I think this character was one of my earliest childhood heroes. I was mesmerised by how beautiful and charismatic Nancy was, I wanted to be just like her. Back then I didn't really understand that she lived in poverty and misery and her dress was torn, when I always thought it was a really fine gown. When I got older and realised she became even more of an inspiration. Fabulous performance, wonderful character.
Not according to Jack's autobiography. He admired him, but: "I wouldn’t actually speak to him; in fact I don’t think I had a conversation with him in the whole year we worked together - I was far too frightened of him. We all were."
"you can always cover one until he blacks the other one but you don't dare cry". Such a tragic lyric and a window into what many women's lives were/are.
Oliver Reed got that line from when he was walking home through a rough neighbourhood and overheard two people from a house saying it. But the man actually said "I fucks ya, don't I?" 😂😂
@@BobbyCalloway YES!! And apparently, after he excitedly related the scene to Carol Reed and others at rehearsal the next day, he just couldn't understand why - despite absolutely loving the idea overall - they would not just go with the original line... intended G-rating be damned! :D
This is a song about total denial of her abused condition. I read the novel, "Oliver Twist" and this song very well captures the essence of how Nancy felt about her circumstances. She's an abused woman in an extremely toxic relationship with one of the most horrible human beings in 1830s London. She knows other people have better lives, but she's content with her's and this leads to her tragic fate.
In the book Oliver Twist, Nancy was walking down a stairwell, and the light from a single candle was too much, and it burned her eyes. She had such little Light in her life. Keep the candle burning until it burns out! Foreshadowing?
@@carbtripper I read the book, too, years ago. I came away with the feeling she was portrayed as even more delicate than the musical version. I couldn't help thinking that Dickens intended the role of Nancy was to be a posthumous stand-in for Oliver's mother.
That's really interesting, much more depth in the song than it can come across as. Def about the denial of her abuse, perhaps also due to the hideous impoverishment of the Victorian poor? (I.e. have to block things out to a degree to cope with all that awful shit?)
This is one of the most touching AND depressing songs. She sings about a huge list of problems, thinks wistfully on all the things she'll never have (money, security, a future, respect, a husband or even a boyfriend who actually loves her)... but if you forget all that, then everything's just fine!
Bill's like, "All I wanted was a place to eat my soup and drink my beer after a hard day's worth of thieving, and you just HAVE to sing in my face now, don't you?"
Oliver Reed what a long living legend!! His well known Tv interview on The Word in the 90’s with Terry Christian was amazing he owned all those tossers big time!!
Bill Sikes is such a good villain, he’s that character you love to hate and hate to love. The fact he isn’t giving any attention to his own wife, or any of the others in the tavern, really shows that he doesn’t give a shit, and cements his hateful personality, not to mention how Oliver Reed was straight up amazing as him, when reading the original Oliver Twist book, he was exactly what I imagined. I don’t like Bill himself, but he’s written and preformed amazingly here
Shani Wallis is beyond brilliant. The best actress in any musical film. Her ability to explore every lyric, feeling, and moment makes us understand everything about this tragic and lovable character in just one song.
It's always shit me up how Bill eats his soup off of a knife. You can just tell that was a conscious decision, because just with that action alone, he sets the standard for not to be fucked with.
One of my favourite musicals ever and I used to love this song for being soo up beat and cheerful..... until I realised the words "you can always cover one till he blacks the other one, but you dont dare cry!!" But it makes this song all the more powerful making a cheerful song with the lyrics of an awful life.
@@kylieteep4611 He wasn't, no, a gentleman indeed, until a drink hit then could be nasty indeed. Shani apparently did find it tense to film her scenes with him, only because, for authenticity, it wasn't water he drank while filming. Safe to say, he didn't only unnerve the kids. Sober, yes a true gentleman. Nonetheless, a great actor.
They carnt replace her no way or make a 2nd film bc nancys died it would.not be same without her she held everything together bc wen she was killed bill was shot fagin left but she was the absolute best tbh my home screen is her
This film and this song in particular always remind me of my childhood, I’m from the East End and of course conditions were not like they were in Dickens times, but the culture was still very much intact.
+Troy Sawyer They're remaking it? Whoa. In that case, I wonder who'll be suitable enough to fill the late Ron Moody's shoes for playing ol' Fagin. 'Cause he was freaking amazing at that.
