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Oliver!
[DVD] /
Columbia Pictures presents a Romulus Production ; screenplay by Vernon Harris ; produced by John Woolf ; directed by Carol Reed.
Oliver.
Widescreen.
Columbia,
1968.
Culver City, Calif :
Columbia TriStar Home Video,
[2005]
©2005.
Color; 153 mins.; 1 DOUBLE-SIDED disc.
1 videodisc (153 min.) :
sound, color ;
4 3/4 in.
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In this award-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the Charles Dickens novel, 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) falls in with a group of street-urchin pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and masterminded by the criminal Fagin (Ron Moody). When Oliver's intended mark, Mr. Brownlow (Joseph O'Conor), takes pity on the lad and offers him a home, Fagin's henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) plots to kidnap the boy to keep him from talking.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Based on the book by Lionel Bart, which in turn was based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Special features: photo gallery and behind-the-scenes featurette.
Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart ; Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Ralph Kemplen ; choreographer, Onna White.
Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild.
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
All ages.
MPAA rating: G.
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; Double-sided.
In English with optional soundtrack in French, and optional subtitles in English and French.
Closed-captioned.
Musical - drama.
Crime.
Relationships.
Orphans
England
London
Drama.
Criminals
England
London
Drama.
Musical films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
London (England)
Social life and customs
19th century
Drama.
Feature films.
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Drama.
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Bart, Lionel.
Reed, Carol,
1906-1976.
Moody, Ron.
Wallis, Shani.
Reed, Oliver,
1938-1999.
Secombe, Harry.
Lester, Mark,
1958-
Wild, Jack,
1952-2006.
Harris, Vernon,
1905-1999.
Dickens, Charles.
Oliver Twist.
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Romulus Productions.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm).