Oliver!

Director: Carol Reed Carol Reed

Overview

"Carol Reed's 1968 Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Subtitles are available in both of these languages as well. Supplemental materials include a featurette and a photo gallery. The quality of the picture and sound on this disc make it worthwhile for any film enthusiast."

Product Details

Release Date:	08/12/1998
UPC:	0043396021372
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	G
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:33:00
Sales rank:	12,621

Special Features

English 5.1 [Dolby Digital], French; Subtitles: English, French; Scene selections; Widescreen format; Photo gallery; featurette

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ron Moody	Fagin
Shani Wallis	Nancy
Oliver Reed	Bill Sikes
Harry Secombe	Mr. Bumble
Jack Wild	The Artful Dodger
Joseph O'Conor	Mr. Brownlow,Actor
Peggy Mount	Mrs. Bumble
Megs Jenkins	Mrs. Bedwin
Leonard Rossiter	Sowerberry
James Hayter	Mr. Jessop
Sheila White	Bet,Composer
Kenneth Cranham	Noah Claypole
Hugh Griffith	The Magistrate
Wensley Pithey	Dr. Grimwig
Elizabeth Knight	Charlotte
Fred Emney	Chairman - Workhouse
Edwin Finn	Pauper - Workhouse
Roy Evans	Pauper - Workhouse
Robert Bartlett	Fagin's Boy
Graham Buttrose	Fagin's Boy
Jeffrey Chandler	Fagin's Boy
Kirk Clugeston	Fagin's Boy
Dempsey Cook	Fagin's Boy
Christopher Duff	Fagin's Boy
Nigel Grice	Fagin's Boy
Ronnie Johnson	Fagin's Boy
Nigel Kingsley	Fagin's Boy
Robert Langley	Fagin's Boy
Brian Lloyd	Fagin's Boy
Peter Lock	Fagin's Boy
Clive Moss	Fagin's Boy
Ian Ramsey	Fagin's Boy
Peter Renn	Fagin's Boy
Freddie Stead	Fagin's Boy
Raymond Ward	Fagin's Boy
John Watters	Fagin's Boy
William Smith	Actor
Peter Locke	Fagin's Boy
Hylda Baker	Actor
Eric Rogers	Composer
Lionel Bart	Composer

Technical Credits

Vernon Harris

Carol Reed	Director
Vernon Harris	Screenwriter
John Woolf	Producer
John Cox	Sound/Sound Designer
Bob Jones	Sound/Sound Designer
Allan Bryce	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Oliver! proved that the British film industry could produce high-quality musicals at least as good as the best musicals from Hollywood. The bad news was that they had proven their ability to make a type of film that was quickly fading from style. It was the first musical for veteran director Carol Reed, who pushed the edge of what was considered acceptable family fare and gave the film a dark, Dickensian undertone that provided a rich contrast to its surface-level cheeriness. On Oscar night, Oliver! took home five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. With the era of the musical coming to an end, the film had little lasting influence, though in the mid-1980s its production numbers were savagely, but not entirely without affection, lampooned in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.