I first saw this movie on "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC when it first aired. Months later, I saw it at my former pastor's cabin on a video that he and his wife had taped it on. This is quite differnt than the 1968 musical in many ways. For one thing, the Artful Dodger is much older in this version than in the musical. Instead of being a preteen or young teenager, he's a high school aged teen. Fagin has a much more clean appearance with his cleanly-shaved face. Bill Sykes doesn't look so scruffy either as he does in the musical. At the workhouse, there is a female version of Mr. Bumble and they show Oliver's mother giving birth to him at the beginning. In the musical, the scene begins with the orphans lining up to eat supper. Although this is a great movie, I still like the musical much better.
Review of Oliver Twist
