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Mood:
- Feel GoodSentimentalCaptivatingBittersweetEmotionalGloomyUplifting
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Plot:
- OrphanSocial DecayCrimesLife is a BitchSocietyComing of AgeSocial DifferencesChild in Danger more...
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Genres:
- DramaMusicalFamily
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Time/Period:
- 19th CenturyVictorian
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Place:
- EnglandEuropeLondon
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Audience:
- Family Outing
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on BookBased on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Show Tunes
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Oliver!, 1968
English
UK
Profile of Oliver!
Oliver! can be described as bittersweet, sentimental, and feel good. The plot revolves around an orphan, social decay, and themes of life is a bitch. The main genres are drama, musical, and family. In approach, Oliver! is serious and realistic. It is located in London. It takes place in the Victorian era. The soundtrack of Oliver! is show tunes. It is adapted from a play and based on a book. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed. Oliver! is well suited for a family outing.
Summary of Oliver!
A rousing film version of Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Dickens's classic novel, Oliver! stars Ron Moody as Fagin and Mark Lester as the eponymous hero. The orphaned Oliver escapes to London from a dreary workhouse and is taken in by a gang of young pickpockets who work for master thief Fagin while learning their trade. When he's falsely accused of stealing from the gang by the fearsome Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed), Oliver begins to realize that he has more friends than he had thought.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 10 December 1968 |
| Runtime: | 153 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Fagin
as Nancy
as Bill Sikes
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Users Reviews
- 17.March.2009
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- by: emeyer
- emeyer rated this movie6/10Okay
