Oliver & Company (Special Edition)

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Summary: Charming Re-Telling of Classic Dickens Tale
Review: "Oliver and Company" is based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Oliver Twist." In the Disney version, Oliver is a charming ginger tabby and Dodger is a dog with Billy Joel's voice. The music is very good, especially Joel's "Why Should I Worry." The movie actually parallels Dickens' novel pretty well, but has a great deal more charm.

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Summary: Justice to Dobermans
Review: Although this was a cool movie,the potrayal of Dobermans was unfair

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Summary: This movie was hip! (From a first grade point of view)
Review: Back in the late eighties I recall seeing the trailer for Oliver and Company and I got caught up in the hype. Unfortunatly, I didn't have the money to see the film and it was never released to video after it's debut. So when the film had it's re-issue you bet I was quick to see it. I expected an exciting story, great eighties music, and stunning animation. Instead I got cartoon music, overly cute acting, and a poor story. Disney had stapled this film as appealing to the teenage crowd. How? This is most defintely a kid movie. The music was not contempory to its time and the human characters lacked a lot to be desired. Here is what I expected (and in detail!). Great eighties music, a strong gangster villian (preferably Italian), and a guy down on his luck who you could relate to instead of a bumbling bum. But sigh...they had to throw in a cute girl and singing birds. Sigh...

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Summary: This movie was hip! (From a first grade point of view)
Review: Back in the late eighties I recall seeing the trailer for Oliver and Company and I got caught up in the hype. Unfortunatly, I didn't have the money to see the film and it was never released to video after it's debut. So when the film had it's re-issue you bet I was quick to see it. I expected an exciting story, great eighties music, and stunning animation. Instead I got cartoon music, overly cute acting, and a poor story. Disney had stapled this film as appealing to the teenage crowd. How? This is most defintely a kid movie. The music was not contempory to its time and the human characters lacked a lot to be desired. Here is what I expected (and in detail!). Great eighties music, a strong gangster villian (preferably Italian), and a guy down on his luck who you could relate to instead of a bumbling bum. But sigh...they had to throw in a cute girl and singing birds. Sigh...

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Summary: A Good Disney Musical with a lot of Class. NYC Style.
Review: Before the success of such phenomenal Disney musicals like Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid, Oliver & Company came along. This film totally embodies the eighties with its music, voice talent, and art direction. The music is very good. The songs are very hip and cool. The animation is exciting, and the plot grabs you and sometimes you feel as if you are watching a regular caper movie than an animated film. An exciting Disney ride that is fun for everybody. I highly reccomend this film.

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Summary: A Good Disney Musical with a lot of Class. NYC Style.
Review: Before the success of such phenomenal Disney musicals like Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid, Oliver & Company came along. This film totally embodies the eighties with its music, voice talent, and art direction. The music is very good. The songs are very hip and cool. The animation is exciting, and the plot grabs you and sometimes you feel as if you are watching a regular caper movie than an animated film. An exciting Disney ride that is fun for everybody. I highly reccomend this film.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Disney Musical with a lot of Class. NYC Style.
Review: Before the success of such phenomenal Disney musicals like Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid, Oliver & Company came along. This film totally embodies the eighties with its music, voice talent, and art direction. The music is very good. The songs are very hip and cool. The animation is exciting, and the plot grabs you and sometimes you feel as if you are watching a regular caper movie than an animated film. An exciting Disney ride that is fun for everybody. I highly reccomend this film.

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Summary: A lovable little tale about an orphan meeting an orphan
Review: Both in animation and graphic art, this movie looks very amateurish by today's standards, which offers such dazzling special effects (Just look at "Tarzan"...oooh!) Yet it shows its very obvious influence from the old Disneyesque style quite similar to "Fox and Hound" and a few other movies of the 1970s. Set in the contemporary New York City, a stray little kitten suddenly finds a new home with a whole group of stray dogs and their unkempt owner. But before Oliver can settle down, he suddenly winds up into the arms of an equally parentless little rich-girl waif who lives with her paunchy butler and a snooty prize-winning poodle in a big 5th Avenue house that offers a big, fluffy bed and sweet treats in a silver pet dish. No wonder Oliver is so disappointed when he gets kidnapped back into his old home by his doggy friends. So the down-to-luck old beggar uses innocent little Jenny's loss to deliver the kid straight into a gangster's big, brawny hands. Despite its mostly two-dimensional drawings, it is still a very jaunty action-filled fantasy adventure that will send you into a truly hair-raising climax at the very ending! Also a big milestone for Disney's very first installment of computer graphics into the animation (just check out Mr. Sikes' MONSTROUS limosuine...Whew!)

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Summary: My kids love it
Review: Cute spin on the classic Dickens tale, with dogs. Cheech Marin is great as a chihuaha and basically steals the movie. One of Disney's better outings with great music from Billy Joel!

Rating:
Summary: My kids love it
Review: Cute spin on the classic Dickens tale, with dogs. Cheech Marin is great as a chihuaha and basically steals the movie. One of Disney's better outings with great music from Billy Joel!