Oliver! (30th Anniversary Edition)
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VHS Movie Reviews of Oliver! (30th Anniversary Edition)
Movie Review: OLIVER
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this movie. The Artful Dodger is so good. The character Fagan also plays a fantastic part. It is long and actually has an intermission. I had no problems with this disc. Movie Review: Oliver
Summary: 1 Stars
I cannot review this product as I have not yet received it. It is now 9 days overdue, and I paid for it over amonth ago.Movie Review: Considerably better than it's modern reputation
Summary: 5 Stars
Carol Reed's screen version of Lionel Bart's musical version of Oliver Twist seems to fall into the love it or hate it category. Many find stodgy and drawn-out and even its admirers have to admit it is not without its faults. Some of the frenetic moments are not best timed and at times the performances are pitched more for the theatre than for the screen. Nonetheless, it is one of the very few successful British musicals and as such has much to recommend it.
Among a colourful cast, Harry Secombe's Mr Bumble is right out of Dickens' pages while Ron Moody's Fagin and Jack Wild's Artful Dodger are an engaging pair. As Bill Sykes, Oliver Reed makes a (by his standards) restrained and effective villain - his first appearance is a marvellously handled moment. If his uncle's direction is sometimes uncertain, the production values are sumptuous, with John Box's intricately haphazard sets and Phyllis Dalton's intelligently designed costumes coming over particularly well.
Bart's score is unusually strong and Onna White's choreography, while not without its tired and contrived moments, is considerably more energetic and enjoyable than is the norm for these shores. Indeed, Consider Yourself, which seems to call upon the entire city of London, is an outstandingly staged number by any standards. With the exception of some ill-advised string work on As Long As He Needs Me that sounds more South Seas than South London, Johnny Green's orchestrations are for the most part fine.
With Reed and cinematographer Oswald Morris both show a good eye for the Scope frame, although the colour somewhat muted - it's a feature of Morris' work that the original colours were deliberately graded to reflect colour prints from the Victorian era.
Movie Review: Buy this movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
They simply do not make them like this anymore. My mother owned the soundtrack record to this movie and I remember listening to it constantly as a young child. I bought the movie for my 9-year old daughter and she loves it. The dancing, singing, and elaborate sets make it a must have if you love musicals or have children who are artistic or just love this sort of thing. Try it on a child who is currently into "High School Musical"...I bet they'll love it!Movie Review: 'Oliver!' (Sony Pictures) Running time: 155 minutes
Summary: 5 Stars
Review number 111. I remember seeing this 1968 Christmas holiday classic in a theater the day after it came out. Story takes place around, I'll say 1850 England. When a kid sees this movie for the first time (especially back then, before cable, video games, ipods, etc), it really does make a lasting impression on you. Too many memorable scenes to mention. I thought the Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) did an exceptional good job in this film, as so did Oliver Twist (Mark Lester), Nancy-the hot redheaded bar maid (Shani Wallis), bad guy Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and who could forget good 'ol half-hearted pick pocket master mind Fagin (Ron Moody)? Is it just me or could he have possibly modeled for Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung' lp? I usually can't stand show tunes, but out of the movie's fourteen songs, I liked "Food, Glorious Food", "I'd Do Anything", "It's A Fine Life" and the swinging "Oom-Pah-Pah". Only character in 'Oliver!' I could NOT stand is that pirate reject / Napoleon wanna-be Mr. Bumble (Harry Secombe). Recommended.