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{{Infobox film
| name           = Oliver & Company
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [[George Scribner]]
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Jim Cox
* Tim Disney
* [[James Mangold]]
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Vance Gerry
* [[Mike Gabriel]]
* [[Joe Ranft]]
* Jim Mitchell
* [[Chris Bailey (animator)|Chris Bailey]]
* [[Kirk Wise]]
* Dave Michener
* [[Roger Allers]]
* [[Gary Trousdale]]
* [[Kevin Lima]]
* Michael Cedeno
* Pete Young
* Leon Joosen
}}
| based on       = {{based on|''[[Oliver Twist]]''|[[Charles Dickens]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joey Lawrence]]
* [[Billy Joel]]
* [[Natalie Gregory]]
* [[Cheech Marin]]
* [[Bette Midler]]
* [[Robert Loggia]]
* [[Richard Mulligan]]
* [[Roscoe Lee Browne]]
* [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]]
}}
| music          = [[J.A.C. Redford]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Walt Disney Pictures]]
* [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1988|11|18}}
| runtime        = 73 meenits
| country        = Unitit States
| language       = Inglis
| budget         = $31 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/oliver-company|title=Oliver & Company (1988)|work=[[The Wrap]]|accessdate=Dizember 14, 2016|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220223925/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/oliver-company|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| gross          = $74.2 million<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver & Company|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oliverandcompany.htm|accessdate=Januar 5, 2012}}</ref>
}}
'''''Oliver & Company''''' is a 1988 American animatit [[muisical film|muisical]] [[comedy-drama]] film produced bi [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Featur Animation]] an lowsed on 18 November 1988 bi [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. The 27t [[Leet o Walt Disney Animation Studios films|Disney animatit featur film]], the film is inspired bi the classic [[Charles Dickens]] novelle ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', which haes been adaptit mony ither times for the screen. In the film, Oliver is a hameless kitten that jyns a gang o dugs tae survive in the streets. Amang ither chynges, the settin o the film wis relocatit frae 19t century [[Lunnon]] tae late 1980s [[New York Ceety]], Fagin's gang is made up o dugs (ane o that is Dodger), an Sykes is a loan shark.

''Oliver & Company'' began production aroond 1987 as ''Oliver and the Dodger''. The film wis re-lowsed in the Unitit States, Canadae, an the UK on 29 Mairch 1996. It wis then lowsed tae video later that same year, an again in 2002 an 2009 on DVD. The film wis pit oot on [[Blu-ray Disc]] in 2013, commemoratin its 25t Anniversary.

==Plot==
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On [[Fifth Avenue]], an orphaned kitten named Oliver is left abandoned efter his fellae orphaned kittens are adoptit bi passersby. Wandering the streets bi himsel in sairch o someone tae adopt him, Oliver meets a laid-back dug named Dodger that assists the kitten in stealin fuid frae a [[het dug]] vendor named Louie. Dodger then flees the scene wioot sharin his bounty wi Oliver. Oliver follaes Dodger aw throughout the streets until he eventually arrives at the [[barge]] o his awner, a [[pickpocket]] named Fagin, alang wi his meal, tae gie tae his friends: Tito the [[Chihuahua (dog)|chihuahua]], Einstein the [[Great Dane]], Rita the [[Afghan Hound]], an Francis the [[bulldug]]. Oliver sneaks inside, locatit ablo the docks, an is discovered bi the dugs. Efter a moment o confusion, he is then received wi a warm welcome. Fagin comes in an explains that he is running oot o time tae repay the money he borraed frae Bill Sykes, a nefarious shipyard agent an [[loan shark]]. Sykes tells Fagin it maun be peyed in three day, or else. Sykes' [[doberman]]s, Roscoe an DeSoto, atteck Oliver but the cat is fendit bi Fagin's dugs. Immediately thereefter, a depresst Fagin returns tae the barge, lamenting that he anly haes three day tae find the money. Efter the dugs cheer him up, Fagin is introduced tae Oliver, an, considering that thay aw need help, accepts him intae the gang.

