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Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

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Awards
Won 6 awards, including the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director (1969)
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Nominations
6 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1969)
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Box office
Grossed $37.4M worldwide, about 3.7 times its $10M budget
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Based on
Based on Oliver! and Oliver Twist
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Setting
Set in England and London
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Music
Music by Lionel Bart
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Oswald Morris
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Details

Director: Carol Reed
Writers: Charles DickensNovel
Vernon HarrisScreenplay
Lionel BartBook
Status: Released
Release date: September 26, 1968
Original language: English
Budget: $10M
Revenue: $37.4M
Countries: United Kingdom

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