Oliver & Company (Special Edition)
starring: Joseph Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee Browne
directed by: Charles A. Nichols, Clyde Geronimi, George Scribner
directed by: Charles A. Nichols, Clyde Geronimi, George Scribner
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Studio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 05/14/2002Run time: 74 minutesRating: G
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Based on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Disney's Oliver and Company was one of the first animated features to incorporate computer images with traditional hand-drawn animation and features the music and voice talents of pop-music giants like Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, and Bette Midler. A traditional story set in the modern world, Oliver and Company is the story of a stray kitten who wanders the streets of New York in search of a loving family. When Oliver encounters a street-wise dog named Dodger, the dog begins to teach him about life in the big city and takes him home to his family of street dogs and their master Fagan. Fagan and his dogs Dodger, Tito, Einstein, Francis, and Rita must often resort to thievery just to survive and during a particularly daring caper, Oliver gets separated from the other dogs and winds up meeting Jenny, a young rich girl with a big heart. As Oliver revels in Jenny's affection and begins to feel like part of her family, the dogs set out to rescue Oliver thinking he's been kidnapped. Eventually both Oliver and Jenny end up in grave danger and the only way Fagan and his dogs can save them is by doing what's right. As fresh on its 20th anniversary as it was when it premiered in 1988, this time-tested film appeals to children and adults of all ages. Bonus features include the Mickey Mouse and Pluto shorts "Lend a Paw" and "Puss Café" as well as a 5-1/2-minute making of featurette in which director George Scribner and animator Glen Kean describe the then brand new technique of blending computer and hand-drawn animation. Also included are sing-along versions of "Why Should I Worry? and "Streets of Gold," an interactive game, fun film facts, and an Oliver and Company scrapbook featuring concept art, storyboards, and publicity materials. --Tami Horiuchi
Studio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 05/14/2002Run time: 74 minutesRating: G
Amazon.com:
Based on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Disney's Oliver and Company was one of the first animated features to incorporate computer images with traditional hand-drawn animation and features the music and voice talents of pop-music giants like Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, and Bette Midler. A traditional story set in the modern world, Oliver and Company is the story of a stray kitten who wanders the streets of New York in search of a loving family. When Oliver encounters a street-wise dog named Dodger, the dog begins to teach him about life in the big city and takes him home to his family of street dogs and their master Fagan. Fagan and his dogs Dodger, Tito, Einstein, Francis, and Rita must often resort to thievery just to survive and during a particularly daring caper, Oliver gets separated from the other dogs and winds up meeting Jenny, a young rich girl with a big heart. As Oliver revels in Jenny's affection and begins to feel like part of her family, the dogs set out to rescue Oliver thinking he's been kidnapped. Eventually both Oliver and Jenny end up in grave danger and the only way Fagan and his dogs can save them is by doing what's right. As fresh on its 20th anniversary as it was when it premiered in 1988, this time-tested film appeals to children and adults of all ages. Bonus features include the Mickey Mouse and Pluto shorts "Lend a Paw" and "Puss Café" as well as a 5-1/2-minute making of featurette in which director George Scribner and animator Glen Kean describe the then brand new technique of blending computer and hand-drawn animation. Also included are sing-along versions of "Why Should I Worry? and "Streets of Gold," an interactive game, fun film facts, and an Oliver and Company scrapbook featuring concept art, storyboards, and publicity materials. --Tami Horiuchi
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- cute take on Oliver Twist
The dvd was in great condition and was delivered promptly...faster than I thought in fact.As for the movie itself, it was exactly as I remembered.A fun adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist in which Billy Joel carries the film as the voice of the character Dodger with some rockin and soulful tunes.The kids loved it!
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- Nothing Dates as Fast as "The Latest New Thing"
This was an animated Disney feature which was a free re-working of Oliver Twist, set in modern New York. It seemed to vanish without a trace after it's initial release, twenty years ago - which was a pity, for although the animation work is pretty pedestrian - the first to rely heavily upon computers, andnot much above the level of a Saturday morning cartoon feature, the voice work was amusingly several cuts above. Where else to findBilly Joel doing the voice of a shrewd street mutt named Dodger, ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Disney Movie
This was one of my daughter's favorite movies and now it is one of my granddaughter's favorites. A great movie for any age.
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- Worst Animated Disney Movie EVER
My family and I collect Disney movies, especially the Plantinum ones, so it was a no-brainer that my 10-year old wanted the 20th Anniversary Edition of Oliver and Company (even though neither one of us had ever seen it before).
Knowing how wonderful past animated Disney movies based on cats or dogs delighted us (The Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, etc.), I bought it.
Boy were we disappointed! The animation wasn't that great and the film felt very dated rather ... Read More
Rating: - Oliver and Company
It's difficult to define an era of Disney as lesser or greater than another. The 1980's are thought of as a lesser era, yet they produced The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Little Mermaid, three classics of the Disney canon. That three out of six movies released by the studio in ten years weren't classics doesn't show how low Disney had gone as much as it proves how high their standards had been previously.
Oliver and Company is a cute movie, but it is also thoroughly ... Read More
- cute take on Oliver TwistThe dvd was in great condition and was delivered promptly...faster than I thought in fact.As for the movie itself, it was exactly as I remembered.A fun adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist in which Billy Joel carries the film as the voice of the character Dodger with some rockin and soulful tunes.The kids loved it!
- Nothing Dates as Fast as "The Latest New Thing"This was an animated Disney feature which was a free re-working of Oliver Twist, set in modern New York. It seemed to vanish without a trace after it's initial release, twenty years ago - which was a pity, for although the animation work is pretty pedestrian - the first to rely heavily upon computers, andnot much above the level of a Saturday morning cartoon feature, the voice work was amusingly several cuts above. Where else to findBilly Joel doing the voice of a shrewd street mutt named Dodger, ... Read More
- Excellent Disney MovieThis was one of my daughter's favorite movies and now it is one of my granddaughter's favorites. A great movie for any age.
- Worst Animated Disney Movie EVERMy family and I collect Disney movies, especially the Plantinum ones, so it was a no-brainer that my 10-year old wanted the 20th Anniversary Edition of Oliver and Company (even though neither one of us had ever seen it before).
Knowing how wonderful past animated Disney movies based on cats or dogs delighted us (The Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, etc.), I bought it.
Boy were we disappointed! The animation wasn't that great and the film felt very dated rather ... Read More
- Oliver and CompanyIt's difficult to define an era of Disney as lesser or greater than another. The 1980's are thought of as a lesser era, yet they produced The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Little Mermaid, three classics of the Disney canon. That three out of six movies released by the studio in ten years weren't classics doesn't show how low Disney had gone as much as it proves how high their standards had been previously.
Oliver and Company is a cute movie, but it is also thoroughly ... Read More
