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Inspired by Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist”. A homeless kitten named Oliver, roams the streets of New York, where he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life. —IMDb

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George Scribner

George Scribner is an artist, director and animator that belongs to the rare group of artists that has directed a feature film for Disney.

Scribner was born and raised in the Republic of Panama, where he attended grade schools and drew his way through most of his classes. After attending The Bolles School in Florida, he majored in film at Emerson College in Boston and moved to Los Angeles to pursue animation and joined Hanna Barbera Productions. He became an animator at the Walt Disney Studios in the mid 80s and it is in 1988 that he directed Oliver & Company. After working on numerous other features including The Lion King and Dinosaur.

He’s currently the animation director for Walt Disney Imagineering where he’s directed Mickey’s PhilharMagic (uncredited), Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Scribner is currently documenting the expansion of the Panama Canal through a series of paintings that capture both the magnitude… read more

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AKFilmFan

9Jun12

Disney at its grittiest style, this loose adaptation of Oliver Twist is good but is no classic.

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24Feb11

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A GROOVY YET SLOPPY WARM-UP FOR DISNEY

By Cody Hoskins on April 23, 2012

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As this was the film that preceded The Little Mermaid, Oliver and Company was paving the way for the Renaissance Era of Disney, yet still struggling with its story ideas and its…  read review

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