Oliver & Company is a 1988 animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988. The 27th animated feature released in the Disney Animated Canon, it was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, and inspired by the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, which has been adapted many other times for the screen. It is about a homeless kitten named Oliver who joins a gang of dogs to survive in 1988 New York City streets. In this version, he is a cat and Fagin's gang is made up of dogs, one of which is Dodger. It was re-released in the USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom on March 29, 1996. The film was a box office success, beating out its main competitor, The Land Before Time, but received mixed reviews from critics for its storyline being cluttered and were mixed on the animation. However, the acting and songs, (practically "Why Should I Worry") received praise. Audience reception, however, was more positive, and the film has become a cult classic and a Disney fan favorite over the years.
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Oliver & Company received a G rating by the MPAA. This is the twenty-sixth Disney animated film to be rated as such in the US after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound and The Great Mouse Detective.
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