Oliver!
(1998, original release: 1968)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/MUSICAL/OLIVER

Availability

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Details

PUBLISHED
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1998]
©1998
EDITION
Thirtieth anniversary tribute edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
076781326X 02137
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Dolby digital 5.1 in English

A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned

Widescreen version (presented in a "letterbox" format preserving the original aspect ratio)

Special features include interactive menus, scene selections, photo gallery and featurette

Based on the book by Lionel Bart, which in turn was based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968

Digitally remastered and fully restored

Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart ; screenplay by Vernon Harris ; produced by John Wolf ; directed by Carol Reed ; photographer, Oswald Morris ; editor, Ralph Kemplen ; choreographer, Onna White

Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild

Rated G

DVD

Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and optional subtitles in English and French

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

Academy Award for Best Picture, 1968

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