Jun 13th
Billy Liar***
(GB 1963)
A ne'er do well undertaker's assistant fantasizes and dreams of leaving his drab existence for London.
A sample of the British New Wave - as helmed by a seasoned director of semi-documentaries, brilliantly blending the Northern brashness with its character's fantasies, with an unsentimental ending (that Hollywood would never allow nowadays), although a little wanting when it comes to deeper characterisation.
Written by: Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, from their novel and play.
Producer: Joseph Janni.
Director: John Schlesinger.
Starring: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie, Leonard Rossiter, Ethel Griffies, Helen Fraser, Gwendolyn Watts.
Photography: Denys Coop.
Music: Richard Rodney Bennett.
Preceded by:
A sample of the British New Wave - as helmed by a seasoned director of semi-documentaries, brilliantly blending the Northern brashness with its character's fantasies, with an unsentimental ending (that Hollywood would never allow nowadays), although a little wanting when it comes to deeper characterisation.
Written by: Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall, from their novel and play.
Producer: Joseph Janni.
Director: John Schlesinger.
Starring: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie, Leonard Rossiter, Ethel Griffies, Helen Fraser, Gwendolyn Watts.
Photography: Denys Coop.
Music: Richard Rodney Bennett.
Preceded by:
(GB 2016. 2m.; w: Oscar Garth, Luke Davies; d: Oscar Garth; s: James Button, Luke Davies.)
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