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Billy Liar (1963): Continuity script
directed by John Schlesinger, 1926-2003; produced by Joseph Janni, 1916-1994, Vic Films Productions; performed by Tom Courtenay, 1937-, Wilfred Pickles, 1904-1978 and Julie Christie, 1941- (London, England: Studio Canal, 2015, first release 1963), 176 page(s)
Tom Courtenay delivers a star-making turn as William Terrence Fisher (Billy Liar) in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Running from an unsympathetic working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees and an insecure job at an undertakers, Billy escapes, Walter Mitty-like, into a...
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directed by John Schlesinger, 1926-2003; produced by Joseph Janni, 1916-1994, Vic Films Productions; performed by Tom Courtenay, 1937-, Wilfred Pickles, 1904-1978 and Julie Christie, 1941- (London, England: Studio Canal, 2015, first release 1963), 176 page(s)
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Tom Courtenay delivers a star-making turn as William Terrence Fisher (Billy Liar) in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Running from an unsympathetic working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees and an insecure job at an undertakers, Billy escapes, Walter Mitty-like, into a world of fantasy where he can realize his dream ambitions. As work and family pressures build to new intolerable levels, Liz (an early...
Tom Courtenay delivers a star-making turn as William Terrence Fisher (Billy Liar) in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Running from an unsympathetic working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees and an insecure job at an undertakers, Billy escapes, Walter Mitty-like, into a world of fantasy where he can realize his dream ambitions. As work and family pressures build to new intolerable levels, Liz (an early, charismatic turn from Julie Christie), enters his drab life and offers Billy the one real chance he'll ever get to leave the past behind. Scripted by Keith Waterhouse from his own novel, and sensitively directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy), Billy Liar is one of the few comedies of the British New Wave, marrying visual and verbal wit with a rather poignant rumination on the futility of dreams.
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Content Type
Script
Performer / Ensemble
Tom Courtenay, 1937-, Wilfred Pickles, 1904-1978, Julie Christie, 1941-
Contributor
Joseph Janni, 1916-1994, Vic Films Productions, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, 1936-2012
Author / Creator
John Schlesinger, 1926-2003, Tom Courtenay, 1937-, Wilfred Pickles, 1904-1978, Julie Christie, 1941-, Keith Waterhouse, 1929-2009, Willis Hall, 1929-2005
Date Published / Released
1963, 2015
Publisher
Studio Canal
Topic / Theme
Dating and courtship, Family arguments, Boredom, William Terrence, Geoffrey Fisher, Liz
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The Sound Barrier (1952): Continuity script
directed by Sir David Lean, 1908-1991; produced by Sir David Lean, 1908-1991, London Film Productions; performed by Sir Ralph Richardson, 1902-1983, Ann Todd, 1909-1993 and Nigel Patrick, 1912-1981 (London, England: Studio Canal, 2015, first release 1952), 212 page(s)
The human cost of scientific progress underlies this story of an aircraft manufacturer whose obsession for perfection leads him into near madness and brings his family suffering - a tendency shared by Lean himself. The script by Terence Rattigan delivers the drama, but the exhilarating aerial footage and the score...
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directed by Sir David Lean, 1908-1991; produced by Sir David Lean, 1908-1991, London Film Productions; performed by Sir Ralph Richardson, 1902-1983, Ann Todd, 1909-1993 and Nigel Patrick, 1912-1981 (London, England: Studio Canal, 2015, first release 1952), 212 page(s)
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The human cost of scientific progress underlies this story of an aircraft manufacturer whose obsession for perfection leads him into near madness and brings his family suffering - a tendency shared by Lean himself. The script by Terence Rattigan delivers the drama, but the exhilarating aerial footage and the score by Malcolm Arnold are what lodge in the memory. With Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd and Nigel Patrick.
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Film
Content Type
Script
Performer / Ensemble
Sir Ralph Richardson, 1902-1983, Ann Todd, 1909-1993, Nigel Patrick, 1912-1981
Contributor
Sir David Lean, 1908-1991, London Film Productions, Sir Malcolm Arnold, 1921-2006
Author / Creator
Sir David Lean, 1908-1991, Sir Ralph Richardson, 1902-1983, Ann Todd, 1909-1993, Nigel Patrick, 1912-1981, Terence Rattigan, 1911-1977
Date Published / Released
1952, 2015
Publisher
Studio Canal
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Family arguments, Airplane pilots, John Ridgefield, Susan Garthwaite, Tony Garthwaite
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