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{{Short description|1968 British musical drama film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Oliver!
| image = Oliver! (1968 movie poster).jpg
| alt =
| caption = British theatrical release poster
| director = [[Carol Reed]]
| producer = [[John and James Woolf|John Woolf]]
| screenplay = [[Vernon Harris]]
| story =
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Oliver!]]''|[[Lionel Bart]]}} {{Based on|''[[Oliver Twist]]''|[[Charles Dickens]]}}
| starring = [[Ron Moody]] [[Oliver Reed]] [[Harry Secombe]] [[Shani Wallis]] [[Mark Lester]] [[Jack Wild]]
| music = Lionel Bart {{small|(music and lyrics)}} [[Johnny Green|John Green]] {{small|(music score)}}
| cinematography = [[Oswald Morris]]
| editing = [[Ralph Kemplen]]
| studio = [[Romulus Films]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1968|09|26}}
| runtime = 153 minutes
| country = United Kingdom<ref>{{cite news |title=Oliver! (1968) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b208402 |access-date=9 August 2020 |agency=BFI |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806100326/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b208402 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| language = English
| budget = $10 million
| gross = $77.4 million
}}
'''''Oliver!''''' is a 1968 British [[Historical drama|period]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[drama film]] based on [[Lionel Bart]]'s 1960 stage musical [[Oliver!|of the same name]], itself an adaptation of [[Charles Dickens]]'s 1838 novel ''[[Oliver Twist]]''. Directed by [[Carol Reed]] from a screenplay by [[Vernon Harris]], the picture includes such musical numbers as "[[Food, Glorious Food]]", "[[Consider Yourself]]", "[[As Long as He Needs Me]]", "[[You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two]]", and "[[Where Is Love?]]". It stars [[Ron Moody]], [[Oliver Reed]], [[Harry Secombe]], [[Shani Wallis]], [[Jack Wild]], and [[Mark Lester]] in the [[Oliver Twist (character)|title role]]. Filmed at [[Shepperton Studios|Shepperton Film Studio]] in [[Surrey]], it was a [[Romulus films|Romulus]] production by John Woolf and was distributed internationally by [[Columbia Pictures]].

At the [[41st Academy Awards]] for 1968, ''Oliver!'' was nominated for eleven [[Academy Awards]] and won six, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Reed, and an [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Award]] for choreographer [[Onna White]]. At the [[26th Golden Globe Awards]], the film won two [[Golden Globes]]: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Musical or Comedy]] for Ron Moody.

The [[British Film Institute]] ranked ''Oliver!'' the [[BFI Top 100 British films|77th greatest British film of the 20th century]]. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine ranked it the 69th best British film ever.<ref>[https://www.timeout.com/london/film/100-best-british-films#tab_panel_4 "The 100 best British films"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20190403073405/https://www.timeout.com/london/film/100-best-british-films%23tab_panel_4#tab_panel_4 |date=3 April 2019 }}. ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]''. Retrieved 26 October 2017</ref>

== Plot ==

=== Act 1 ===
At a workhouse in [[Dunstable]], the governors hold a sumptuous banquet while the orphans are served their daily gruel and dream of enjoying ("Food, Glorious Food"). Forced by some of the other boys, who draw lots, where the tangled one falls on Oliver, Oliver approaches [[Mr. Bumble]] and the Widow Corney, and asks for more to eat. Enraged, Bumble takes Oliver to the governors for punishment ("Oliver!"). Paraded in the street to be sold to the highest bidder ("Boy for Sale"), Oliver is purchased by an undertaker. When his apprentice, Noah Claypole insults Oliver's dead mother, Oliver attacks him and is thrown by the undertakers into a coffin, until Mr. Bumble arrives to explain to them that Oliver should have been fed gruel instead of meat. Mr. Bumble grabs Oliver out of the casket and throws him into the cellar. Alone in the dark, surrounded by empty coffins, Oliver wonders ("Where Is Love?") before escaping through a window grate.