The next day, Fagin an his pets, nou includin Oliver, hit the streets tae sell some shoddy goods an aiblins steal money. Oliver an Tito attempt tae sabotage a limousine but the plan backfires whan Oliver accidentally stairts the car, electrocuting Tito, an Oliver is caught an taken home bi the limousine's passenger, Jenny Foxworth. Her parents are awa on a trip an she adopts Oliver oot o loneliness. Georgette, the Foxworth faimily's pompous an pampered [[poodle]], is enraged an jealous o Oliver's presence an wants him remuived frae the hoosehauld. Dodger an the ithers manage tae steal Oliver frae the Foxworth faimily an bring him back tae the barge, but he explains that he wis treatit kindly an didnae want tae leave, maun tae the shock o Dodger that feels that Oliver is bein ungrateful, an allous him the opportunity tae leave. Houiver, Fagin arrives an concocts a plan tae ransom Oliver, then sends Jenny a ransom note. Jenny discovers the note an sets oot tae get him back. Meanwhile, Fagin tells Sykes o his plan, that says he is proud o him for "starting to think big".

Later, Jenny meets up wi Fagin, that is shocked that the "very rich cat owner person" is anly a little girl. Fashed bi his conscience efter seein Jenny distraught ower losin Oliver, Fagin gies Oliver back freely. Juist then, Sykes comes oot o the shadows an kidnaps Jenny, intendin tae ransom her an declaring Fagin's debt peyed.

Dodger rallies Oliver an the ither dugs tae rescue Jenny frae Sykes, but the ainimals are confrontit bi Sykes an his Dobermans efter thay free her. Fagin arrives an saves the group wi his scooter an a chase ensues throu the streets an intae the subway tunnels. Jenny is pushed ontae the huid o Sykes's car efter it bumped onto the scooter, whaur she hauds ontae the huid ornament, an Oliver an Dodger attempt a rescue. Roscoe an DeSoto faw aff the car in the struggle an land on the subway's [[third rail]], electrocuting them. Tito taks control o Fagin's scooter as Fagin manages tae retrieve Jenny, an Tito drives the scooter up the side o the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] as Sykes' car drives stracht intae the path o an oncomin train, killin him an throwing him an his car intae the [[East River]]. Dodger an Oliver manage tae jouk the collision an are reunited wi Jenny an the ithers. Later, Jenny celebrates her birthday wi the ainimals, Fagin, an Winston. That same day, Winston receives a phone caw frae Jenny's parents in [[Roum]] saying that thay will be back the morn. Oliver opts tae stay wi her but he promises tae remain in contact wi Dodger an the gang.

==Cast an chairacters==
* [[Joey Lawrence]] as [[Oliver Twist (chairacter)|Oliver]], an orange orphaned kitten that is leukin for a home. He jyns Fagin's gang o dugs afore bein taken in bi Jenny. He saves her life frae the ruthless loan-shark, Sykes, anaa.
* [[Billy Joel]] as [[Artful Dodger|Dodger]], a carefree, charismatic mongrel wi a mix o terrier in him. He claims tae hae considerable "street savoir-faire". He is the heid o Fagin's gang o dugs, an is Oliver's first acquaintance, as well as his eventual best friend an bodyguard. He is the object o Rita's affection.
* [[Cheech Marin]] as Tito, a tiny yet passionate [[Chihuahua (dog)|Chihuahua]] in Fagin's gang. He haes a fiery temper for his size, an rapidly develops a crush on Georgette (awtho she is initially repulsed bi him). His full name is Ignacio Alonso Julio Federico de Tito.
* [[Richard Mulligan]] as Einstein, a gray [[Great Dane]] an a member o Fagin's gang. He is named ironically as he is nae parteecularly bricht, representin the stereotype that Great Danes are friendly but dull-witted.
* [[Roscoe Lee Browne]] as Francis, a [[bulldug]] wi a [[Breetish Inglis|Breetish]] accent in Fagin's gang. He appreciates airt an theatre, parteecularly [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. He an aa detests anyone abbreviating his name as "Frank" or "Frankie" (which Tito frequently daes).
* [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]] ([[Ruth Pointer]], singin) as Rita, an [[Afghan Hound]]<ref>{{cite news|date=November 18, 1988|title=Oliver & Company - Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/olivercompany.htm|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|accessdate=Januar 31, 2016}}</ref> an the anly female dug in Fagin's gang. She is street-wise an takes Oliver unner her wing.
* [[Dom DeLuise]] as [[Fagin]], a lowly thief who lifes on a barge wi his dugs. He desperately needs money tae repay his debt wi Sykes. Because o his economic situation, he is forced tae perform criminal acts sic as pick-pocketing an petty theft, but in truth he is good-natured an polite maist o the time.
* [[Taurean Blacque]] an [[Carl Weintraub]] as Roscoe an DeSoto respectively, Sykes's vicious [[Doberman Pinscher]]s who hae a hostile history wi Dodger an his friends. Roscoe is the apparent leader, while his brither DeSoto seems tae be the mair savage o the twa. Baith o them are killed in the climax killed in the climax efter fallin onto the electric rail tracks while fechtin wi Dodger an Oliver. Roscoe wears a reid collar an DeSoto wears ane that is blue.
* [[Robert Loggia]] as [[Bill Sikes|Sykes]], a cauld-hearted, immoral loan-shark an shipyard agent who lent a considerable sum o money to Fagin an expects it peyed back. He is ultimately defeatit at the film's climax when he indirectly drives his car intae a train an gets killed in the process.
* [[Natalie Gregory]] (Myhanh Tran, singin) as Jennifer "Jenny" Foxworth, a kynd-hearted, rich girl who adopts Oliver.
* William Glover as Winston, the Foxworth faimily's bumbling but loyal butler.
* [[Bette Midler]] as Georgette, the Foxworth faimily's shaw-winnin poodle. Vain an spoilt, she becomes jealous o Oliver but eventually accepts him an Fagin's gang. Whan Tito displays his attraction tae her, she initially responds wi revulsion. At the end, houiver, she displays considerable attraction tae Tito, sae maun, in fact that she sends him runnin for his life whan she tries tae bathe, dress an gruim him.
* [[Frank Welker]] as Old Louie, an aggressive, bad-tempered het dug vendor that appears early in the film whan Oliver an Dodger steal his hot dugs. He is descrieved bi Dodger as "a well-known enemy of the four-legged world", meanin that he hates baith cats an dugs.

