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Genre | Musical, Award Winning |
Format | NTSC, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Anamorphic |
Contributor | Shani Wallis, Ron Moody, Carol Reed, Hugh Griffith, Oliver Reed, Romulus Films, Ltd.; Warwick Film Productions, Limited, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester, John Woolf, Donald Albery, Jack Wild See more |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 2 hours and 33 minutes |
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Experience the high-spirited adventures of Oliver Twist in this Oscar(r)-winning musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale! Young Oliver (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He's immediately taken in by a band of street urchins, headed by the lovable villain, Fagin (Ron Moody), his fiendish henchman, Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed), and his loyal apprentice, The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing, Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and a family of his own. Set to a heartfelt score that includes such favorites as "Consider Yourself," "Where Is Love?" and "As Long As He Needs Me," Oliver! leads us on a journey in search of love, belonging, and honor among thieves. Winner of six Academy Awards(r) (1968), including Best Picture and Best Score, Oliver! will steal your heart! Note: This is a 2 sided DVD. The same song will play on both sides of the DVD
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Film buffs and critics can argue until their faces turn blue about whether this lavish Dickensian musical deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, but the movie speaks for itself on grandly entertaining terms. Adapted from Dickens's classic novel, it's one of the most dramatically involving and artistically impressive musicals of the 1960s, directed by Carol Reed with a delightful enthusiasm that would surely have impressed Dickens himself. Mark Lester plays the waifish orphan Oliver Twist, who is befriended by the pickpocketing Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and recruited into the gang of boy thieves led by Fagin (played to perfection by Ron Moody). The villainous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) casts his long shadow over Oliver and his friends, but the young orphan is still able to find loving care in the most desperate of circumstances. Full of memorable melodies and splendid lyrics, Oliver! is a timeless film, prompting even hard-to-please critic Pauline Kael to call it "a superb demonstration of intelligent craftsmanship," and to further observe that "it's as if the movie set out to be a tribute to Dickens and his melodramatic art as well as to tell the story of Oliver Twist." --Jeff Shannon
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 043396021372
- Director : Carol Reed
- Media Format : NTSC, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Anamorphic
- Run time : 2 hours and 33 minutes
- Release date : August 11, 1998
- Actors : Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Producers : Donald Albery, John Woolf
- Language : French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : 076781326X
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,754 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #49 in Musicals (Movies & TV)
- #428 in Kids & Family DVDs
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At first blush, a musical based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens would seem unlikely source material, especially as the transformation of stories like The Phantom of the Opera & Les Miserables into modern operas was still decades in the future. However, just as with those stories, the people who created Oliver created something entirely sublime. And time has not dimmed that brilliance at all.
It goes without saying that Oliver Twist is one of English literature's seminal works. Dickens was a master storyteller, a writer who was able to catalogue, in detail, all of the hypocrisy, greed, indifference & calamity that was Britain during the Industrial Revolution. There was no such thing as a social safety net. If you fell on hards times, you had extremely limited options, sometimes only a choice between slow starvation, or the horrors of the Work House (where you effectively sold yourself into slavery to pay your debts (see A Christmas Carol). Charity, such as it was, was relegated to either churches or other "Christian" institutions. The degradation associated with such "charity" is on ample display in Oliver & encapsulated in the famous phrase "Please Sir, can I have some more?"
When Oliver moves to London as a member of Fagin's gang of nascent thieves & pickpockets, he is literally jumping from the fire into the frying pan. Whitechapel encompassed some of the worst slums in the world. It was not for nothing that Jack The Ripper would stake out this area as his hunting ground. Although you know the young thieves who serenade Fagin with "I'd Do Anything For You," aren't really as grimy & ill kept as they appear, the denizens of Whitechapel those characters are based on were that dirty & ill kept & diseased and, . . . well, you get the idea.
This musical manages to transcend that reality though. One among its many attributes are the large scale musical numbers that, in an age before CGI, are as intricate as a 19th Century time piece, but still wildly entertaining. For instance, pay attention to Oliver's first morning in his well to do digs far from Whitechapel. As he stares about, the square before him comes to life, starting with a single voice selling bread. By the time this number has finished, Oliver, & us too, have witnessed the wonders that can be had when you're on the right side of the tracks. Britain was at the zenith of her power in this period, the home of the Industrial Revolution as well as financier to, & workshop of, the world. The sun never set on Victoria's dominions & all that wealth & privilege is on display, for the taking, for those "Who Can Buy This Beautiful Morning."
Since the cast of this movie is English, the acting, singing, what have you, is flawless. Ron Moody effectively steals (no pun intended) the show as Fagin, a conniving career criminal who still manages to make you smile, especially when he explains his philosophy of life to Oliver with the song "You Gotta Pick A Pocket, Or Two."
And no great work is complete without a great villain. In this case, it's Bill Sykes, as portrayed by Oliver Reed. Reed was usually typecast as the bad guy. Here, he gives Sykes a smouldering violence that can, & does, erupt without warning. This man has no morals - he can't afford any. His world is literally dog eat dog & you do unto others first, before they can do unto you! Reed owns this role. He makes sure you have no doubt about who you're dealing with when you deal with Bill Sykes.
