Movie-a-day #245 Oliver

[CQ]

(Don't worry, not ALL of my movies this week are old ones!!!! )

Again, I know I won't have a chance to post this tomorrow morning, so here's the Movie-a-Day for tomorrow!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767812646/qid=1125963645/sr=8-9/ref=pd_bbs_9/002-3828371-1673657?v=glance&s=video&n=507846

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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Film buffs and critics can argue until their faces turn blue about whether this lavish Dickensian musical deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, but the movie speaks for itself on grandly entertaining terms. Adapted from Dickens's classic novel, it's one of the most dramatically involving and artistically impressive musicals of the 1960s, directed by Carol Reed with a delightful enthusiasm that would surely have impressed Dickens himself. Mark Lester plays the waifish orphan Oliver Twist, who is befriended by the pickpocketing Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and recruited into the gang of boy thieves led by Fagin (played to perfection by Ron Moody). The villainous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) casts his long shadow over Oliver and his friends, but the young orphan is still able to find loving care in the most desperate of circumstances. Full of memorable melodies and splendid lyrics, Oliver! is a timeless film, prompting even hard-to-please critic Pauline Kael to call it "a superb demonstration of intelligent craftsmanship," and to further observe that "it's as if the movie set out to be a tribute to Dickens and his melodramatic art as well as to tell the story of Oliver Twist." --Jeff Shannon --This text refers to the DVD edition.

Cast List

Ron Moody ... Fagin
Shani Wallis ... Nancy
Oliver Reed ... Bill Sikes
Harry Secombe ... Mr. Bumble
Mark Lester ... Oliver Twist
Jack Wild ... The Artful Dodger

My thoughts:

Yes, another oldie (but goody)! As you might be able to tell, my parents introduced me to older movies at a very young age. I have been singing as long as I can remember. I latched onto old musicals as soon as we got our first VCR years ago and would sing the songs from those movies while I was doing chores, playing with the dog, walking to the bus stop…

This is just a great classic movie!

"Please sir, may I have some more?"

 

[Ryanwb]

 

[CQ]

Hey booger head! Go watch it before you give your "opinion"! I'd bet money that you've never even seen it!

 

[Ryanwb]

I bet your next movie is going to be a Huge Grant movie or something with Christian Bale

 

[CQ]

I bet your next movie is going to be a Huge Grant movie or something with Christian Bale

You're a mind reader! Either that, or you've hacked into my computer files where I've already typed out my movies for the week.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

I bet your next movie is going to be a Huge Grant movie or something with Christian Bale

Nothing wrong with that



Mike