==Production==
Efter the release o ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' in 1985, [[Michael Eisner]] and [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] invited the animators to pitch potential ideas for upcoming animatit features, infamously cried the "Gong Show". Efter [[Ron Clements]] and [[John Musker]] suggestit ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' and ''[[Treasure Planet|Treasure Island in Space]]'', animator Pete Young suggestit, "''Oliver Twist'' with dogs". Oreeginally intending to produce a live-action adaptation o the muisical ''[[Oliver!]]'' at [[Paramount Pictures]], Katzenberg approved the pitch.{{sfn|Stewart|2005|pp=93–94}} Unner the wirkin title o ''Oliver and the Dodger'',{{sfn|Beck|2005|pp=182-83}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Willistein|title=Disney Gearing Up For More Animation|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1987-11-22/entertainment/2601792_1_animation-disney-characters-disney-theme-parks|newspaper=[[The Morning Call]]|date=November 22, 1987|accessdate=July 10, 2015|archive-date=2015-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711223447/http://articles.mcall.com/1987-11-22/entertainment/2601792_1_animation-disney-characters-disney-theme-parks|url-status=dead}}</ref> the film wis oreeginally much darker and grittier wi the film openin wi Sykes's twa [[Doberman]]s murdering Oliver's parents, setting the story to focus on Oliver exacting his revenge as detailed in a draft dated on Mairch 30, 1987.{{sfn|Koeing|2001|p=192}} [[George Scribner]] and [[Richard Rich (director)|Richard Rich]] war annoonced as the directors o the project, while Pete Young wis appyntit as story supervisor,{{sfn|Hulett|2014|p=90}} tho Rich left aboot sax month intae production, leaving Scribner as the sole director.<ref>{{cite interview|subject=George Scribner|title=Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company's Director George Scribner!|interviewer=Jérémie Noyer|url=http://animatedviews.com/2009/once-upon-a-time-in-new-york-city-oliver-companys-director-george-scribner/|publisher=Animated Views|date=February 3, 2009|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> In this adaptation, Scribner turned Oliver intae a naïve kitten, Dodger and the gang intae dugs, an Fagin intae a human, an encouraged the film tae be mair street smart.{{sfn|Koeing|2001|p=192}} Furthermore, Scribner borrowed a technique frae ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' bi [[Blocking (stage)|blocking oot]] the scenes on real streets, an then photographing them wi cameras mounted eighteen inches off the grund. In this wey, the animators wad uise the photos as templates to provide a real dug's-ee view o the action.<ref>{{cite news|title=`Oliver' gets a dog's eye view, in a Twist on the classic story|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62628371.html|first=Jeff|last=Strickler|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|format=Fee required|via=HighBeam Research|date=April 21, 1996|accessdate=July 10, 2015|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161541/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62628371.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As work continued on ''Oliver'', [[Roy E. Disney]] came up wi an idea that Fagin wad attempt to steal a rare panda frae the ceety zoo. Houiver, the writers wad hae problems wi the idea,{{sfn|Beck|2005|pp=182-83}} and the panda sub-plot wis eventually dropped when Scribner suggestit to hae Fagin haud Oliver for ransom acause he wis a valuable, rare [[Asian cat]].{{sfn|Koeing|2001|p=193}}{{sfn|Hulett|2014|p=96}}

