The
world-famous classic novel...the internationally acclaimed stage
triumph...now a brilliant motion picture musical that opened up a new
era in screen entertainment...
Never before has a film offered more...than Columbia's Oliver! It's all
here: the production, the excitement, the music of Lionel Bart's smash
hit that set records on both sides of the Atlantic! And, of course, the
timeless characters of Charles Dickens' classic novel.
Hear
the score once and you're swept away by it! "As Long As He Needs
Me"..."Where Is Love?"..."Who Will Buy?"..."Food, Glorious Food,"...and,
of course, "Oliver!" are all adapted for the screen with brilliant gusto
by four-time Academy Award winner John Green.
The producer was John Woolf. The director was Carol Reed. John Box
designed the entire production. Choreographer Onna White came to Oliver!
with a string of hits as long as Broadway.
Oliver's!
Oliver is a remarkable nine-year-old named Mark Lester. Also starred are
Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, a brilliant actress with a superb singing
voice, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Hugh Griffith, and Jack Wild as The
Artful Dodger.
You will come away from Oliver! singing, certainly touched, but most of
all Happy-the kind of happy that only comes from enjoying a big,
wonderful, one-of-a-kind musical entertainment like..."Oliver!"
It
has been over 50 years since the musical film "Oliver!" premiered in
London. It was the most successful musical film ever to come out of
the United Kingdom. Book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, the founder of the
popular British musical. "Oliver!" won six Academy Awards including best picture
of the year and best director Carol Reed. It was a runaway success at
the worldwide box office, it was all put together right here on British
shores and released on' 26 September 1968. Consider yourself at home'
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~ "Oliver!" Winner of 6
Oscars including: best picture of the year (1968) and best director:
Carol Reed. ~
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