6 video-on-demand sites, including Google Play, Amazon, iTunes, BlinkBox, Sainsbury's Entertainment offer the Oscar-winning movie Oliver!. Below, we present some information about Oliver! from the year 1968. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.
Guess who won the Best Picture Oscar in 1968! In 1968, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave the Oscar statuette to the producers of Oliver! for the Best Picture award. A total number of 5 Oscars were awarded to that movie, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Did you know that Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations? He was nominated 60 times and won 26 times! The Oscars have been handed out to outstanding movies and performances for more than 85 years. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.
According to Wikipedia, the movie Oliver! can be described like this:
Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical of the same name, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart. The screenplay was written by Vernon Harris. Both the film and play are based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.
Some of the members of the cast of Oliver! were:
- Ron Moody as Fagin
- Shani Wallis as Nancy
- Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes
- Harry Secombe as Mr. Bumble
- Mark Lester as Oliver Twist
- Jack Wild as Artful Dodger
- Hugh Griffith as The Magistrate
- Joseph O'Conor as Mr. Brownlow
Oliver! has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 83%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 82%. Here is what Vincent Canby from New York Times says about Oliver!:
The focus of the movie is so wide, and the logistics of the production so heavy, that Oliver himself, dutifully played by 9-year-old Mark Lester, gets flattened out and almost lost, as if he had been run over by a studio bulldozer.
More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.
Oliver! won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 41st Academy Awards in 1968
- Academy Award for Best Original Musical at the 41st Academy Awards in 1968
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 41st Academy Awards in 1968
- Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 41st Academy Awards in 1968
- Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 41st Academy Awards in 1968
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Ron Moody for his role as Fagin at the 26th Golden Globe Awards in 1968
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 26th Golden Globe Awards in 1968
Findable.TV reports that Oliver! can be watched online at 6 sources. In the UK, some of the options for watching this movie online are as follows.
Sites where you can buy Oliver!:
- Buy for £3.99 at Google Play
- Buy for £5.99 at Amazon
- Buy for £5.99 at iTunes
- Buy for £6.99 at BlinkBox
- Buy for £6.99 at Sainsbury's Entertainment
- Buy for £6.99 at Wuaki
Go to Findable.TV to see their page for Oliver!, and find out up-to-date information about where it can be watched online, and compare current prices at all services.
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