| Record Number |
803059 |
| Title |
Oliver! [videorecording]. |
| Edition |
Ultimate edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Australia : Sony Pictures, [2007]. |
| ©1968. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 147 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
"The beloved musical based on the clasic Charles Dickens novel"--Container. |
| Special features include: sing-alongs (with pitch guide) -- Dance-alongs (learn the steps) -- Interactive quizzes -- 'Meeting Oliver' - featurette -- 'Meeting Fagin' - featurette -- Interactive map of London -- Charles Dickens timeline. |
| Creation Note |
Musical supervision and arrangement, John Green ; choreography and musical sequences staged by Onna White ; production designer, John Box ; director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editor, Ralph Kemplen ; book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart ; screenplay by Vernon Harris ; produced by John Woolf ; directed by Carol Reed. |
| Performer note |
Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild. |
| Event Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture by Columbia Pictures in 1968. |
| Summary Note |
Oliver is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th Century London to seek his fortune. Taken in by a band of street urchins, Oliver's new friends include the lovable villain Fagan, his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes, and the loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger who all teach him to "Pick a pocket or two". |
| Target audience note |
G - General. |
| Language note |
In English with optional soundtrack in Italian. Subtitles in English, Italian, Hindi. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject - Name |
Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Film adaptations |
| Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Film and video adaptations |
| Subject |
Feature films |
| English fiction -- Film adaptations |
| Musical films |
| Orphans -- Drama |
| English fiction -- Television adaptations |
| Motion pictures. |
| Feature films. |
| Added Author |
Bart, Lionel composer. |
| Harris, Vernon, 1905-1999 screenwriter. |
| Woolf, John, Sir, 1913-1999 producer. |
| Reed, Carol, 1906-1976 director. |
| Moody, Ron actor. |
| Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999. actor. |
| Secombe, Harry actor. |
| Wallis, Shani actor. |
| Lester, Mark, 1958- actor. |
| Wild, Jack, 1952-2006 actor. |
| Green, Johnny, 1908-1989 arranger. |
| White, Onna choreographer. |
| Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Oliver Twist. |
| Corporate Author |
Columbia Pictures |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Shelf Location |
DVD JF OLIV |