After a week on the road, Oliver reaches London. He meets the [[Artful Dodger]], who takes him under his wing ("Consider Yourself"). Dodger brings Oliver to a hideout for young pickpockets led by [[Fagin]], who instructs the gang in the art of stealing, declaring that ("You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two") to get by. Fagin later meets with [[Bill Sikes]], a burglar. Sikes's girlfriend, [[Nancy (Oliver Twist)|Nancy]], ponders her life ("It's a Fine Life"). When Fagin returns to his den, he opens up a secret wall where the box of valuables are kept, talking to an owl, until Oliver wakes up, startling Fagin, who explains to Oliver that his treasures were for his old age, before tucking him back in and singing him to sleep("You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" reprise).

In the morning, Nancy and her friend Bet arrive at the hideout to collect Sikes' money. The boys mock Oliver for his manners, which Nancy finds charming. Dodger attempts to be just as gentlemanly ("I'd Do Anything"). Fagin sends the boys out for the day, entrusting Oliver to Dodger ("Be Back Soon"). Dodger steals a wallet from [[Mr. Brownlow]], but Oliver is apprehended instead. Fearing Oliver will lead the police to the gang, Fagin and Sikes send Nancy to court. Oliver is too terrified to speak, but before the verdict is finalized, a witness named Mr. Jessop, the owner of the bookstall where Brownlow had been shopping just before the robbery, arrives and proclaims Oliver's innocence. Brownlow takes Oliver in, while Sikes and Fagin send Dodger to follow them, to Nancy's displeasure.

=== Act 2 ===
Oliver wakes up in Mr. Brownlow's house, and happily watches from his balcony the merchants and inhabitants of [[Bloomsbury Square]] singing about this particular morning being so beautiful ("Who Will Buy"). Meanwhile, Fagin and Sikes decide to abduct Oliver and bring him back to the den with Nancy's help. Nancy, who has come to care for Oliver, at first refuses to help, but Sikes physically abuses her, forcing her into obedience. In spite of this, Nancy still loves Sikes, and believes he loves her too ("As Long as He Needs Me").

The next morning at Mr. Brownlow's house in Bloomsbury, Mr. Brownlow sends Oliver to return some books, with a five-pound note, to the booksellers. Before he departs, Oliver notices a portrait painting of a beautiful young girl. Mr Brownlow notes Oliver's resemblance to the girl - his niece Emily who disappeared years ago. He begins to suspect he may be Oliver's great-uncle.

As Oliver stops to enjoy a puppet show with other children, Nancy and Sikes appear and grab Oliver. They bring him back to Fagin's den, where Sikes quarrels and demands the five pound note from Fagin, for all of the trouble Sikes went through to kidnap Oliver, while Fagin keeps the books. After Oliver slaps Sikes, Sikes is about to hit him with a belt, until Nancy saves Oliver from a beating from Sikes after the boy tries to flee. Nancy remorsefully reviews their life, but Bill maintains that any living is better than none. Fagin tries to act as an intermediary, suggesting to Sikes to calmly sit and talk things out; however, Sikes takes Fagin by the scruff of his neck, warning him that if anyone led the authorities to their hideout, Sikes would kill Fagin. At this instant, Fagin declares Sikes to be a violent man. Left alone, Fagin wonders what his life might be like if he became an honest man ("Reviewing the Situation"); however, after thinking of various excuses, he elects to remain a thief.

