Oliver! [blu-ray] / Columbia Pictures presents ; The Romulus production of Lionel Bart's "Oliver" ; screenplay by Vernon Harris ; produced by John Woolf ; directed by Carol Reed.
Title from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild. Special features: behind-the-scenes featurette; meeting Oliver!; meeting Fagin!; the location of Oliver; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic tale! The story of an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He's immediately taken in by a band of street urchins, headed by the lovable villain, Fagin, his fiendish henchman, Bill Sikes, and his loyal apprentice, The Artful Dodger. Through his education in pick-pocketing, he makes away with an unexpected treasure that is a home and a family.
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