Oliver!
An orphan runs away from an orphanage and joins a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
September 26, 1968
Cast:
Ron Moody
Oliver Reed
Harry Secombe
Shani Wallis
Mark Lester
Jack Wild
Carol Reed
Producer:
John Woolf
Written by:
Lionel Bart
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
$10 Million
Box Office:
$77.4 Million
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Picture - Won
Academy Award for Best Director - Won (Carol Reed)
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - Nominated (Ron Moody)
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominated (Jack Wild)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Won (Vernon Harris)
Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Nominated (Oswald Morris)
Academy Award for Best Musical Adaptation Score - Won (John Green)
Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Set Decoration - Won (John Box and Terence Marsh)
Academy Award for Best Sound - Won (Buster Ambler, John Cox, Jim Groom, Bob Jones, and Tony Dawe)
Academy Award for Best Costume Design - Nominated (Phyllis Dalton)
Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Nominated (Ralph Kemplen)
Honorary Academy Award, Outstanding Choreography Achievement - Won (Onna White)
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
81%