***** Worthy of her or not, I wouldn't exactly say that. Through the whole Movie, he mostly didn't care for her nor take their relationship seriously unlike Nancy... I'd call it they were a bad combo xD
That's the whole premise. She's in a volatile, abusive and violent relationship with a man who doesn't appreciate, or indeed, barely notices her. Even though she says to Bill "You love me, don't you?" and he replies "Well of course I do, I live with you don't I?", it shows that she doesn't really believe him. Especially as he is basically her pimp with being a prostitute who also pickpockets and thieves items for him to fence. The saddest part of Nancy's story is that it is relatable, even today.
@@alking7655 Actually Nancy was NOT a prostitute in the modern sense of the word. She did not sleep with men for money. During Dickens' time, the word prostitute did not mean "whore" or "hooker". Prostitute meant a woman who was living out of wedlock and not part of respectable society. Read this quote: "As well as Nancy being a thief, a common misapprehension is that she is a prostitute, in the modern sense of the word. At no point is this stated in the novel; rather it stems from Dickens describing her as such in his preface to the 1841 edition ("the boys are pickpockets, and the girl is a prostitute"). However, it has been convincingly argued that he is invoking the term's then synonymous usage referring to a woman living out of wedlock or otherwise on the margins of "respectable" society."
The first time i saw this movie? Sixth grade. I went with the others in the 6th grade class i was in, to see it in theatre. It was kind of sad, & i was a little melancholy & emotional walking out of the theatre.
Nancy is my favorite character in the musical. she reminds me of me. my life is tough sometimes, but I always have the philosophy that things can get better
i relate to this SO hard! i'm 21 and i'm still in the same position but i don't mind, really. all the old school gents in my area talk about my parents in the 'old days' & tell me stories about them whilst i prop up the bar ha ha!
I loved this when I was little!!! 2:29 was my favorite part of the song I had to look for this song just for it :) I remember dancing in front of the telly while my family shuffled around and grumbled trying to see the screen!
That's the idea, all the darkness of the story is hidden in the detail of the lyrics. Much like how you can hide the pain behind a smile. Oliver Twist is definitely not a sunshine and rainbows tale, even if the film tries to lighten the mood a bit.
@@emanuelardeleanu8748 Bill is really ungrateful, but thats the magic of his character, he hardly acknowledges his own wife (i don’t know their relationship status, i’m guessing their married from the “happy home happy husband happy wife” like) when she’s singing to him in this and Oom Pah Pah combined, but that just makes him more hateable, which is what they were aiming for
I recently watched this film for the first time. Nancy made the whole story for me. Yes, Bill Sykes scared me and Oliver charmed me and Fagin intrigued me and Dodger warmed my heart (even as a pickpocket), but Nancy - and Bullseye - blew my mind, and broke my heart! This film is so special! What a great story! I'm so glad I saw it. Maybe others can speak where I'm speechless, because I'm too much in love with this production to complain. Or maybe it's late and I'm wasted, you decide. 🤪
My relative. Now long gone. Worked on this film and others in 1967..he was a great carpenter and engineer..he mentioned many times the fun and hard work put in by everybody. Carol Reid was a genius. R.i.p Ray..
"Dont have to sin to eat" Oh Nancy, the loveliest and most tragic character. I don't think any other cast could be as perfect as Shani Wallis, Ron Moody and Oliver Reed. Oliver Reed has that brutal masculinity that is quite rare to see now - strikes fear with a glare. Shani Wallis portrays Nancy as having that rough round the edges but fundamentally feminine and gentle quality, being strong for the situation she's in. Nancy is a wonderful character to highlight how horrible sex work is - how it doesn't matter if the person you have paid or you're watching online is smiling - they could full well be a Nancy stuck in poverty, bought up in abuse and down trodden by society - and deserving oh so much more! Nancy gives her all in the end to prove that.
Small pleasures, that's really all, Nancy's ever got... This is just wonderful, i love this movie a lot!! All these amazing actors and Dickens immortal story, great!
Saw this on Turner Classic Movies two days ago, one of my all-time favorite movie musicals :-) Thanks for the upload (and the subtitles too. Makes it a pleasure to watch over and over again).
Bill Sykes? man he scared us as kids, Oliver Reed he was a fantastic actor and Shani you were always fantastic. Amazing how you never forget these songs into adulthood .
This song brings back such good memories of when I played nancy in February. I was nowhere near as amazing as Shani Willis was but I loved every second of it :') miss it loads now though!
