Oliver & Company: Sykes Kidnaps Jenny (Deleted Version)

Oliver & Company is one of my favorite Disney movies from the 80's. I first heard about this movie from a Disney Sing Along Songs videotape that my grandmother used to own. My favorite character in this movie is Jenny Foxworth.

The reason I like her is because her design is very cute and she has a nice voice. Even her song "Good Company" is beautiful.

Anyways, here's a question. Have you watched the scene where Jenny meets Fagin while looking for Oliver, but is later kidnapped by Bill Sykes? I find that scene very emotional because Jenny's voice is pretty sad and the atmosphere, if you ask me is pretty dark.

However, it would get even more emotional when I found a deleted version of it.

It was a Saturday afternoon and I was playing Lego Avengers on my PlayStation 4. I was roaming around Manhattan as Quicksilver while the other character I had with me was Hulk as he appears in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

I thought I move on to do something else. I decided to take a walk down to the library and pick up some new movies. When I walked out of the library, I got an email notification on my phone. The email was from George Scribner, the director of Oliver & Company.

I was quite surprised to get an email from a movie director. I waited until I got home to read the message.

Once I got back, I opened the full letter. Here's what it read:

"Dear [Name withheld], I would like to present to you an alternate version of the scene from Oliver & Company where Bill Sykes kidnaps Jenny. But I would prefer if you view this only for yourself. Kind regards, George Scribner."

After reading the email, I clicked on the file that was attached to the letter.

The file's name was "oliverandcompanykidnappingjenny.mp4".

Once the video finished downloading, I clicked on the video and it played. But a warning came up.

"This scene of Oliver & Company was changed to be less emotional. It contains content that can sadden some viewers. Watch if you must!"

"Eh, I've seen worse. But this is rather interesting." I muttered.

The scene began like normal with Jenny trying to read a map to find the person who kidnapped Oliver. Jenny couldn't figure out how to read the map, so she claimed that she and Georgette were lost.

Georgette was doing her usual panting like always.

"Stay close Georgette, it's creepy down here." Jenny said.

"Whoever's looking for their lost kitty, don't even think about it!" A voice out of nowhere said.

"Is anyone here?" Jenny asked.

Meanwhile, Fagin and his dogs were standing on the pier trying to wait for either Bill or Jenny.

For some reason, there was a change that was much different from the final film. Bill went to see what was the matter with Jenny. Jenny then explained to Bill that she was lost and was looking for her cat, but something was different this time. The voice actor for Jenny sounded way more emotional than usual, like she was actually crying.

"I come home from school, only to find that Oliver is gone. Oliver's the name of the kitty." Jenny said to Bill.

"Yes, I know Oliver, that little kitten Fagin showed me." Bill replied.

Suddenly, Rita showed up.

She said, "Sir, Oliver was adopted by Jenny, besides, he's not like us, he's a kitten.."

Bill gasped in shock when he heard Rita talk. Just then, Dodger came out angry and said, "Rita, what are you doing? Oliver's not going anywhere."

"Dodger, stop! From over here, I can imagine some fun things that Jenny and Oliver can do during their lifetime." Rita replied.

It then began to show a montage of Jenny and Oliver doing some fun things like playing with toys, celebrating Oliver's birthday, having show and tell at school, sitting on the swings at the park, taking a bath and others.

About the bath scene, Oliver got scared when he saw the water splash on him, while Jenny (Who was in the bathtub) chuckled.

During the montage, a sad orchestra version of Good Company played.

I was almost on the edge of crying because the things that Oliver and Jenny were doing could've reminded me of stuff I could've done in my childhood. As soon as the montage ended, Rita started shedding tears.

"Dodger, please, you have to let it go." Rita said to Dodger.

"No! He's staying with us. Now live with it or I'll kick your ass!" Dodger said.

I gasped at that point. Why would Dodger even say that in this movie? Suddenly, Jenny heard a voice that sounded like Fagin calling her name.

As Jenny ran off, Dodger and Rita began to have an argument. After that, Dodger then told Bill Sykes that Jenny was a thief and this triggered him. He got back in his car and waited for Jenny to come out.

Meanwhile, Fagin was seen holding Oliver and this made Jenny rather happy.

The rest of the scene continued normal with Bill approaching Jenny. Bill then grabbed Jenny by the arm and dragged her into his car. Jenny, on the other hand let out the same scream from the original film.

The dogs began barking in an angry manner. Oliver began to wonder what happened to Jenny only to realize that Bill took her.

"Listen kid, I'm sorry for all the behavior I've caused to you and Rita. Tell you what, we'll help you find your owner." Dodger said.

"Y-You will?" Oliver asked.

"Hey, absotively kid." Dodger replied.

Somehow, the scene ended there. At that moment, I began crying, not just because of Jenny's sad voice, but because of the montage and the argument between Dodger and Rita.

I cried for only 2 minutes, and then I got the idea of saving the file to my Google Drive.

Later that night, I took my portrait of Jenny Foxworth that I had in my room and put it near the side of my bed. It's because if I have memories of that sad clip, I know that I can think of some happy thoughts.

The next day, I replied to George Scribner's email and said that it definitely made me cry. He apologized and said that it was the only thing he'll share with me.

As some people say, Disney movies can sometimes make us sad.