For the film, Disney invested $15 million intae a lang-term computer system cried [[Computer Animation Production System]], itherwise kent as CAPS. Unlik ''The Black Cauldron'' an ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' that uised computer imagery for special sequences, eleeven minutes o ''Oliver & Company'' wis computer-generated sic as the skyscrapers, the taxi cabs, trains, Fagin's scooter-cart, an the climactic subway chase.<ref name="disneytwist">{{cite news|title='Oliver & Company' Gives Dickens A Disney Twist urban scene from an appropriate rooftop.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DE4D81F3CF930A25752C1A96E948260|first=John|last=Culhane|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 13, 1988|accessdate=July 8, 2015}}</ref> Meanwhile, the traditional animation wis handled bi the next generation o Disney animators, includin supervising animators [[Glen Keane]], [[Ruben A. Aquino]], [[Mike Gabriel]], Hendel Butoy, an [[Mark Henn]] as the "[[Disney's Nine Old Men|Nine Old Men]]" haed retired in the early 1980s.<ref name="disneytwist" /> Throughout twa and a hauf years o production, sax supervising animators and a team o ower 300 artists and technicians worked on the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Archives – Oliver and Company|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727061012/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/oliver/oliver.html|archivedate=July 27, 2008 |url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/oliver/oliver.html|publisher=[[Disney.com|Disney.go.com]]|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]] wis the database for the New York City skyline.

===Casting===
Acause personalities are considered the greatest strength o Disney animatit films, the filmmakers socht believable vyces tae match the movement o the animation.<ref name="disneytwist" /> For this film, the filmmakers cast fellae New York natives includin [[Bette Midler]] for Georgette, [[Sheryl Lee Ralph]] for Rita, an [[Roscoe Lee Browne]] for Francis.<ref name="disneytwist" /> Comedian [[Cheech Marin]] wis cast as the [[chihuahua (dog)|chihuahua]] Tito. Acause energy proved tae be the key tae Tito's personality, Marin claimed "I was encouraged to ad-lib, but I'd say I just gave about 75% of the lines as they were written. The natural energy of a Chihuahua played right into that feeling. George [Scribner] was very encouraging as a director: He kept the energy level high at the recording sessions."<ref>{{cite news|title=Cheech Marin as Animated Tito: Check It Out|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-27/entertainment/ca-979_1_cheech-marin|first=Charles|last=Solomon|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 27, 1988|accessdate=July 8, 2015}}</ref> Pop sangster [[Billy Joel]] wis recommended for the vyce o Dodger bi Scribner acause o his "New York street-smart, savoir-faire attitude", an auditioned for the role bi telephone efter bein gien dialogue. Additionally, Joel confirmed he did the role acause it wis a Disney movie, an admitted that "I had just had a little girl. It's a great way to do something that my little girl could see that she could relate to right away."<ref>{{cite news|title=A New York State Of Voice In Animated Film Billy Joel Speaks For Dodger The Dog|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1988-11-19/entertainment/2663219_1_walt-disney-records-joel-s-songs-oliver-twist|first=Paul|last=Willistein|newspaper=TheMorning Call|date=November 19, 1988|accessdate=July 8, 2015|archive-date=2015-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711205459/http://articles.mcall.com/1988-11-19/entertainment/2663219_1_walt-disney-records-joel-s-songs-oliver-twist|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| Name        = Oliver & Company
| Type        = Soundtrack
| Artist      = Various artists
| Cover       = 
| Caption     = 
| Released    = 1988
| Recorded    =
| Genre       = [[Pop rock]], [[blues rock]]
| Length      =
| Label       = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| Producer    =
}}
The soundtrack o ''Oliver & Company'' contains an instrumental score bi [[J. A. C. Redford]] unner the supervision o Carole Childs, while [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] haed the idea to bring in big-name sangster/songwriters, each o whom wad contribute a song intae the film includin [[Billy Joel]], [[Barry Manilow]], and [[Huey Lewis]]. At his suggestion o his friend [[David Geffen]], Katzenberg brocht in lyricist [[Howard Ashman]], who componed the song "Once Upon a Time in New York City".{{sfn|Stewart|2005|pp=182–83}} Muisical composer J.A.C. Redford wis brocht to compone the score who haed a wirkin relationship wi Disney muisic executive Chris Montan on the series ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''.<ref>{{cite interview|url=http://animatedviews.com/2009/oliver-co-composer-jac-redford/|subject=J.A.C Redford|title=Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!|interviewer=Jérémie Noyer|publisher=Animated Views|date=February 2, 2009|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Ashman, who, wi [[Alan Menken]], wad write the sangs for the next three Disney films. Billy Joel, in addition to voicing Dodger, performed the character's song in the film.