"if you don't mind having to go without things, it's a fine life!" i've loved this movie since 2nd grade. as i grow older, the message of this book and musical rings true to me more than ever. #life #live #TheLord
I have always loved the beautiful extremely talented actress, singer dancer Shani Wallis! Shani Wallis should have won the golden globe award, the Academy Award, the BATFTA award for best actress for her brilliant portrayal of Nancy in the 1968 classic movie Oliver! I was born in 1978. The 1968 movie Oliver! is one of my all-time favorite movies! It is perfect! It should be Dame Sahani Wallis! Thank you for posting and sharing this classic movie clip!
Would love to find out who all the other singers/actors in this excellent scene.i saw that as a 10 yr old and loved it ever since. A relative worked on it in 1967..was responsible for building the sets and scene set up.
In regard to age, the actress playing Nancy - Shani Wallis - was actually almost five years older than Oliver Reed, playing Bill Sikes, though he died in 1999 and she is still living
Shani Wallace lights up the screen in her portrayal of the abused Nancy. This sequence cleverly tells Nancy's story at the same time showcasing Shani's singing talent.
Classic!! :') so powerful tho this song ironically it gets to me so much all of nancy parts and songs they all played their parts perfectly no one can replace them! Tru talent story the acting and the fact that the actors can sing so perfectly with emotion
I did Oliver in 10th grade,around about 04-05 time frame. Just hearing the songs from this musical brings me back to such great memories. Oh how I wish sometimes I long to be back in high school.
"You can always cover one till he blacks the other one, but you don't dare cry". Brilliant. A lyric like that would never be allowed these days. It was always my favourite bit to sing as a kid
Yeah but the point is that it shows the tragedy of her character and denial of her position as an abused woman. It foreshadows her fate. Similarly when she sings the "happy wife" line there's a bit of doubt there. Of course this lyric would still be allowed today - it is not celebrating it.
Such tragic lyrics, 'fine airs and fine graces, don't have to sin to eat'. It's sad to think so many people lived with the false choice between starvation and hell.
I'm a 39-year-old man, and I still cry over Nancy, all these decades later. :'( Hence why I am now working on a novel adaptation, in which Nancy fuckin' LIVES and escapes from Bill at the end! :D
ever since I saw this movie for the first time with my family 30 years ago (I was 7 years old then) I always admired Nancy's personality. in spite of how young I was I loved her character. she must not have had an easy life. like Oliver she probably never had the love of a mother or father or a loving home. I suspect she was abused by Bill Sykes and she probably grew up with Fagan and his gang. but she was always very content with life. I wish that things could have ended up more happier for her. I always thought that if Nancy had come out of this thing alive Oliver's great uncle would have considered taking Nancy into his home and give her a new life. she could have helped Oliver's great uncle and his housekeeper raise Oliver.
I never thought much about this when I was a kid what's now that I am a lot older I realize that Nancy's philosophy is just like mine. my life can be tough sometimes but I always have a positive attitude but things will go right in the end.
some people might call Nancy "a complicated character." and not be able to sympathize with her situation very well. after all, she was responsible for dragging Oliver back to fagins and was loyal to Bill Sykes until her sad ending. however ever since I was a kid, I knew she did not have much choice. I always wondered about Nancy's life story: perhaps like Oliver she grew up without a father or mother and had lived a life of poverty for years.
its true!!! i tried explaining it before my friend saw the movie and she was like '...0.o youre off.' she saw it and was like, 'how come the bad guys are always the hot ones!?' XD
Lili Jay Dickinson People are terrible aren't they? Just keep telling yourself that you have to be your own self and true friends will love you! It will take time to heal but things will get better.
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@hattieriding1 I agree, im 18 and i remember watching bits of it when i was little and i finally brought the DVD a few months back and watched it properly, i never ever knew that she died! Wished my mum told me! I was gutted!
Took 6 classes to watch this damn movie! (I watched it in music class) IT WAS SOO WORTH THE 6 CLASSES! When I first saw dodger in the beginning, I was just like, WOW! This is a great movie, the beginning wasn't that great, when dodger came in it started to get good. And I LOVED the song "consider youself"
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I think this character was one of my earliest childhood heroes. I was mesmerised by how beautiful and charismatic Nancy was, I wanted to be just like her. Back then I didn't really understand that she lived in poverty and misery and her dress was torn, when I always thought it was a really fine gown. When I got older and realised she became even more of an inspiration. Fabulous performance, wonderful character.
