Oliver!
(DVD) 

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Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD MUSICAL OLIVEAvailable
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD MUSICAL OLIVEAvailable

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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2005.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
043396021372

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968; copyright renewed 1996.
General Note
Originally produced as a British motion picture in 1968.
General Note
Special features Side A: Theatrical trailer (4 min.); 1968 featurette (8 min.) Photo gallery [slide show].
General Note
Based on the stage musical by Lionel Bart, which in turn was based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
General Note
Digitally remastered and fully restored.
General Note
Duration: 153 min. (side A), 145 min. (side B).
General Note
Special features: Original theatrical trailer (5 min.); featurette (8 min., 1968); photo gallery.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editor, Ralph Kemplen ; music supervised, arranged and conducted by John Green ; choreography and musical sequences staged by Onna White ; production designer, John Box ; art director, Terence Marsh ; costume designer, Phyllis Dalton ; Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart ; Ralph Kemplen.
Participants/Performers
Ron Moody (Fagin), Shani Wallis (Nancy), Oliver Reed (Bill Sikes), Harry Secombe (Mr. Bumble), Hugh Griffith (The Magistrate), Mark Lester (Oliver), Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger), Joseph O'Conor (Mr. Brownlow), Peggy Mount (Mrs. Bumble), Hylda Baker (Mrs. Sowerberry), Megs Jenkins (Mrs. Bedwin), Leonard Rossiter (Sowerberry), James Hayter (Mr. Jessop), Sheila White (Bet), Kenneth Cranham (Noah Claypole).
Description
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. Arguably the last great old-fashioned movie musical to receive near-universal critical acclaim, Oliver! first hit screens more than 37 years ago. As transformed into a film, the timeless West End and Broadway show remains incredibly faithful to the classic work of literature by Charles Dickens, dank and dark, an anomaly of song-and-dance cinema. A film of many facets, it is both a warts-and-all view of Victorian London, an adaptation of a classic novel, a salient slice of significant social commentary, and a rip-roaring tune-filled toe tapper to boot.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: Rated G; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Target Audience
MPAA: Rated G.
System Details
DVD (with chapter stops); NTSC, Region 1; dual-layer disc ; widescreen version (2.35:1 aspect ratio); remastered in high definition Dolby Digital 5.1 (English).
Language
Dialogue in English or French; optional subtitles in English and French; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Awards
Winner, 1968 Academy Awards for Best Sound; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston; Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation): Johnny Green; Best Director: Carol Reed; Best Picture: John Woolf. Winner, 1969 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy, Best Motion Picture Actor-Musical/Comedy: Ron Moody.
Awards
Academy Award winner, 1968: Best Picture (John Woolf, producer) ; Best Director (Carol Reed) ; Best Music, adaptation score (John Green) ; Best Art Direction ; Best Sound ; Honorary Award, to Onna White for her outstanding choreography achievement

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Albery, D., Woolf, J., Griffith, H., Moody, R., Reed, O., Secombe, H., Wallis, S., Lester, M., Wild, J., Reed, C., Harris, V., Bart, L., & Dickens, C. (2005). Oliver! (Thirtieth anniversary tribute edition.). Columbia TriStar Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donald. Albery et al.. 2005. Oliver!. Columbia TriStar Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donald. Albery et al.. Oliver! Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Albery, Donald., et al. Oliver! Thirtieth anniversary tribute edition., Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2005.

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