Oliver & Company (1988)

Director:

George Scribner

Writers:

Jim Cox (screenplay) &
Tim Disney (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Musical

Tagline:

The first Disney movie with attitude.

Plot:

A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Cat | New York | Young Girl | Chihuahua

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Joseph Lawrence	...	Oliver (voice) (as Joey Lawrence)
Billy Joel	...	Dodger (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Tito (voice)
Richard Mulligan	...	Einstein (voice)
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Francis (voice)
Sheryl Lee Ralph	...	Rita (voice)
Dom DeLuise	...	Fagin (voice)
Taurean Blacque	...	Roscoe (voice)
Carl Weintraub	...	Desoto (voice)
Robert Loggia	...	Sykes (voice)
Natalie Gregory	...	Jenny (voice)
William Glover	...	Winston (voice)
Bette Midler	...	Georgette (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Louie the Hot Dog Man / Additional Voice (voice)
Deborah Gates	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Debbie Gates)

Also Known As:

Oliver and the Dodger (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:5 | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:AL | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6 | Singapore:G

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

This was the first Disney film to have its own department set up expressly for the purpose of generating computer animation.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Sykes reads the story to the gang, and Dodger is about to fall asleep, Oliver's tail jumps animation.

Quotes:

Rita: Where's the kid?
Tito: [coughs after nearly getting barbecued] He must still be in the car, man!
[everyone watches as the limo departs]
Rita: Oh, that poor little kid.
Dodger: You were supposed to keep an eye on him, Tito!
Tito: [coughs] Yeah. Well, it's hard to watch anything when you're getting barbecued, man!

Movie Connections:

References Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Soundtrack:

Perfect Isn't Easy

A childhood classic

I just read the previous comment about this being a bad movie and that kind of indirectly hurt my feelings. It's just a nice little movie Disney made for pure entertainment and yes, it is directed toward children. It wasn't intended to be catered toward an adult audience. I also can't see how people can criticize such a nice little movie by picking on the animation and Disney's "incapabilities." Disney is awesome and can do whatever they want in a feature. Maybe they wanted to portray it the way they did. Besides, the focus of the movie is the story. And based on that, it's a touching tale. This will always be one of my favorite childhood movies and no criticism from other drippy movie reviewers will ever make me see it any differently.