Bumble and Corney pay a visit to Mr. Brownlow after he begins searching for Oliver's origin. They present a locket belonging to Oliver's mother, who arrived at the workhouse penniless and died during childbirth. Mr. Brownlow recognizes the locket as his niece's and throws the two out, enraged that they selfishly chose to keep the trinket and information to themselves until they could collect a reward for it. Meanwhile, in an attempt to introduce Oliver to a life of crime, Sikes forces Oliver to take part in a house robbery. The robbery fails when Oliver accidentally awakens the occupants, but he and Sikes get away. While Sikes and Oliver are gone, Nancy, fearful for Oliver's life, goes to Mr. Brownlow, confessing her part in Oliver's kidnapping; however, she refuses to state the name of Fagin or Sikes. She promises to return him to Mr. Brownlow at midnight at London Bridge; then she goes to the tavern. When Sikes and Oliver appear, Sikes orders his dog Bullseye to guard the boy. Nancy starts up a lively drinking song ("Oom-Pah-Pah"), hoping that the noise will distract Sikes. Bullseye, however, alerts Sikes, who gives chase.

As Oliver and Nancy share a farewell embrace at London Bridge, Sikes catches up and grabs both of them and throws Oliver aside. Nancy then tries to pull Sikes away, angering him. He then drags her behind the staircase of London Bridge and violently bludgeons her, injuring her fatally. He then takes off with Oliver, but Bullseye returns to the scene where Nancy has succumbed to her injuries and alerts the police. The dog leads Mr. Brownlow and an angry mob to the thieves' hideout. Sikes arrives at Fagin's den and demands money, revealing that he killed Nancy as well. Upon seeing the approaching mob, the thieves disband and flee. Sikes runs off with Oliver, using him as a hostage. During the evacuation, Fagin loses his prized possessions, which sink into mud. Sikes attempts to flee to an adjacent roof, but is shot dead in the process by the police. Fagin makes up his mind to change his ways for good. Just as he is about to walk away a reformed character, Dodger steps out from behind a post box with a lined wallet he stole earlier. The two of them then dance off into the sunrise together, happily determined to live out the rest of their days as thieves ("Reviewing the situation reprise") while Oliver returns to Mr. Brownlow's home for good.

== Cast ==
{{castlist|
* [[Mark Lester]] as [[Oliver Twist (character)|Oliver]]
*[[Ron Moody]] as [[Fagin]]
* [[Jack Wild]] as [[Artful Dodger]]
* [[Oliver Reed]] as [[Bill Sikes]]
* [[Shani Wallis]] as [[Nancy (Oliver Twist)|Nancy]]
* [[Harry Secombe]] as [[Mr. Bumble]]
* [[Joseph O'Conor]] as [[Mr. Brownlow]]
* [[Hugh Griffith]] as the Magistrate
* [[Peggy Mount]] as Corney
*[[Leonard Rossiter]] as Mr. Sowerberry
*[[Hylda Baker]] as Mrs. Sowerberry
*[[Kenneth Cranham]] as Noah Claypole
* [[Megs Jenkins]] as Mrs. Bedwin
*[[Sheila White (actress)|Sheila White]] as Bett
*[[Wensley Pithey]] as Dr. Grimwig
*[[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]] as Mr. Jessop
*[[Elizabeth Knight]] as Charlotte
*[[Fred Emney]] as Chairman of the Workhouse
}}

== Production ==

=== Casting ===
The film used mostly young unknowns, among them [[Mark Lester]] ([[Oliver Twist (character)|Oliver]]), [[Shani Wallis]] ([[Nancy (Oliver Twist)|Nancy]]) and [[Jack Wild]] as [[The Artful Dodger]], but also featured [[Hugh Griffith]], an Oscar winner for ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', in the role of the Magistrate. [[Harry Secombe]], who played Mr. Bumble, was well known in Britain but not in the United States, and [[Oliver Reed]], who played Bill Sikes, had just begun to make a name for himself. Producer [[John Woolf (producer)|John Woolf]] suggested Oliver Reed for the role to the director Carol Reed, without knowing that the two were, in fact, related. Many felt that the role of Nancy should have gone to [[Georgia Brown (English singer)|Georgia Brown]], who had played the role in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production.<ref>{{cite book|title=High Fidelity/Musical America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=poo9AQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Billboard Pub|page=134|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215192348/https://books.google.com/books?id=poo9AQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Classical actor [[Joseph O'Conor]], not well known in the U.S., played Mr. Brownlow.

