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Oliver! was the last G-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was the last movie musical to win the award, until Chicago in 2002 (there have been other musicals nominated such as Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, All That Jazz, Beauty and the Beast and Moulin Rouge!).
Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart.The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the West End, where it enjoyed a record-breaking long run.
The music for Oliver! was transcribed by Eric Rogers, who wrote and composed 21 scores for the Carry On films. Bart hummed the melodies and Rogers wrote the notes on his behalf as Bart could not read or write music. [10] In 1968 Oliver! was made into a movie starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Shani Wallis that won several Oscars, including ...
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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968), [1] for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director. Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 3 The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz: Hall Bartlett Productions : George Marshall (director); Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer
A parody of the song titled "Conceive of Yourself" appears in the 2nd season of the 2020 reboot of Animaniacs, in the episode "Wakkiver Twist: Part 2", which itself is a parody of Oliver! Part of the song is sung by Detective Charles Boyle (portrayed by Joe Lo Truglio) in the season 1 episode of Brooklyn 99 titled "M.E. Time."
Oliver! is the soundtrack to the 1968 British musical drama film of the same name. The soundtrack won an Oscar for Best Original or Adaptation Score at the 41st Academy Awards in 1969. [ 2 ] It reached number four in the UK Albums Chart and spent 99 weeks on the chart. [ 3 ]