Tammy Milda so true I feel the same way. I just named my daughter Nancy :)
the victorian lasses, where the Best my Dear. . its a tough life.
I liked your comment. CHARACTER...it has nothing to do with $, clothes, or "things". A man (woman) either has it or doesn't.
I feel the same way. Despite being poor and having a very rough life, she was sweet and grateful for the things she did have.
me too, she tries to keep smiling and be kind to the boys even though her life is tragic
Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes is one of the great film villains of all time.
i agree ive feel in love with him and his dog bullseye
He introduced Jack Wild (dodger) into drink which he got addicted to contracted mouth cancer and died
Not according to Jack's autobiography. He admired him, but: "I wouldn’t actually speak to him; in fact I don’t think I had a conversation with him in the whole year we worked together - I was far too frightened of him. We all were."
jeeeeeeeeeeez man that's a bit much. what has + duke earl done or said to you?
Oliver Reed WAS Bill Sikes!
"you can always cover one until he blacks the other one but you don't dare cry". Such a tragic lyric and a window into what many women's lives were/are.
'Bill, do you love me?'
'I live wit' ya, don I?!' And they say romance is dead. xD
Oliver Reed got that line from when he was walking home through a rough neighbourhood and overheard two people from a house saying it. But the man actually said "I fucks ya, don't I?" 😂😂
@@BobbyCalloway YES!! And apparently, after he excitedly related the scene to Carol Reed and others at rehearsal the next day, he just couldn't understand why - despite absolutely loving the idea overall - they would not just go with the original line... intended G-rating be damned! :D
😏😉😂
@@BobbyCalloway wow thats amazing 😂
This is a song about total denial of her abused condition. I read the novel, "Oliver Twist" and this song very well captures the essence of how Nancy felt about her circumstances. She's an abused woman in an extremely toxic relationship with one of the most horrible human beings in 1830s London. She knows other people have better lives, but she's content with her's and this leads to her tragic fate.
In the book Oliver Twist, Nancy was walking down a stairwell, and the light from a single candle was too much, and it burned her eyes. She had such little Light in her life.
Keep the candle burning until it burns out! Foreshadowing?
@@carbtripper I read the book, too, years ago. I came away with the feeling she was portrayed as even more delicate than the musical version.
I couldn't help thinking that Dickens intended the role of Nancy was to be a posthumous stand-in for Oliver's mother.
That's really interesting, much more depth in the song than it can come across as. Def about the denial of her abuse, perhaps also due to the hideous impoverishment of the Victorian poor? (I.e. have to block things out to a degree to cope with all that awful shit?)
@@helenchelmicka7894 It was definitely a rich vs poor society back then. There was no middle class.
Thanks for ruining the book 🫏 🕳 ! I was going to start reading it tomorrow. Was. 😢
This is one of the most touching AND depressing songs. She sings about a huge list of problems, thinks wistfully on all the things she'll never have (money, security, a future, respect, a husband or even a boyfriend who actually loves her)... but if you forget all that, then everything's just fine!
It's a FINE LIFE after All!
She choreographed a whole production number for him and he couldn't care less...
LOL!!
I think he was tired after a hard day.
@@aminsadeghpour1549 a hard day of thieving
well noted thank you
@@aminsadeghpour1549 dont think so ....he kills her later
Bill's like, "All I wanted was a place to eat my soup and drink my beer after a hard day's worth of thieving, and you just HAVE to sing in my face now, don't you?"
Erin F nancy: “bill leave me be i’m busy!”
Erin F so true so true
Bill's a bloody idiot.
Poor Nancy got killed by a cane in the end 😭
at least she is pretty an i wish i could sing like Shani Wallis
Oliver Reed still manages to steal the scene! Such charisma.
Jojo he's amazing.
Bill Sykes eats his soup off a knife. He's so extra.
It's a cut throat babe x
More beast than man.
Oliver Reed what a long living legend!! His well known Tv interview on The Word in the 90’s with Terry Christian was amazing he owned all those tossers big time!!
It was tradition in those days
It wasn't soup, it was baked beans
Bill Sikes is such a good villain, he’s that character you love to hate and hate to love. The fact he isn’t giving any attention to his own wife, or any of the others in the tavern, really shows that he doesn’t give a shit, and cements his hateful personality, not to mention how Oliver Reed was straight up amazing as him, when reading the original Oliver Twist book, he was exactly what I imagined. I don’t like Bill himself, but he’s written and preformed amazingly here
He was a nasty abuser to women in real life.
