Oliver Movie Review
December 30, 2011
Catherine Cox
Oliver! Movie Review
Grade 9 Drama A
The movie watched from November 18th to the 21st in Mr. Sheridan’s drama class was the 1968 musical, Oliver! This musical was freely adapted from the book “Oliver Twist” by Charles dickens, with screenplay written by Vernon Harris. The film was produced by John Woolf, directed by Carol Reed with music by Johnny Green, choreography by Onna White, and costumes by Phyllis Dalton. The talented cast was chosen by Jenia Reissar and consists of Ron Moody, playing the role of Fagan, Shani Wallis playing Nancy, Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Jack Wild as the clever Artful Dodger, Harry Secombe playing Mr. Bumble, Joseph O’Connor as Mr.Brownlowe, and of course, Mark Lester with the role of Oliver Twist. Together, these cast and crew member came together to create a musical that is known as the best film of 1968.
Oliver! is set in the time period of the 1890’s in the country of England, and occurs in two places. The first is in the workhouse in Dunstable, and the second in the city of London.
Oliver Twist is a young orphan boy whose mother died shortly after childbirth, leaving Oliver to live in a workhouse for orphans. The conditions in the workhouse are cruel, and children are not given adequate nutrition, so, upon losing a bet made with a few other boys, Oliver asks for more gruel, something that is totally unheard of in the Workhouse. Furious, Mr. Bumble takes Oliver out into the streets and sells him to an undertaker, who makes him the head of children’s funerals. Not long after, a fight occurs when another worker insults Oliver’s mother, and as a punishment, Oliver is locked in the basement, where he manages to escape through a window and begins making his way to London. When he eventually makes it to London, Oliver meets a local pick pocket named Jack Dawkins- more commonly known by the nick name the Artful Dodger- who offers him food and shelter in the house of his benefactor, Fagan; a
Catherine Cox
Oliver! Movie Review
Grade 9 Drama A
The movie watched from November 18th to the 21st in Mr. Sheridan’s drama class was the 1968 musical, Oliver! This musical was freely adapted from the book “Oliver Twist” by Charles dickens, with screenplay written by Vernon Harris. The film was produced by John Woolf, directed by Carol Reed with music by Johnny Green, choreography by Onna White, and costumes by Phyllis Dalton. The talented cast was chosen by Jenia Reissar and consists of Ron Moody, playing the role of Fagan, Shani Wallis playing Nancy, Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Jack Wild as the clever Artful Dodger, Harry Secombe playing Mr. Bumble, Joseph O’Connor as Mr.Brownlowe, and of course, Mark Lester with the role of Oliver Twist. Together, these cast and crew member came together to create a musical that is known as the best film of 1968.
Oliver! is set in the time period of the 1890’s in the country of England, and occurs in two places. The first is in the workhouse in Dunstable, and the second in the city of London.
Oliver Twist is a young orphan boy whose mother died shortly after childbirth, leaving Oliver to live in a workhouse for orphans. The conditions in the workhouse are cruel, and children are not given adequate nutrition, so, upon losing a bet made with a few other boys, Oliver asks for more gruel, something that is totally unheard of in the Workhouse. Furious, Mr. Bumble takes Oliver out into the streets and sells him to an undertaker, who makes him the head of children’s funerals. Not long after, a fight occurs when another worker insults Oliver’s mother, and as a punishment, Oliver is locked in the basement, where he manages to escape through a window and begins making his way to London. When he eventually makes it to London, Oliver meets a local pick pocket named Jack Dawkins- more commonly known by the nick name the Artful Dodger- who offers him food and shelter in the house of his benefactor, Fagan; a