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Overview
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Writers:
Charles Dickens (freely adapted from "Oliver Twist")
Lionel Bart (book)
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Release Date:
5 October 1968 (Japan) more
Tagline:
More of a Masterpiece Than a Musical! [re-release] more
Plot:
Musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 23 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Lester Lands Saxon Fan Son A Part In Comeback Film
(From WENN. 3 February 2009, 2:00 PM, PST)
Oliver's Lester To Battle Craig At The Box Office?
(From WENN. 12 November 2008, 5:57 AM, PST)
User Comments:
One of the best musicals ever! more (117 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ron Moody | ... | Fagin |
| Shani Wallis | ... | Nancy |
 | Oliver Reed | ... | Bill Sikes |
| Harry Secombe | ... | Mr. Bumble |
| Mark Lester | ... | Oliver Twist |
 | Jack Wild | ... | The Artful Dodger |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | The Magistrate |
| Joseph O'Conor | ... | Mr. Brownlow |
| Peggy Mount | ... | Mrs. Bumble |
| Leonard Rossiter | ... | Sowerberry |
| Hylda Baker | ... | Mrs. Sowerberry |
| Kenneth Cranham | ... | Noah Claypole |
| Megs Jenkins | ... | Mrs. Bedwin |
| Sheila White | ... | Bet |
| Wensley Pithey | ... | Dr. Grimwig |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Lionel Bart's Oliver! (UK) (poster title)
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Runtime:
153 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm magnetic prints)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:12 | Ireland:G | Australia:G | Singapore:PG
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Both Jack Wild and Oliver Reed were wearing lifts in the film. Although Wild was 15 at the time of filming, he was actually shorter than nine-year-old Mark Lester. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The steps at London Bridge are not designed in the manner that the real ones were. The real steps were, as Dickens describes them narrow at the top and widen horizontally at the bottom, allowing a person to hide and eavesdrop on (or watch) those on the upper steps without being seen. more
Quotes:
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:
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Mr. Bumble:
[surprised beyond belief] More?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Special London Bridge Special (1972) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Consider Yourself more
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What are the three scenes inspired or taken from Dickens novel that were not in the stage version?more
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Before watching the movie I read the original novel, and I was not disappointed at all about the adaptation. The movie is really faithful to the spirit of Dickens narrative, but adds a new dimension to it by means of great music and songs.