http://www.tvguide.com/movies/oliver/108079 The latest on Oliver! TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/images/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/movies/oliver/108079 http://video.tvguide.com/ID/1184089?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/1184089?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i55/Oliver_TR_80x60_batch200704.gif" width="60" height="45" alt="Oliver! -- (Re-issue Trailer)" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, went to Oliver! (1968), the musical version of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.</p> TCM http://video.tvguide.com/ID/1184089?rss=object Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:59:22 +0000 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/1184089?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i55/Oliver_TR_80x60_batch200704.gif" width="60" height="45" alt="Oliver! -- (Re-issue Trailer)" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, went to Oliver! (1968), the musical version of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.</p> Oliver! -- (Re-issue Trailer) http://video.tvguide.com/ID/815882?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/815882?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/177/007457_14.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Oliver!" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passages but managed to retain a strong subtext to what was essentially light entertainment. For its first half-hour or so, Carol Reed's Oscar-winning 1968 film version does a masterful job of telling its story almost exclusively through song and dance. Once nine-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) falls in with such underworld types as pickpocket Fagin (Ron Moody) and murderous thief Bill Sykes (Oliver Reed), it becomes necessary to inject more and more dialogue, and the film loses some of its momentum. But not to worry; despite such brutal moments as Sikes' murder of Nancy (Shani Wallis), the film gets back on the right musical track, thanks in great part to Onna White's exuberant choreography and the faultless performances by Moody and by Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger. The supporting cast includes Harry Secombe as the self-righteous Mr. Bumble and Joseph O'C</p> Video Detective http://video.tvguide.com/ID/815882?rss=object Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:07:42 +0000 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/815882?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/177/007457_14.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Oliver!" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passages but managed to retain a strong subtext to what was essentially light entertainment. For its first half-hour or so, Carol Reed's Oscar-winning 1968 film version does a masterful job of telling its story almost exclusively through song and dance. Once nine-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) falls in with such underworld types as pickpocket Fagin (Ron Moody) and murderous thief Bill Sykes (Oliver Reed), it becomes necessary to inject more and more dialogue, and the film loses some of its momentum. But not to worry; despite such brutal moments as Sikes' murder of Nancy (Shani Wallis), the film gets back on the right musical track, thanks in great part to Onna White's exuberant choreography and the faultless performances by Moody and by Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger. The supporting cast includes Harry Secombe as the self-righteous Mr. Bumble and Joseph O'C</p> Oliver! http://www.tvguide.com/listings Get your local listings TV Guide Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:28:48 +0000