![Still from Oliver! showing a boy holding a bowl. There are other boys sitting at long trestle tables.](https://the-riotact.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Oliver_Carol-Reed-1968_still01-1200x675.jpg)
Oliver! (Carol Reed, 1968) is on Saturday 27 July. Image: NFSA.
G | 146 Mins | 1968 | 35mm | UK | D: Carol Reed
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver! follows runaway orphan Oliver Twist as he escapes a life of drudgery and neglect, falling in with a lively band of child pickpockets. The film brims with musical magic as Oliver evades the villainous characters of Victorian London’s underbelly in search of love and family.
Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and the winner of six, including Best Film, Carol Reed’s 1968 adaptation of Lionel Bart’s hit musical is a Hollywood family classic, sure to leave audiences pleading for more!
‘…a bright, shiny, heartwarming musical’ – Variety, 1968
Presented on 35mm film prints from the NFSA collection.
The Details
What: Oliver! screening
When: Saturday 27 July 2024, 1 pm
Where: NFSA Acton (Arc Cinema) – 1 McCoy Circuit, Acton ACT 2601
Cost: $10–12. Book tickets.