The track leet ablo represents the 1996 re-release o the ''Oliver & Company'' soundtrack. The oreeginal 1988 release featurt the same sangs, but wi the instrumental cues placed in atween the sangs in the order in which thay appeared in the film. Uisin the numbering system in the leet ablo, the order the tracks on the 1988 release wad be: 1, 2, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, an 11. The reprise o "Why Should I Worry?", performed bi the entire cast, remains unreleased on CD.

;Track listing
# "Once Upon a Time in New York City" - [[Huey Lewis]]; written bi [[Barry Mann]] and [[Howard Ashman]]
# "Why Should I Worry?" - [[Billy Joel]]; written bi [[Dan Hartman]] and [[Charlie Midnight]]
# "Streets of Gold" - [[Ruth Pointer]] ; written bi [[Dean Pitchford]] and [[Tom Snow]]
# "Perfect Isn't Easy" - [[Bette Midler]] ; written bi [[Barry Manilow]], Jack Feldman, an Bruce Sussman
# "Good Company" - Myhanh Tran ; written bi Ron Rocha and [[Robert Minkoff]]
# "Sykes" (score)
# "Bedtime Story" (score)
# "The Rescue" (score)
# "Pursuit Through the Subway" (score)
# "Buscando Guayaba" - [[Rubén Blades]]
# "End Title" (instrumental)

==Release==
===Marketing===
''Oliver & Company'' wis the first Disney animatit film to include real warld advertised products. Mair nor 30 company logos and brand names war shawn in the film, includin [[Kodak]], [[Dr. Scholls]], [[Sony]], [[Diet Coke]], [[Tab (soft drink)|Tab]], [[McDonald's]], [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]], [[Ryder]], and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Can You Imagine Mickey Mouse Turning 60?|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-18/entertainment/ca-751_1_mickey-mouse|first=Charles|last=Solomon|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 18, 1988|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Houiver, the filmmakers commented on ABC's ''[[Walt Disney anthology series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' that this wis for realism, wis nae peyed product placement, an that it wad nae be New York City wioot advertising.<ref name=abc>{{Cite episode|title=The Making of ''Oliver & Company''|series=The Wonderful World of Disney|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]}}</ref> Instead, Katzenberg urged the marketing campaign to focus on the classic Dickens novel and the pop score,{{sfn|Stewart|2005|pp=182–83}} and promotional tie-ins included [[Sears]], which produced and manufactured products wi themes inspired frae the film, an [[McDonald's]] which sauld [[Christmas]] muisical ornaments based on Oliver and Dodger, an smaw finger puppets based on the characters in a [[Happy Meal]].<ref name=abc/><ref>{{cite news|title=Advertising; Marketing Movies for Children|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/28/business/the-media-business-advertising-marketing-movies-for-children.html|first=Geraldine|last=Fabrikant|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 28, 1988|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> For its theatrical re-release in 1996, the film wis accompanied wi a promotional campaign bi [[Burger King]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Burger King sign on with Disney for a happy ending with 'Toy Story' tie-ins.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/22/business/media-business-advertising-coca-cola-pepsico-burger-king-sign-with-disney-for.html|first=Samuel|last=Elliot|date=November 22, 1995|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref>

