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Buy Oliver and Company (20th Anniversary Edition). A timeless classic inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Oliver & Company is a fun-filled, action-packed musical adventure voiced and sung by one of the most talented casts in Disney history!
The film artfully blends lovable characters, cool songs, and action-packed adventure into a contemporary classic. Disney's hip, high-energy tale begins in the concrete canyons of New York City, where Oliver, an adorable orphaned kitten, is befriended by Dodger, a carefree mutt with a certain street savoir faire. The mischievous little cat is welcomed by Dodger's pack of pickpocket pooches, including dim-witted Einstein, ravishing Rita, and live-wire Tito. This ragtag family of misfits runs into trouble when the evil mastermind Sykes -- aided by his two daunting Dobermans -- schemes to kidnap the lonely little rich girl who just adopted Oliver! It's up to the brave kitten and his newfound friends to race to the rescue in an electrifying chase through the city's subway system. Boasting five outstanding original songs and the musical talents of Billy Joel, Bette Midler, and Huey Lewis -- and overflowing with brilliant animation, Oliver & Company is a modern masterpiece.
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
Oliver and Company (20th Anniversary Edition) Review
Oliver (Joey Lawrence) is an orange kitten, one of a litter of eight, whose siblings have all been adopted out of a big box on a Manhattan street, leaving him alone. When a sudden thunderstorm destroys the box and sets Oliver adrift alone on the streets, he's bewildered and frightened--and, very soon, hungry. A carefree terrier named Dodger (Billy Joel) offers to share some sausages with him if he'll help to steal them, then takes off with the booty, and a furious Oliver trails him, not without difficulty, to his hideout, a moldering barge anchored under a decrept pier which he shares with a human named Fagin (Dom DeLuise) and four other dogs--hyper Chichuahua Tito (Cheech Marin), aging and easygoing Great Dane Einstein (Richard Mulligan), cultured bulldog Francis (Roscoe Lee Browne), and leggy poodle-mix Rita (Sheryl Lee Ralph). Fagin has borrowed money from Bill Sykes (Robert Loggia), who is pressuring him to pay it back, and when Sykes visits the barge to demand his dough and Oliver rakes one of his Dobermans (Torean Blacque, Carl Weintraub) across the nose, Fagin ("That took guts!") and the dogs are impressed and "adopt" him into the gang. Next day, trying to help Fagin and the dogs find a way to pay back his debt, Oliver is accidentally trapped in a limousine, where he meets Jenny (Natalie Gregory), a little uptown rich girl who falls in love with him immediately, takes him home with her, gets him a collar and tag and a silver dish engraved with his name, plays with him in Central Park and lets him sleep in her bed. When the dogs, fearing he's in trouble, innocently "rescue" him, he's devastated--all he ever wanted was a home and someone to love him. But when Fagin tries to extort a ransom for him from Jenny, and she then falls into Sykes's hands, it's up to Oliver, Fagin, and the dogs--including Jenny's parents' spoiled diva of a champion poodle, Georgette (Bette Midler)--to save the day.
Based loosely on Dickens's Oliver Twist, this movie will have viewers who are familiar with the book (like me) making interested connections between the original and the adaptation (Fagin, for example, is not Dickens's sinister Jew but a rather buffoonish street person). It's rather short on music, but Joel's strutting "Why Should I Worry?" and Gregory's gentle "Good Company" are high points. Each animal is a distinct individual with a personality of his own. And when "Oliver and Company" set out to rescue Jenny, it becomes a wild thrill ride through the loan-shark's hideout and across a railroad bridge. It also has things to say about friendship, honesty, love, and finding your proper place in life. A sweet and charming film for cat- and dog-lovers alike. You can buy Cheap Oliver and Company (20th Anniversary Edition) online fast and easy, Shop Today!.
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