Oliver!
Director: Carol Reed. Cast: Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Joseph O'Conor, Harry Secombe, Peggy
Mount. Screenplay: Vernon Harris (based on the stage musical by Lionel Bart, itself based on the novel Oliver Twist by
Charles Dickens).
Full review to follow soon. Grade: C+
- Academy Award Nominations and *Winners:
- *Best Picture
- *Best Director: Carol Reed
- Best Actor: Ron Moody
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Wild
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Vernon Harris
- Best Cinematography: Oswald Morris
- *Best Art Direction: John Box
- Best Costume Design: Phyllis Dalton
- Best Film Editing: Ralph Kemplen
- *Best Score (Musical): Johnny Green
- *Best Sound
- *Honorary Award for Choreography: Onna White
- Golden Globe Nominations and *Winners:
- *Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
- Best Director: Carol Reed
- *Best Actor (Musical/Comedy): Ron Moody
- Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith
- Most Promising Newcomer (Male): Jack Wild