And carrying the whole movie, he's in almost every scene, is young Mark Lester. Fortunately, Lester is equal to the task. He manages to instil into his interpretation of Twist an innate innocence & nobility. No matter what trials he faces, Twist remains pure at his core. When the movie ends, & Twist returns to that magical square, you feel he's finally going home to a place where that purity & innocence belongs. (A contrast to Twist is Jack Wild's Artful Dodger, the young thief who introduces Oliver to Fagin & his crew. The Dodger is content with his lot. He's a nascent Fagin & that's alright with him. Posh environs are okay for Twist - the Dodger is content in Whitechapel.)
So, if you'd like to watch some wonderfully presented Dickens, without having to read the book, then this movie is for you. Butter up the popcorn & settle in a for a great time.
"Oliver" brachte dem britischen Regisseur Carol Reed ein echtes Comeback, denn seine größten Erfolge wie "Ausgestoßen" und vor allem "Der dritte Mann" lagen schon lange Jahre zurück. "Oliver" basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Bühnenmusical von Lionel Bart, ein Adaption des berühmten Romans "Oliver Twist" von Charles Dickens. Dieser düstere Roman über ein Waisenkind, das im Armenhaus groß wird wurde mehrfach verfilmt. Die Versionen von David Lean aus dem Jahr 1948 und von Roman Polanski aus 2007 sind nahezu perfekt. Bei Reeds Muscialversion muss man sich vielleicht daran gewöhnen, dass viele Szenen gesanglich und tänzerisch sind. Dennoch ist Carol Reed ein bezaubernder Film gelungen mit sehr vielen klasse Szenen und genauso guten Darstellerleistungen. Gute Kasse machte das Musical auch und landete mit 74 Millionen Dollar auf Platz 5 der Kino-Jahrescharts.
In einem Arbeitshaus in Dunstable wird den Waisenkindern der tägliche Haferbrei serviert. Eine Gruppe von Jungen ziehen Lose, wobei der kleine Oliver (Mark Lester) als einziger den verhedderten Strohhalm zieht. Dies zwingt ihn dazu aufzustehen und Mr. Bumble (Harry Secombe) und der Witwe Corney (Peggy Mount) um ein weiteres Tellerchen Brei zu bitten. "Ich will noch mehr, bitte Sir" wird aber als solche Frechheit angesehen, dass der Junge verkauft werden soll. Mr. Sowerberry (Leonard Rossiter) kauft den Jungen, weil er ihn besonders für Kinderbeerdigungen als Bestatter brauchen könnte. Sowerberrys etwas älterer Lehrling Noah Claypole (Kenneth Granham) schikaniert den Neuling wo er nur kann. Als er Olivers Mutter, die bei der Geburt starb, aufs übelste beledigt, kommt es zum Rinkampf der Beiden und anschließend wird Oliver in den Keller gesperrt. Er kann fliehen und versucht in London ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Dort trifft er auf den Artful Dodger (Jack Wild), der ihn sofort unter seine Fittiche nimmt und ihm auch ein Quartier zum Schlafen anbietet. Das befindet sich bei Fagin (Ron Moodey), Der jüdische Hehler verköstigt Oliver und Fagin hat eine ganze Meute von elternlosen Jungs bei sich beherbergt. Alle diese Jungs wurden von ihm zu versierten Taschendieben ausgebildet. Artful Dodger ist der Beste von Ihnen. Noch ehe Oliver die Kunst des Stehlens erlernen kann, wird er bei der Diebestour - ohne Dieb zu sein - fälschlicherweise dafür gehalten und verfolgt, er kommt ins Gefängnis. Doch als das Opfer Mr. Brownlow (Joseph O'Connor) sich sicher ist, dass der Junge nicht der Dieb war, nimmt er ihn bei sich auf. Eine Wendung, die sowohl Fagin noch dem äusserst brutalen Eigenbrötler Bill Sykes (Oliver Reed), mit dem Fagin Geschäfte macht und dessen Freundin Nancy (Shani Wallis) Sorgen bereitet. Denn der Junge könnte der Polizei zuviel von den kriminellen Machenschaften erzählen, das Versteck der Diebesbande ausplaudern, so dass Fagin und Sykes am Galgen enden. Bald schmiedet Sykes einen Plan, wie er den unliebsamen Mitwisser aus dem Wege räumen kann...
Am Ende ist es Sykes Hund Bully, der die aufgebrachte Menge zu seinem Versteck führt. Anders als im Roman kommt der Gauner Fagin in der Musical Version mit dem Leben davon und endet nicht am Galgen. Gemeinsam mit Artul Dodger tanzen sie durch eine Gasse im nächtlichen London, bereit für einen neuen Anfang und damit auch für weitere Schandtaten. Der Kinderdarsteller Jack Wild liefert eine überzeugende Darstellung, für die der damals 15jährige Junge eine Oscarnominierung bekam. Auch Ron Moodey als Fagin wurde in der Kategorie "bester Hauptdarsteller" berücksichtigt, unterlag jedoch Cliff Robertsons Leistung in "Charly".
Neben der Auszeichnung als bester Film gab es weitere Oscars für die grandiose Ausstattung, die Choreographieleistung von Onna White wurde mit einem weiteren Oscar bedacht. John Greens Musik gewann in seiner Kategorie, das Shepperton studio Sound Department durfte den Preis für den besten Ton entgegennehmen So auch der Regisseur selbst. Das British Film Institute, die Reeds Meisterwerk "Der dritte Mann" zum besten britischen Film aller Zeiten wählten, erkannten auch die Qualität seines Musicals und setzten "Oliver" in der gleichen Umfrage der All Time Top 100 auf Platz 77.