Shani Wallis is beyond brilliant. The best actress in any musical film. Her ability to explore every lyric, feeling, and moment makes us understand everything about this tragic and lovable character in just one song.
It's always shit me up how Bill eats his soup off of a knife. You can just tell that was a conscious decision, because just with that action alone, he sets the standard for not to be fucked with.
He doesn't want to be caught up in a bar brawl with a spoon in his hand
I googled Shani Wallis (Nancy) out of curiosity and she's 35 in this! Who would have known! So beautiful
One of my favourite musicals ever and I used to love this song for being soo up beat and cheerful..... until I realised the words "you can always cover one till he blacks the other one, but you dont dare cry!!"
But it makes this song all the more powerful making a cheerful song with the lyrics of an awful life.
Oliver Reed plays menacing characters so well. In a scene where he's in it in glimpses he portrays the nastiness of the character brilliantly.
Because he was nasty in real life
@@MonstehDinosawr no he wasn’t lol
@@kylieteep4611 He wasn't, no, a gentleman indeed, until a drink hit then could be nasty indeed.
Shani apparently did find it tense to film her scenes with him, only because, for authenticity, it wasn't water he drank while filming. Safe to say, he didn't only unnerve the kids.
Sober, yes a true gentleman. Nonetheless, a great actor.
If you don't mind slaving just to scrape by, it's a fine life. Though your supervisor's younger than your grandkids, it's a fine life.
Right on! Three years later, you're right.
🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
@alfredgain you just inspired me To make a new version of this song using your lyrics 😂
@@vedinarose9560 Ha! Good luck. I hope it's a hit.
I simply love and adore Shani Wallis she is AMAZING as Nancy. So beautiful too
+The101genco Even bill loved her.
Bill Sykes In his own way I guess
I love her too, such a lovely character 👏🏻👏🏻😊
Shani will always be the best Nancy.
More recent "Oliver" adaptations may be more accurate, but Shani will always be the best.
somebody get this man a medal, for he just stated facts.
They carnt replace her no way or make a 2nd film bc nancys died it would.not be same without her she held everything together bc wen she was killed bill was shot fagin left but she was the absolute best tbh my home screen is her
Today would be Oliver Reeds birthday. (RIP sir)
Thanks for scaring the crap out of me as a kid! (And still....)
David Breen, I still have Sikes/Oliver Reed nightmares...
It's just so goddamn heartbreaking. And she sings it beautifully. Every inflection, every gesture, is perfect. Full of intention.
Bravo.
This film and this song in particular always remind me of my childhood, I’m from the East End and of course conditions were not like they were in Dickens times, but the culture was still very much intact.
Shani Wallis (Nancy) is so pretty here! :) AND a really good singer too!
+Troy Sawyer Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.
+Troy Sawyer Plus these "Modern Nancy's" as you call them tend to go overboard on their renditions of "As Long as He Needs Me". That kinda annoys me.
she reminds me of Eastenders star Letitia Dean. Beautiul
+Troy Sawyer They're remaking it? Whoa. In that case, I wonder who'll be suitable enough to fill the late Ron Moody's shoes for playing ol' Fagin. 'Cause he was freaking amazing at that.
+Troy Sawyer Even though the cast has yet to be choosen I would cast Brendan Gleeson as Fagin as he looks like him with the hair and beard.
Hilarious how Nancy serves and, along with the whole bar, sings for Bill, he just sits there and hardly pays any attention to them XD
***** Worthy of her or not, I wouldn't exactly say that. Through the whole Movie, he mostly didn't care for her nor take their relationship seriously unlike Nancy... I'd call it they were a bad combo xD
***** Don't worry, I noticed the typo and saw what you really meant. No misunderstanding happened :P
Have I mentioned he's an idiot...?
That's the whole premise. She's in a volatile, abusive and violent relationship with a man who doesn't appreciate, or indeed, barely notices her. Even though she says to Bill "You love me, don't you?" and he replies "Well of course I do, I live with you don't I?", it shows that she doesn't really believe him. Especially as he is basically her pimp with being a prostitute who also pickpockets and thieves items for him to fence.
The saddest part of Nancy's story is that it is relatable, even today.