In the United Kinrick, ''Oliver & Company'' wis nae distributed bi [[Buena Vista International]], but bi [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name=halliwell>{{cite book|editor=Gritten, David|title=[[Halliwell's Film Guide]] 2008|chapter=Oliver and Company (*)|page=[https://archive.org/details/halliwellsfilmdv0000unse/page/871 871]|isbn=0-00-726080-6|year=2007|accessdate=June 16, 2010|location=[[Hammersmith]], London|publisher=[[HarperCollins]] Publishers}}</ref> Buena Vista International did houiver release the film on home video.

===Home media===
Despite its financial success at the box office, ''Oliver & Company'' wis nae released on home video despite bein ane o the maist requested Disney films.<ref>{{cite news|title='Oliver' just as delightful 2nd time around|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XPJLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3-wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839,8345659&dq=little-indian-big-city&hl=en|first=Chris|last=Hicks|work=[[Deseret News]]|page=W4|date=March 29, 1996|accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref> Efter its theatrical re-release, ''Oliver & Company'' wis released on VHS on September 25, 1996 for a leemitit time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-24/entertainment/ca-61893_1_los-angeles/2|first=Shauna|last=Snow|date=April 24, 1996|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> It wis later released on DVD on Mey 14, 2002. A 20t Anniversary Edition DVD wis released on Februar 3, 2009, an a 25t Anniversary Edition [[Blu-ray]] wis released on August 6, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=REVIEW: DISNEY'S "OLIVER AND COMPANY|url=http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/7636-REVIEW-DISNEYS-OLIVER-AND-COMPANY-25TH-ANNIVERSARY-EDITION-BLU-RAYDVD-COMBO.html|work=[[Cinema Retro]]|first=Todd|last=Garbarini}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
Openin on the same weekend as [[Don Bluth]]'s ''[[The Land Before Time]]'', which debuted at nummer-ane grossing $7.5 million, beatin oot ''Oliver & Company'' which opened at fowert, grossing $4 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kitten Takes On Baby Brontosaurus|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-22/entertainment/ca-200_1_baby-brontosaurus|first=Nina|last=Easton|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 22, 1988|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Housomeiver, ''Oliver & Company'' oot-grossed ''The Land Before Time'' wi domestic gross estimates o $53 million compared to $46 million o the latter.<ref>{{cite news|title=The New Toon Boom|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-19/entertainment/ca-3048_1_animated-feature/|first=Charles|last=Solomon|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 19, 1990|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Its success prompted Disney's senior vice-preses o animation, [[Peter Schneider (film executive)|Peter Schneider]], to annoonce the company's plans to release animatit features annually.{{sfn|Beck|2005|pp=182-83}} On Mairch 29, 1996, Disney re-released the film in direct competeetion wi ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven 2]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Stalking the King of Animation|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-20/news/mn-16693_1_animated-movie|first1=James|last1=Bates|first2=Patrice|last2=Apodaca|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 20, 1996|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> grossing $4.5 million in its openin weekend.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Cash Registers Are Ringing|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-02/entertainment/ca-53987_1_walt-disney|first=Elaine|last=Dutka|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 2, 1996|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> In its tot box office lifetime, ''Oliver & Company'' made a tot domestic gross o $74 million at the U.S. box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=oliverandcompany.htm|title=Re-releases of Oliver & Company|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=October 25, 2008}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
Despite its success at the box office, ''Oliver & Company'' wis met wi mixed reviews frae critics. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reportit that 44% o critics gae the film positive reviews based on 36 reviews wi an average rating o 5.4/10. Its consensus states that "''Oliver & Company'' is a decidedly lesser effort in the Disney canon, with lackluster songs, stiff animation, and a thoroughly predictable plot."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oliver_and_company/|title=Oliver & Company - Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=''[[Flixster]]''|work=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref>

