We're bringing back one of our greatest hits like an aging band on tour.
CAN YOU GUESS THE MOVIE FROM ITS FIRST AND LAST SHOT?
The answer is after the jump but tell us how you did in the comments!
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Yes, that's OLIVER! (1968) which won 5 plus Oscars in its day (Best Picture, Best Director, Art Direction, Sound, Score Adaptation as well as an Honorary for its choreography by Onna White). Oliver! was also nominated in 6 more categories: Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, and Editing. Fun trivia: It's the only Best Picture winner with an exclamation point in the title though there have been other nominees with that punctuation.
Last month in NYC, there was a well-received revival of City Center but no word yet on whether or not a Broadway revival might follow (that sometimes happens when people get excited about those brief City Center stagings). The original 1960 stage musical ran on Broadway for two years (1963 and 1964) and won 3 Tony Awards (losing Best Musical to A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum). It has only been back to Broadway twice since, the most recent time being 39 years ago in 1984 starring Patti LuPone as Nancy and Ron Moody (reprising his iconic role) as Fagin. That revival received only one Tony nomination (Best Actor) and played just 17 performances.
Are you a fan of this musical or do you say "NO" to any request for more?