@@alking7655 Actually Nancy was NOT a prostitute in the modern sense of the word. She did not sleep with men for money. During Dickens' time, the word prostitute did not mean "whore" or "hooker". Prostitute meant a woman who was living out of wedlock and not part of respectable society. Read this quote:
"As well as Nancy being a thief, a common misapprehension is that she is a prostitute, in the modern sense of the word. At no point is this stated in the novel; rather it stems from Dickens describing her as such in his preface to the 1841 edition ("the boys are pickpockets, and the girl is a prostitute"). However, it has been convincingly argued that he is invoking the term's then synonymous usage referring to a woman living out of wedlock or otherwise on the margins of "respectable" society."
One of the finest musicals ever done!
shani Wallis sing so beautifully. I wish I could sing like her😧
The first time i saw this movie? Sixth grade. I went with the others in the 6th grade class i was in, to see it in theatre. It was kind of sad, & i was a little melancholy & emotional walking out of the theatre.
Fed the dog from the same spoon- pure class.
The same knife-Bill ain't gonna get caught bringing a spoon to a bar fight! ;-)
As kids me and my siblings always laughed at that part!! So disgusting
Seeta Ran well to be fair, this was really not a sanitary period of time
@@kayseecoward7571 Sanitary? Give the dog its on bowl.
Nancy is my favorite character in the musical.
she reminds me of me. my life is tough sometimes, but I always have the philosophy that things can get better
I really wish we could've seen more of Beth she seemed so kind on the scenes she was in.
She was Messalina in I, Claudius. Not so nice in that one.
She played Messalina in I Claudius. Not so sweet in that one.
what was she cooking on that oven thing just before this scene?
@@user-wo6xj4se8bchestnuts I think.
Beth was Messalina in I, Claudius.
A great scene from a great movie.
Please never delete this video. I need it more than most
You can really identify with this song if you grew up very poor, like myself.
gay
God you sound boring
i relate to this SO hard! i'm 21 and i'm still in the same position but i don't mind, really. all the old school gents in my area talk about my parents in the 'old days' & tell me stories about them whilst i prop up the bar ha ha!
IndependentGeorge76 o
Honey, your father and I bought you toys weekly! How are you poor?
I loved watching this when I was younger at Christmas time with my dad! 27 years old now time has flown by!!!!
I loved this when I was little!!! 2:29 was my favorite part of the song I had to look for this song just for it :) I remember dancing in front of the telly while my family shuffled around and grumbled trying to see the screen!
Memories! :)
She is so hot in this moment, all perched up on the table, like a pin-up girl whose art is effortless...
sigh... Nancy is really optimistic... Especially when she sings oom pah pah.... :(
That's the idea, all the darkness of the story is hidden in the detail of the lyrics. Much like how you can hide the pain behind a smile. Oliver Twist is definitely not a sunshine and rainbows tale, even if the film tries to lighten the mood a bit.
I sobbed when we watched Nancy die
I get the tickles when she looks at him and says when you got someone to love its almost like its real between them.
Nancy was genuinely in love with Bill. Sadly Bill didn't really feel the same way
Too bad it wasn't real.
To her - it is...
@@commonsenselyrics Real men dont feel shit
@@AJ-cv9zf What
Her voice at the end gave me chills. :)
I love her voice so much I love her 💗
2:07 - "Aw, sharrap Nancy, I'm troyin' a' drink me point!"
He is beyond idiotic.
Were I in his shoes, Nancy would have promptly ended up on my lap. And I would've joined in and sang with my Sweetheart!
@@emanuelardeleanu8748 Bill is really ungrateful, but thats the magic of his character, he hardly acknowledges his own wife (i don’t know their relationship status, i’m guessing their married from the “happy home happy husband happy wife” like) when she’s singing to him in this and Oom Pah Pah combined, but that just makes him more hateable, which is what they were aiming for
the dramatic shift in mood for "it's a fine.....life" at 3:40 is one of the most heartbreaking deliveries of any line I've ever seen performed
I recently watched this film for the first time. Nancy made the whole story for me. Yes, Bill Sykes scared me and Oliver charmed me and Fagin intrigued me and Dodger warmed my heart (even as a pickpocket), but Nancy - and Bullseye - blew my mind, and broke my heart! This film is so special! What a great story! I'm so glad I saw it. Maybe others can speak where I'm speechless, because I'm too much in love with this production to complain. Or maybe it's late and I'm wasted, you decide. 🤪
My relative. Now long gone. Worked on this film and others in 1967..he was a great carpenter and engineer..he mentioned many times the fun and hard work put in by everybody. Carol Reid was a genius. R.i.p Ray..