On the telly program, ''[[At the Movies (U.S. TV series)|Siskel & Ebert]]'', [[Gene Siskel]] gae the film a thumbs doun. Siskel stated: "When you measure this film to the company's legacy of classics, it doesn't match up" as he complained "the story is too fragmented…because Oliver’s story gets too sidetracked from the story in the film that gets convoluted, too calculated for the Bette Midler, Billy Joel crowd as well as little kids." [[Roger Ebert]] gae the film a "marginal thumbs up" as he describit the film as "harmless, inoffensive".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Land Before Time, Oliver and Company, Child’s Play (1988)|url=http://siskelandebert.org/video/5GM9SX52M7UY/The-Land-Before-Time-Oliver-and-Company-Child8217s-Play-1988|publisher=siskelandebert.org|accessdate=July 10, 2015|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084958/http://siskelandebert.org/video/5GM9SX52M7UY/The-Land-Before-Time-Oliver-and-Company-Child8217s-Play-1988|url-status=dead}}</ref> Animation historian Charles Solomon wrote a favorable reviewing concluding that the film "offers virtually ideal family holiday fare. The cartoon action will delight young children, while older ones, who usually reject animation as "kid stuff," will enjoy the rock sangs and hip characters, especially the brash Tito."<ref>{{cite web|title=Dogs, Dinosaurs from Disney, Bluth : 'Oliver & Company'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-18/entertainment/ca-693_1_oliver-twist|first=Charles|last=Solomon|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 18, 1988|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Writing for ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', [[Peter Travers]] opined in his review, "Too slight to rank with such Disney groundbreakers as ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' and ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'', the film is more on the good-fun level of ''[[Lady and the Tramp|The Lady and the Tramp]]'' and ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]''. But why kick? With its captivating characters, sprightly songs and zap-happy animation, ''Oliver & Company'' adds up to a tip-top frolic."<ref>{{cite web|title=Picks and Pans Review: Oliver & Company|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100497,00.html|first=Peter|last=Travers|publisher=People|date=November 21, 1988|accessdate=July 10, 2015|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102620/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100497,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Desson Howe o ''[[The Washington Post]]'' noted that the film "retrieves some of the old Disney charm with tail-wagging energy and five catchy songs". Likwise, fellae ''Washington Post'' film critic Rita Kempley praised the sangs and animation, an cried it "happy adaptation of the Victorian classic."<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver & Company|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/olivercompany.htm|first1=Desson|last1=Howe|first2=Rita|last2=Kempley|newspaper=The Washington Post''|date=November 18, 1988|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref>

Barry Walters, reviewing for ''[[The San Francisco Examiner]]'', panned the film "as a rather shabby transitional work, one that lacks the sophistication of today's 'toons and doesn't hold up to the Disney classics of yesteryear."<ref>{{cite web|title=Bones to pick with dog movies, old and new|url=http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Bones-to-pick-with-dog-movies-old-and-new-3148287.php|first=Barry|last=Walters|work=San Francisco Examiner|publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=March 30, 1996|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> The staff o ''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]]'' cried ''Oliver & Company'' "episodic" and "short on charm". "Only now and then", thay added, "it provides glimpses of stylish animation".<ref name=halliwell/> ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' creautor [[John Kricfalusi]] suggestit that the film wis derivative o [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s works, an jokingly suggestit its uise as a form o punishment.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Mike Judge Interview|url=http://www.inthe80s.com/july1995/animate/beavis.html|first=John|last=Kricfalusi|year=1994|journal=Wild Cartoon Kingdom|issue=3|accessdate=March 20, 2009}}</ref> Likwise, even some o the Disney animators viewed the film unfavorably considering it "another talking dog-and-cat movie".<ref>{{cite book|title=Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse To Hercules|url=https://archive.org/details/disneysartofanim0000thom_c5f8|first=Bob|last=Thomas|page=[https://archive.org/details/disneysartofanim0000thom_c5f8/page/117 117]|publisher=Disney Editions|date=March 7, 1997|isbn=978-0786862412}}</ref>

===Accolades===
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]] for "Why Should I Worry?" (Nominated)
* [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Faimily Featur Film&nbsp;— Animation (Nominated)
* [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Awairds]] for Best Sound Editing (Won)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book|last=Hulett|first=Steve|title=Mouse In Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation|url=https://archive.org/details/mouseintransitio0000stev|publisher=Theme Park Press|date=December 4, 2014|isbn=978-1941500248|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last=Koenig|first=David|title=Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks|location=[[Irvine, California]]|publisher=Bonaventure Press|isbn=978-0964060517|date=January 28, 2001|ref=harv}}
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