Filming at [[Shepperton Studios]] commenced on 23 June 1967.<ref>[http://www.oliver1968.co.uk/Stage_Screen.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024004218/http://www.oliver1968.co.uk/stage_screen.htm|date=24 October 2007}}</ref>

=== Music ===
{{Main|Oliver! (soundtrack)}}

== Reception ==
===Box office===
The film earned $10.5 million in [[theatrical rental]]s at the US and Canadian box office.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Big Rental Films of 1969|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=7 January 1970|page=15}}</ref> and took $77,402,877 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1968/00242.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Box Office Information for Oliver!|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209125330/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1968/00242.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063385/business|publisher=[[IMDb]]|title=Box Office and Business for Oliver!|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729150138/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063385/business|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the film played for 90 weeks at the [[Leicester Square]] Theatre in London, grossing $1,992,000. It had been seen by 5 million people across the country at that time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=10 June 1970|page=29|title='Oliver' Ends London Run; 'Julius Caesar' Replaces}}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film Oliver) tijdens persconferentie in bioscoop D, Bestanddeelnr 921-8847 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|right|The performance of Jack Wild received critical acclaim and earned the 16-year-old actor his only nominations for a [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Golden Globe Award]] and a [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]], as well as nomination for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]], making him the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees 4|fourth-youngest]] nominee in the category.]]
''Oliver!'' received widespread acclaim from critics. It was hailed by [[Pauline Kael]] in her review published in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as being one of the few film versions of a stage musical that was superior to the original show, which she suggested she had walked out on. "The musical numbers emerge from the story with a grace that has been rarely seen since the musicals of [[René Clair]]."<ref>Pauline Kael ''Going Steady'', p.202</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' awarded the film four out of four stars. "Sir Carol Reed's ''Oliver!'' is a treasure of a movie," he wrote. "It is very nearly universal entertainment, one of those rare films like ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' that appeals in many ways to all sorts of people. It will be immediately exciting to the children, I think, because of the story and the unforgettable Dickens characters. Adults will like it for the sweep and zest of its production. And as a work of popular art, it will stand the test of time, I guess. It is as well-made as a film can be." He particularly admired Carol Reed's working relationship with the children in the film: "Not for a moment, I suspect, did Reed imagine he had to talk down to the children in his audience. Not for a moment are the children in the cast treated as children. They're equal participants in the great adventure, and they have to fend for themselves or bloody well get out of the way. This isn't a watered-down lollypop. It's got bite and malice along with...romance and humor." Although he stated that the film's [[Roadshow theatrical release|roadshow presentation]] was a minor problem for children, who are not used to long films, he praised the production design, musical adaptation score, and casting and acting, particularly that of [[Ron Moody]] and [[Jack Wild]]. He concluded, "''Oliver!'' succeeds finally because of its taste. It never stoops for cheap effects and never insults our intelligence. And because we can trust it, we can let ourselves go with it, and we do. It is a splendid experience."<ref>{{cite news|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oliver-1968|title=Oliver! Movie Review & Film Summary|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=December 22, 1968|access-date=October 14, 2013|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> He later named the film as the seventh best film of 1968.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/eberts-10-best-lists-1967-present |title=Ebert's 10 Best Lists: 1967-present |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=December 15, 2004 |access-date=October 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707145722/http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/eberts-10-best-lists-1967-present |archive-date= July 7, 2013 }}</ref>

[[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] wrote 'Oliver is a nice, big movie musical which it is hard to say anything of special interest to the reader or even to oneself'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Movies into Film Film Criticism 1967-1970|last1=Simon|first1=John |publisher=The Dial Press |year=1971 |page=329}}</ref>

