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I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)

the sun will comeout tomorrow

Advantages: great songs great acting great films
Disadvantages: none

...I even named my daughter Annie (I know that's quite sad), I first saw this film when I was about 4 or 5 and I loved it, I still love it. The musical was based on Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie comic strip. Annie first opened on Broadway in April, 1977, running for almost 2,500 performances - making it one the longest running musicals of the 1970s. The following year it opened at the Victoria Palace in London, where it enjoyed another successful ...
...Director- John Huston Plot Annie is set Manhattan in the middle of the Great Depression. Annie was found wrapped in newspaper on the doorstep of an orphanage when she was a baby. Spends the next 11 years living under the rules of the alcoholic, virgin, narcissist Miss Hannigan, hoping that her real mother will one day come and collect her. Working day and nigh cleaning, cooking and looking after the home to escape miss Hannigan's beatings Annie ...

tinac37 11.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Annie / Oliver (Box Set) (DVD)

Oliver!..I'll be back soon

Advantages: Musical, Fun
Disadvantages: None at all

My favourite movie of all time. The acting, the plotline, the singing, the dancing, everything in this film is completely amazing. The songs are all memorable and easy to sing along too. The highlight being Be Back Soon, an uplifting, fun song sung by Fagin (Played by Ron Moody) and his gang of boys (Including the Artful Dodger played by dearly missed Jack Wild.) There are also moving songs such as As Long As He Needs Me sung by Nancy (played by ...
...in the musical industry. Mark Lester captures Olivers innocence and at times his burly anger. Jack Wild is the perfect Artful Dodger, showing that life's not all that bad. Ron Moody plays Fagin like a superstar. Oliver Reed is a fantastic Bill Sykes, capturing his madness perfectly. Overall, this movie sets the stage for any remakes that may come it's way, whether they are in the theatre or onstage. ...

vickywild24 28.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)

"Consider This.... I'll Love Ya, Tomorrah"

Advantages: 2 great films in a box, at less than the price of one DVD
Disadvantages: None, unless musicals ain't your thing.

Over Christmas my daughter really enjoyed watching a couple of musicals on T.V. I also loved musicals as a child, and this prompted a visit to my mothers to raid the old forgotten VHS box. Unfortunately twenty odd years of being played to death and then neglected hadn't been kind, and our home recorded videos were unwatchable. Spurred on by the notion of a trip down memory lane, and a new convert to enjoy these much loved films with, I headed off ...
...of Annie and Oliver! Annie Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, this DVD is a special anniversary edition of the 1981 film starring Aileen quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett. The movie opens in a New York orphanage during the depression, with 10 year old Annie wistfully hoping that her parents, who abandoned her as a child, will some day come to collect her with the other half of the locket that was left as their only reminder. ...

Rhiana 27.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver!/Annie (Deluxe Edition) (Box Set) (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)