Oliver! Movie Review 1968

Splendid big-budget musical adaptation of Dickens' "Oliver Twist." An innocent orphan is dragged into a life of crime when he is befriended by a gang of pickpockets.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 145 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Drama, Period Piece: 19th Century, Adoption & Orphans, Homeless, Books to Film: Charles Dickens, Childhood Visions

Screenplay

Vernon Harris

Cast

Mark Lester, Jack Wild, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Hugh Griffith

Cinematography

Oswald Morris

Director

Carol Reed

Music

Lionel Bart

Producer

Romulus Films

Awards

Oscars 1968: Adapt. Score, Art Dir./Set Dec., Director (Reed), Picture, Sound; Golden Globes 1969: Actor--Mus./Comedy (Moody), Film--Mus./Comedy.