No words spoken, gestures only and eats soup with a knife. One bad dude and height of excellence in acting.
"Dont have to sin to eat" Oh Nancy, the loveliest and most tragic character. I don't think any other cast could be as perfect as Shani Wallis, Ron Moody and Oliver Reed. Oliver Reed has that brutal masculinity that is quite rare to see now - strikes fear with a glare. Shani Wallis portrays Nancy as having that rough round the edges but fundamentally feminine and gentle quality, being strong for the situation she's in. Nancy is a wonderful character to highlight how horrible sex work is - how it doesn't matter if the person you have paid or you're watching online is smiling - they could full well be a Nancy stuck in poverty, bought up in abuse and down trodden by society - and deserving oh so much more! Nancy gives her all in the end to prove that.
Small pleasures, that's really all, Nancy's ever got...
This is just wonderful, i love this movie a lot!!
All these amazing actors and Dickens immortal story, great!
Saw this on Turner Classic Movies two days ago, one of my all-time favorite movie musicals :-) Thanks for the upload (and the subtitles too. Makes it a pleasure to watch over and over again).
my school is doing oliver and i hope i get nancy's part
Love how he just taps the guy at the beginning without having to say a word to basically say "fucking move"
Bill Sykes? man he scared us as kids, Oliver Reed he was a fantastic actor and Shani you were always fantastic. Amazing how you never forget these songs into adulthood .
When Oliver Reed appears with his shadow that is an awesome entrance...
I was just casted in my school's play as Nancy and I am so excited! :) I love this character and all of her songs they are just perfect for my voice!
Oliver Reed was the perfect Bill Syke. He was actually quiet like Bill in real life and his menacing looks were the best ever.
This song brings back such good memories of when I played nancy in February. I was nowhere near as amazing as Shani Willis was but I loved every second of it :') miss it loads now though!
"if you don't mind having to go without things, it's a fine life!" i've loved this movie since 2nd grade. as i grow older, the message of this book and musical rings true to me more than ever. #life #live #TheLord
+Blake Gildaphish I agree.. life is what you make of it.
ONE OF MY FAVIORTE SONGS IN THE MUSICAL
I have always loved the beautiful extremely talented actress, singer dancer Shani Wallis! Shani Wallis should have won the golden globe award, the Academy Award, the BATFTA award for best actress for her brilliant portrayal of Nancy in the 1968 classic movie Oliver! I was born in 1978. The 1968 movie Oliver! is one of my all-time favorite movies! It is perfect! It should be Dame Sahani Wallis! Thank you for posting and sharing this classic movie clip!
Greatest ever musical.
JCS. Fiddler.
I love Shani Wallis, and Oliver Reed very good looking man in my opinion
Would love to find out who all the other singers/actors in this excellent scene.i saw that as a 10 yr old and loved it ever since. A relative worked on it in 1967..was responsible for building the sets and scene set up.
Great actor he was :)
maiza what Nancy or bill
Lucy Devonport is Nancy a he!? Lol
he is great actor i dont like his character
We done a magic of the musicals-a mix of all famous musicals
Shani Wallis is very talented and has a voice of gold!
A great British film with some even greater songs...............
He never deserved her. She was far too young, pretty and good for him
In regard to age, the actress playing Nancy - Shani Wallis - was actually almost five years older than Oliver Reed, playing Bill Sikes, though he died in 1999 and she is still living
Shani Wallace lights up the screen in her portrayal of the abused Nancy. This sequence cleverly tells Nancy's story at the same time showcasing Shani's singing talent.
Classic!! :') so powerful tho this song ironically it gets to me so much all of nancy parts and songs they all played their parts perfectly no one can replace them! Tru talent story the acting and the fact that the actors can sing so perfectly with emotion
this really helped with my play
I did Oliver in 10th grade,around about 04-05 time frame. Just hearing the songs from this musical brings me back to such great memories. Oh how I wish sometimes I long to be back in high school.
Theee best musical ever!!!!
"You can always cover one till he blacks the other one, but you don't dare cry". Brilliant. A lyric like that would never be allowed these days. It was always my favourite bit to sing as a kid
Yeah but the point is that it shows the tragedy of her character and denial of her position as an abused woman. It foreshadows her fate. Similarly when she sings the "happy wife" line there's a bit of doubt there. Of course this lyric would still be allowed today - it is not celebrating it.
