...( read more)e, and Disney turned it into some animal adventure. Wait for the Little Mermaid to emerge to turn the Disney studio in a new direction...
  • May 31, 2007
    Adorable movie.
  • March 31, 2007
    pretty good retelling of Dickens' classic, plus its got Billy Joel
  • March 5, 2007
    So sweet...
  • December 1, 2009
    so cute. so so so good.
  • November 13, 2009
    I watched this a lot as a kid and I still almost cry at the beginning when nobody adopts Oliver. Who knew Huey Lewis could bring out such raw emotion?
  • October 12, 2009
    As I said before, epic battle in Disney.
  • October 6, 2009
    this was a great movie
  • September 6, 2009
    My favourite when I was 6

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  • dreamless1986
    August 12, 2007
    one of the best disney movies ever! i just adore dodger and oliver. and the music is the best! "Why should I worry?" *dances*
  • molls17
    August 2, 2007
    Quite cute great songs love dodger!!

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