Oliver! (1968)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

7.6/10   

Regisseur:

Carol Reed

Drehbuchautoren:

Charles Dickens (freely adapted from "Oliver Twist")
Lionel Bart (book)

Premierendatum:

5. Oktober 1968 (Japan)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Familie | Musical | Romanze

Werbezeile:

More of a Masterpiece Than a Musical! [re-release]

Plot:

Musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.

Plot Keywords:

Britain | Child's Point Of View | Child Labor | Chess | Locket

Auszeichnungen:

Won 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 23 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

This is proof that British film studios of the 1960's could provide high quality productions

Besetzung

Ron Moody	...	Fagin
Shani Wallis	...	Nancy
Oliver Reed	...	Bill Sikes
Harry Secombe	...	Mr. Bumble
Mark Lester	...	Oliver Twist
Jack Wild	...	The Artful Dodger
Hugh Griffith	...	The Magistrate
Joseph O'Conor	...	Mr. Brownlow
Peggy Mount	...	Mrs. Bumble
Leonard Rossiter	...	Sowerberry
Hylda Baker	...	Mrs. Sowerberry
Kenneth Cranham	...	Noah Claypole
Megs Jenkins	...	Mrs. Bedwin
Sheila White	...	Bet
Wensley Pithey	...	Dr. Grimwig

Alternativ:

Lionel Bart's Oliver! (UK) (poster title)

Länge:

153 Min

Land:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm magnetic prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:12 | Ireland:G | Australia:G | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Firma:

Romulus Films

Dies und das:

Mark Lester did not do his own singing in Oliver! It was dubbed by Kathe Green, daughter of Johnny Green, the music arranger/supervisor on the film. Johnny revealed this for the first time publicly in 1988 during an interview on the 20th anniversary of the film. He says that Mark Lester was "tone deaf and arrhythmic". He originally had two boys set to dub his singing but during post production they realized their voices didn't match Mark's look, so they used Johnny's daughter instead.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: While singing "As Long As He Needs Me," Nancy's dress hangs off her shoulder and then in the next shot it is back on her shoulder.

Dialogzitate:

Boy: Fagin, this sausage is moldy!
Fagin: Shut up and drink your gin.

Querbezüge:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in 100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Who Will Buy?

This is proof that British film studios of the 1960's could provide high quality productions

I was lucky to see "Oliver!" in 1968 on a big cinema screen in Boston when I was a young teenager. Later, during the summer of 1969, I was pleased to see this film was still playing at a prominent cinema in Leicester Square, London, after it had won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the previous year.

Th success of "Oliver!" on both the stage and screen reminded me that not all talent begins on Broadway and ends in Hollywood. This legendary story by Charles Dickens, which is part of the literary heritage of all English-speaking people, was admirably brought to the London stage by Lionel Bart of Great Britain. His charming musical then became a hit in New York and throughout the world. The film adaptation was made in England during the summer of 1967 and then released in 1968. The sets and musical numbers are mind boggling. The song "Who Will Buy?" required hundreds of actors and the British film director truly deserved his Oscar for putting it all together in a seamless manner. Some Canadian and American talent is also part of this wonderful production, but mostly it is a tribute to the fine craftsmanship of the British film studios, such as Shepperton. Good show! Other film studios at Elstree, Boreham Wood, Bray, Denham, and Ealing have also given the world many films to treasure over the years.