Oliver! Page #5

Synopsis: Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Director(s): Carol Reed
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Won 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
G
Year:
1968
153 min
3,522 Views


The boy is committed to three months

with hard labor.

This is disgraceful! I demand to be heard.

- You have not yet...

- Sir, I was there!

What's this disturbance?

Remove this lunatic! Clear the court!

I will speak! I saw what happened.

It was outside my shop.

Two other boys stole Mr. Brownlow's wallet.

This child had nothing to do with it.

But sentence has been passed!

Hasn't it?

He didn't talk. Case was dismissed.

What a great judge!

- Fetch the boy.

- I've done my share.

Cor! Look!

Now, come on.

Where are we going?

At least I can make some amends.

You're coming home with me. Jump in.

- Dodger! After them!

- Let the kid go!

- He can still blab on us, can't he?

- Leave him be!

Dodger! Don't lose him!

Who will buy my sweet red roses?

Two blooms for a penny

Who will buy my sweet red roses?

Two blooms for a penny

Who will buy my sweet red roses?

Two blooms for a penny

Who will buy my sweet red roses?

Two blooms for a penny

Who will buy my sweet red roses?

Two blooms for a penny

Will you buy any milk today, mistress?

Any milk today, mistress?

Will you buy my sweet red roses?

Any milk today, mistress?

Two blooms for a penny

Ripe strawberries, ripe!

Any milk today, mistress?

Will you buy my sweet red roses?

Ripe strawberries, ripe!

Any milk today, mistress?

Knives, knives to grind!

Any knives to grind?

Ripe strawberries, ripe!

Who will buy?

Who will buy this wonderful morning?

Such a sky, you never did see

Who will buy my sweet red roses?

Who will tie it up with a ribbon

And put it in a box for me?

Ripe strawberries, ripe!

So I could see it at my leisure

Whenever things go wrong

And I would keep it as a treasure

To last my whole life long

Any milk today?

Who will buy this wonderful feeling?

I'm so high

I swear I could fly

Knives to grind!

Ripe strawberries, ripe!

Me, oh, my

I don't want to lose it

So what am I to do

To keep the sky so blue?

There must be someone who will buy

Toy windmills

Onions

Knives to grind

Who will buy?

Who will buy this wonderful morning?

Such a sky you never did see

Who will tie it up with a ribbon

And put it in a box for me?

There'll never be a day so sunny

It could not happen twice

Where is the man with all the money?

It's cheap at half the price!

Who will buy this wonderful feeling?

I'm so high

I swear I could fly

Me, oh, my

I don't want to lose it

So what am I to do

To keep the sky so blue?

There must be someone who will buy

There'll never be a day so sunny

I know it could not happen twice

Where is the man with all the money?

It's cheap at half the price!

Who will buy this wonderful morning?

Makes you feel you're walking on air

Every tree and flower is singing

How fortunate of me to be alive to see

The dawning of a day so fair

Bye-bye, lullaby

Who will buy this wonderful feeling?

I'm so high

I swear I could fly

What a sky, a heavenly ceiling

There'll never be a day so sunny

It could not happen twice

Where is the man with all the money?

It's cheap at half the price!

Who will buy this wonderful morning?

Such a sky, you never did see

Who will tie it up with a ribbon

And put it in a box for me?

There'll never be a day so sunny

It could not happen twice

Where is the man with all the money?

It's cheap at half the price!

Who will buy this wonderful feeling?

I'm so high

I swear I could fly

Me, oh, my

I don't want to lose it

So what am I to do

To keep the sky so blue?

There must be someone who will buy

Buy

We've got to get him back, do you hear?

Nab him the first time he sets foot

out of the door.

He never goes out alone. You know that.

Don't you back-answer me, my girl.

Three days since I spotted him.

And what you done about it, eh?

Nothing!

We've got to get hold of him somehow.

Now, who's coming?

- Suppose it'll have to be me.

- Shut your trap, Dodger.

You've caused enough trouble already.

It's going to be done quiet, no fuss.

Someone who has the boy's confidence.

Nancy, my dear, what do you say?

It's no good you trying it on with me.

And just exactly what do you mean

by that remark?

What I say! I'm not going!

Why can't you leave the boy alone?

He won't do you no harm!

Why can't you leave him where he is,

where he'll have the chance of a decent life?

You'll bring him back here, my girl,

unless you want to feel my hand

on your throat.

Nancy, my dear,

we must have that boy brought back.

If he talked, think what would happen to us.

Think what would happen to Bill.

It would be the gallows for him, Nancy.

The drop!

You wouldn't want that to happen,

would you, my dear? Not to Bill.

- She'll go, Fagin.

- No, she won't, Fagin!

Yes, she will, Fagin!

She'll go.

Even if I have to drag her there myself.

As long as he needs me

Oh, yes, he does need me

In spite of what you see

I'm sure that he needs me

Who else would love him still

When they've been used so ill

He knows I always will

As long as he needs me

I miss him so much when he is gone

But when he's near me

I don't let on

The way I feel

inside

The love I have to hide

The hell! I've got my pride!

As long as he needs me

He doesn't say the things he should

He acts the way he thinks he should

But all the same

I'll play this game

his way

As long

as he needs me

I know where I must be

I'll cling on steadfastly

As long as he needs me

As long as life is long

I'll love him right or wrong

And somehow I'll be strong

As long as he

needs me

If you are lonely

Then you will know

When someone needs you

You'll love them so

I won't

betray his trust

Though people say I must

I've got to stay true just

As long as he

needs me

- Can I answer it, Rose?

- Thank you, dear.

- Books from Mr. Jessop.

- Thank you.

- Please, sir, these books came for you.

- Oh, good.

- Oh, wait, there are some to go back.

- Boy's gone, sir.

Can I take them for you?

I know where the shop is.

Please let me take them. I'll be very quick.

All right. Mrs. Bedwin, the books

are on the table beside my bed.

Now, then, Oliver.

You'll take those books to Mr. Jessop

and tell him you have come to pay

the 4.10 that I owe him.

This is a 5 note,

so it'll be 10 shillings change.

You understand?

She's a very pretty lady, isn't she, sir?

Yes.

I'll take the books for you.

In a new suit of clothes,

with a set of valuable books

and a 5 note in his pocket,

- and you expect him to come back?

- Don't you?

If he does, I'll eat me head,

with me hat on it.

Look at that portrait.

Do you see a likeness to the lad?

- Well, that's your niece, isn't it?

- That's what I mean.

Wasn't she the girl who...

Who ran away.

A young, innocent face, nothing more.

Mere coincidence.

I'm not so sure.

Born in a workhouse

at Dunstable, he thinks.

That's all he can tell us. Very well.

Who will buy this wonderful morning?

- Morning.

- Morning!

Such a sky you never did see

Who will tie it up with a ribbon

And put it in a box for me?

- Help! Help!

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Vernon Harris

Vernon Harris (26 February 1905, Folkestone – February 1999, Surrey) was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert. Harris was nominated for an Oscar for his script for Oliver! (1968). more…

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