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Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the West End, where it enjoyed a record-breaking long run.
- Lionel Bart
- Lionel Bart
- Lionel Bart
Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical of the same name, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist.
- $10 million
- John Woolf
- Lionel Bart (music and lyrics), John Green (music score)
Oliver!: Directed by Carol Reed. With Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe. After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.
- (41K)
- Carol Reed
- G
- Drama, Family, Musical
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G. 1968, Musical, 2h 26m. 90% Tomatometer 78 Reviews. 81% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Oliver! transforms Charles Dickens' muckraking novel into a jaunty...
- (78)
- Carol Reed
- G
- Ron Moody
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Musical version of the Dickens classic about an orphan taken in by a band of boy thieves. Cast & Crew. Read More. Carol Reed. Director. Ron Moody. Fagin. Shani Wallis. Nancy. Oliver Reed. Bill Sikes. Harry Secombe. Mr. Bumble. Mark Lester. Oliver. Photos & Videos.
Sir Carol Reed's "Oliver!" is a treasure of a movie. It is very nearly universal entertainment, one of those rare films like "The Wizard of Oz" that appeals in many ways to all sorts of people. It will be immediately exciting to the children, I think, because of the story and the unforgettable Dickens characters.