The Philadelphia Inquirer was enthusiastic: "There's atmosphere and airy grace to 'Oliver!.' It has catchy, sometimes beautiful songs and the voices to go with them. It rarely stops moving and it has the touch of melodramatic excitement....a prancing musical film which by reason of its stagecraft and performance is more exhilarating than it was on the stage, better rounded in its 'free' adaptation."<ref>Murdock, Henry T. "'Oliver!' Offers Melodrama and Songs." Philadelphia Inquirer, 20 December 1968.</ref>

[[Rotten Tomatoes]] awards the film an 89% "fresh" rating based on 74 reviews, with an average score of 8/10; the critics' consensus reads: "''Oliver!'' transforms Charles Dickens’ muckraking novel into a jaunty musical Victorian fairytale, buoyed by Ron Moody’s charming star turn and Onna White’s rapturous choreography."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oliver|title=Oliver!|date=1968|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211070241/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oliver/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
''Oliver!'', along with [[Columbia Pictures]]' other [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] nominee ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'', secured a combined total of 19 [[Academy Award]] nominations, the most nominations for musicals from one studio in a year.

''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 (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' in [[75th Academy Awards|2002]] (there have been other musicals nominated such as ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]'', ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'', ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' and ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''). ''Oliver!'' also had the distinction of being the last British film to win Best Picture until ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' in [[54th Academy Awards|1981]].

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award<ref name=GTR>{{IMDb title|id=0063385|title=Oliver!}}</ref>
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="12"| [[41st Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1969">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969 |title=The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-25 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003856/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[John Woolf (producer)|John Woolf]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Carol Reed]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Ron Moody]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Jack Wild]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Vernon Harris]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[John Box]], [[Terence Marsh]], [[Vernon Dixon]] and [[Ken Muggleston]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Oswald Morris]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Phyllis Dalton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Ralph Kemplen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Score of a Musical Picture – Original or Adaptation]]
| [[Johnny Green]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| Buster Ambler, [[John Cox (sound engineer)|John Cox]], Jim Groom, Bob Jones and [[Tony Dawe]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Academy Award]]
| [[Onna White]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| Ralph Kemplen
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[22nd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| rowspan="2"| Carol Reed
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Ron Moody
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| Phyllis Dalton
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| Ralph Kemplen
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| John Box
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| John Cox and Bob Jones
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| Jack Wild
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[21st Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Carol Reed
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[26th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Ron Moody
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| [[Hugh Griffith]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Carol Reed
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Most Promising Newcomer – Male]]
| Jack Wild
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Top Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Top Male New Face
| [[Mark Lester]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Ron Moody
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Female New Face
| [[Shani Wallis]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[6th Moscow International Film Festival|Moscow International Film Festival]]<ref name="Moscow1969">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1969 |title=6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969) |access-date=2012-12-17 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194825/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1969 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref>
| Special Prize
| Carol Reed
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Actor
| Ron Moody
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1968|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|9th Place}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1968 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Carol Reed
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Performance in a Foreign Film
| Ron Moody
| {{won}}
|}

== Preservation ==
The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Oliver!'' in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=Oliver%21&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813124630/http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=Oliver%21&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Home video==
Commencing in the US in 1998, ''Oliver!'' has been released worldwide on DVD by Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment and its successor [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]. The US DVD has the film, complete with its original overture and entr'acte music, spread across two sides of a [[Double-sided disk|double-sided disc]], separated at the intermission. Everywhere else, it was issued on a single-sided disc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=1129|title=Oliver! DVD comparison|publisher=DVDCompare|access-date=10 March 2021|archive-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024010828/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=1129|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2013, it has been released on Blu-ray in several countries by Sony, with the US having an additional limited edition release by [[Twilight Time (home video label)|Twilight Time]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=24470|title=Oliver! Blu-ray comparison|publisher=DVDCompare|access-date=10 March 2021|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824124349/http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=24470|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{allrovi movie|36175|Oliver!}}
* {{IMDb title|0063385|Oliver!}}
* {{tcmdb title|85532|Oliver!}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|oliver|Oliver!}}
* {{AFI film|id=23655|title=Oliver!}}
* {{Screenonline title|495026}}

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