Oliver & Company
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Movie Review: Oliver and Company!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best Disney cartoons of the 80's beside 'The Fox & The Hound', 'Oliver and Company' has very good characters, the movie is not too long for the kids (For younger kids it may be too intense at the last chasescene), the song are entertaining, the sound effects is great, there is some great computer animations, there are many fine details, and Sykes is one of the best Disney villians ever.But some of the bad things are the animation, and that Rita's and Dodger's songs are cut down.
Movie Review: Old Classic
Summary: 3 Stars
I used to like this movie and have the soundtrack, but i forgot what happened. i own this film and its about this cat that gets adopted by these dogs and they try to do something, but i dunt rememeber what. there are these bad guys and these good guys and other plots. one of my favourtes. i havent watched this film in like 5 years....Movie Review: Charming Re-Telling of Classic Dickens Tale
Summary: 5 Stars
"Oliver and Company" is based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Oliver Twist." In the Disney version, Oliver is a charming ginger tabby and Dodger is a dog with Billy Joel's voice. The music is very good, especially Joel's "Why Should I Worry." The movie actually parallels Dickens' novel pretty well, but has a great deal more charm.Movie Review: Absotively, Posolutely Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
Poor, abandoned kitten Oliver is homeless on the streets of 1980s New York City, until he meets a streetwise dog named Dodger. The cool canine takes Oliver under his wing and, with the help of the rest of his all-dog pickpocket gang, begins to teach him how to survive on the wrong side of the law. But when one of their con jobs goes awry, Oliver ends up in the hands of a sweet, lonely, little rich girl named Jenny. Suddenly, Oliver is living the high-life in a Fifth Avenue penthouse, much to the chagrin of Jenny's prize-winning, pampered poodle, Georgette. When the old gang shows up to rescue Oliver from his ritzy new life, they're disappointed to find that he wants to stay with Jenny. Their human ringleader, Fagin, however, is more than happy to send Oliver home, if he can get a healthy ransom in the process. Fagin isn't really a bad guy, he's just one step above homeless and has a really nasty loan-shark breathing down his neck. Jenny shows up on the dark and dangerous docks to pay Oliver's ransom and rescue her little kitty, and her sadness is too much for Fagin to take, but loan-shark Sykes has no troubles from a conscience and sees a chance to make even more dirty money. He snatches up Jenny and plans to hold HER for ransom! Suddenly, Oliver, Dodger, Fagin and the gang find themselves on a desperate rescue mission to save Jenny from the ruthless Sykes and his bloodthirsty Doberman Pinschers, Roscoe and Desoto, and even Georgette is getting in on the heroic action!
There's no doubt about it, Disney's wonderfully charming classic "Oliver and Company" is one of the most dated animated films you'll ever see. Of course, that's a big part of its charm. What could be more "`80s" than 1980s New York City? How about the music of Billy Joel and Huey Lewis? I know they were two favorites of mine in the `80s! Okay, to be honest, Billy Joel and Huey Lewis aside, the `80s is something you look back on and mock rather than view fondly, especially the clothes, and Oliver and Company captures that aspect, along with many others, perfectly. So, it's dated. Everything is, really. Call it nostalgia. Anywho, as strongly `80s as "Oliver and Company" is, it rises above it! It is simply a great film! That's something that's easy to forget if you haven't seen it in a while. "Oliver and Company" is Disney's twist on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and it is an EXCELLENT modernization! All the best characters are there, and the cast is star-studded! The piano man himself, Billy Joel, voices the artful Dodger, a canine so cool he puts Snoopy to shame (we still love ya, Snoopy)! The hilarious Cheech Marin is Tito the Chihuahua, animation alumnus Dom Deluise is Fagin, the divine Bette Midler is one of Disney's funniest characters as Georgette, Robert Loggia is the excellently slimy villain, Sykes, and a very young Joey Lawrence plays Oliver, just to name a few! With seamlessly incorporated computer animation and painstakingly acquired "dog's eye view" shots of New York City, "Oliver and Company" was the film that kicked off Disney's big comeback as an animation heavyweight, though this cute little film was easily forgotten in the wake of Disney's mega-hit, "The Little Mermaid," the following year. But don't let that stop you from enjoying the magic of "Oliver and Company" yourself! Even the soundtrack is terrific, despite that it is powerfully "80s." And, it's amazing how well Disney has translated "Oliver Twist" into a tale about cats and dogs on the streets of New York without losing the heart of the tale and its underlying messages. The DVD is fantastic as well, especially for a single-disc Disney release! This is the way DVDs should be! In addition to the widescreen presentation of the film, you get a behind the scenes featurette from the original theatrical release, 2 shorter featurettes, a TV spot, theatrical trailers, a scrapbook gallery of art and other materials, 2 sing-along-songs, and the best part: You get two classic Disney shorts! Included as extras are "Puss Cafe," a hilarious Pluto cartoon where the pup goes up against two troublesome felines invading his backyard, and "Lend a Paw," the Oscar winning Mickey Mouse short in which Pluto saves a kitten from drowning and quickly regrets it. Outstanding stuff, and an amazing selection of extras for a single-disc Disney DVD! Rediscover this Disney Classic on DVD today! You won't regret it!
Movie Review: my review
Summary: 5 Stars
in contrete canyons of new york city,where oliver, an adorable orphaned kitten, is befriended by dodger, a carefree mutt with a certain street savoir faire. the mischeivous little cat is welcomed by dodger's pack of pickpocket pooches,including dim-witted einstein,ravising rita live-wire tito.this ragtag family of misfits runs into trouble when the evil mastermind sykes aided by his two daunting dobermans schemes to kidnap the lonely little rich girl who just adopted oliver! it's up to the brave kitten and his newfound friends to race to the rescue in an electricying chase through the city's subway system.