Bartleby [videorecording] / a Corinth Films release ; Pantheon Film Productions ; director of photography, Ian Wilson ; screenplay by Anthony Friedmann and Rodney Carr-Smith ; produced by Rodney Carr-Smith and Anthony Friedmann ; directed by Anthony Friedmann.
Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Colin Jeavons, Raymond Mason, Charles Kinross, Neville Barber, Robin Askwith, Hope Jackman, John Watson, Christine Dingle, Rosalind Elliot, Tony Parkin, Thorley Walters. Based on the story by Herman Melville. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. Special features: Stills gallery; (DVD-ROM features) Genesis of Bartleby the movie; What is a release script and what is a shooting script?; Shooting script; Release script; Bartleby, the scrivener (a story of Wall Street); New York Times review; New York Post review; New Yorker review; San Sebastian Film Festival; San Sebastian Jury Prize; San Sebastian Diploma.
Summary:
Updating the Melville story from 19th century Wall Street to London in the 1970s, a young accounting clerk refuses to do his work, throwing his office into chaos. His boss, unable to fire him or help him, eventually has him placed in a mental hospital.
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