Shani Wallis did a great job as Nancy. Thank you for uploading this song
my school is doing a production of oliver and im Mrs Sowerberry (the undertakers wife) and Bet (Nancy's best friend)
Such tragic lyrics, 'fine airs and fine graces, don't have to sin to eat'. It's sad to think so many people lived with the false choice between starvation and hell.
the foreshadowing at 2:21 - 2:28 is subtle yet jarring at the same exact time
I can remember as a little kid I watched this movie and started crying when Nancy died.
I'm a 39-year-old man, and I still cry over Nancy, all these decades later. :'(
Hence why I am now working on a novel adaptation, in which Nancy fuckin' LIVES and escapes from Bill at the end! :D
Please, Bill, no violence!!!!
Even fight my Bill?
What, fisticuffs?!?!?
ever since I saw this movie for the first time with my family 30 years ago (I was 7 years old then) I always admired Nancy's personality. in spite of how young I was I loved her character.
she must not have had an easy life. like Oliver she probably never had the love of a mother or father or a loving home. I suspect she was abused by Bill Sykes and she probably grew up with Fagan and his gang. but she was always very content with life.
I wish that things could have ended up more happier for her.
I always thought that if Nancy had come out of this thing alive Oliver's great uncle would have considered taking Nancy into his home and give her a new life. she could have helped Oliver's great uncle and his housekeeper raise Oliver.
Bill sykes has always reminded me off my dad! X
Nancy’s my favourite character in the musical and the novel.
Nancy is my favorite character in ALL of human fiction!
When this was on Bway back in 1964 one of my friends was in the show.
"Though it sometimes touches me... for the likes as such as me..."
love this song
AMEN!!!!💯💯💯💯💯IF YOU DON'T MIND HAVING TO GO WITHOUT THINGS IT'S A FINE LIFE YES IT IS!!!
Now THAT'S a nice introduction to our villain!
I never thought much about this when I was a kid what's now that I am a lot older I realize that Nancy's philosophy is just like mine.
my life can be tough sometimes but I always have a positive attitude but things will go right in the end.
some people might call Nancy "a complicated character." and not be able to sympathize with her situation very well. after all, she was responsible for dragging Oliver back to fagins and was loyal to Bill Sykes until her sad ending.
however ever since I was a kid, I knew she did not have much choice.
I always wondered about Nancy's life story: perhaps like Oliver she grew up without a father or mother and had lived a life of poverty for years.
Just noticed that Bill eats his soup with his knife. A little touch but it fits so well with his character.
I love it!
Love this movie-fagin and dodger are my favorite characters. :)
Nah, Dodger and Nancy.
@@millie4519 Nancy is my favorite character in ALL of human Literature, Film, and Theatre!
its true!!! i tried explaining it before my friend saw the movie and she was like
'...0.o youre off.'
she saw it and was like, 'how come the bad guys are always the hot ones!?' XD
top movie i even got the limited edtion dvd wiv its quiz and got full score..lol
R.I.P ollie
my niece is doing a play for the film and she wants to be Nancy,so I have to help her practice the songs and line for her 😍
I love this movie! All of the performances are brilliant!
This my all time Favorite Movie...
Sykes is dumb for taking
1) Hot girlfriend
2) Home/bed to stay in
3) Food and gin
For granted! :P
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bill sykes was the ultimate master of "hard to get". Just Look at nancy.
...and also a complete jerk-wad.
Exactly, look at Nancy!
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FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THIS SONG AND OUM-PAH-PAH ARE TWO OF MY FAVIORTE SONGS FROM THE MUSICAL
I fell in love with Nancy's character the first time I saw this movie.
near the end alwaysrminded me ofthe song from petes drgon where she danced on th beed barall. butthanks for the lyrics included!!
@hattieriding1 I agree, im 18 and i remember watching bits of it when i was little and i finally brought the DVD a few months back and watched it properly, i never ever knew that she died! Wished my mum told me! I was gutted!
Gutted is the perfect for it! You and me both, homie... :'(
Took 6 classes to watch this damn movie! (I watched it in music class) IT WAS SOO WORTH THE 6 CLASSES! When I first saw dodger in the beginning, I was just like, WOW! This is a great movie, the beginning wasn't that great, when dodger came in it started to get good. And I LOVED the song "consider youself"