Oliver! (1968) | |
Director(s) | Carol Reed |
Producer(s) | John Woolf |
Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Family, Film Adaptation, Musical |
Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, Children, Poverty, Rags to Riches |
Featured Cast:
Oliver! Overview:
Oliver! (1968) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Carol Reed and produced by John Woolf.
The film was based on the novel Oliver Twist and also Bentley's Miscellany Magazine Serial written by Charles Dickens published in 1838 (novel); Feb 1837 - April 1839 (magazine).
SYNOPSIS
This is a delightful musical version of Dickens's tale of a young orphan who is introduced to a life of petty crime, adapted from the stage musical by Bart. Songs include "Boy for Sale" and "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two." Won a slew of Academy Awards, including a special choreography award for White.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Actor | Ron Moody | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor | Jack Wild | Nominated |
Best Art Direction | Art Direction: John Box, Terence Marsh; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston | Won |
Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominated |
Best Costume Design | Phyllis Dalton | Nominated |
Best Director | Carol Reed | Won |
Best Film Editing | Ralph Kemplen | Nominated |
Best Music - Scoring | Adaptation score by John Green | Won |
Best Picture | John Woolf, Producer | Won |
Best Writing | Vernon Harris | Nominated |
Honorary Award | Onna White | Won |
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Quotes from
Bill Sikes:
You're a fine one for the boy to make a friend of!
Nancy: Yes, I am, Lord help me! But tonight he's a liar, and a thief, and all that's bad! Ain't that enough for you without beating him to death?
Bill: You can keep the books. Start a library!
[about Oliver]
Mr. Bumble: Mother came to us destitute. Brings a child into the world, takes one look at him and promptly dies - -without leaving so much as a forwarding name and address!
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Nancy: Yes, I am, Lord help me! But tonight he's a liar, and a thief, and all that's bad! Ain't that enough for you without beating him to death?
Bill: You can keep the books. Start a library!
[about Oliver]
Mr. Bumble: Mother came to us destitute. Brings a child into the world, takes one look at him and promptly dies - -without leaving so much as a forwarding name and address!
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Facts about
Approximately 5,000 boys were auditioned for the title role before Mark Lester was cast.
As a practical joke on Harry Secombe, the make-up department created a false ear for Mark Lester so that when Secombe grabbed the boy's ear, it came off in his hand.
Amazingly, the composer of this highly respected score, Lionel Bart, could not read music himself. From his earliest days in theater, he would sing his melodies to a trained pianist, who would then set the tunes down on sheet music and orchestrate them.
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As a practical joke on Harry Secombe, the make-up department created a false ear for Mark Lester so that when Secombe grabbed the boy's ear, it came off in his hand.
Amazingly, the composer of this highly respected score, Lionel Bart, could not read music himself. From his earliest days in theater, he would sing his melodies to a trained pianist, who would then set the tunes down on sheet music and orchestrate them.
read more facts about Oliver!...