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Title:

Billy Liar [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Rialto Pictures release ; Studio Canal ; a Joseph Janni production for VIC Films in association with Waterhall Productions ; screenplay by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall ; produced by Joseph Janni ; directed by John Schlesinger.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Truthfulness and falsehood--Drama.
Families--Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003.
Janni, Joseph, 1916-1994.
Waterhouse, Keith. Billy Liar.
Hall, Wallis. Billy Liar.
Courtenay, Tom.
Christie, Julie.
Pickles, Wilfred, 1904-1978.
Washbourne, Mona, 1903-1988.
Griffies, Ethel, 1878-1975.
Currie, Finlay, 1878-1968.
Watt, Gwendolyn, 1937-2000.
Fraser, Helen.
Rossiter, Leonard, 1926-1984.
Bewes, Rodney.
Innes, George, 1938-
Randall, Leslie, 1924-
Barr, Patrick.
Clark, Ernest, 1912-1994.
Winn, Godfrey, 1906-
Bennett, Richard Rodney.
Coop, Denys.
Cherrill, Roger.
Hollingsworth, John, 1916-1963.
Janus Films.
Rialto Pictures LLC.
Studio Canal+.
Vic Film (Firm)
Waterhall Productions.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Notes:

Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Gwendolyn Watts, Helen Fraser, Leonard Rossiter, Rodney Bewes, George Innes, Leslie Randall, Patrick Barr, Ernest Clark, Godfrey Winn. Based on the novel and play by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Videodisc release of a 1963 motion picture.

Summary:

Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers.

Series:

10 years of Rialto Pictures

ISBN:

1604650699 (set box)
9781604650693 (set box)
1604650834
9781604650839

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317565957

UPC:

715515032124

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)