Billy Liar / Janus Films ; Studio Canal ; Vic Films in association with Waterhall Productions ; screenplay by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall ; produced by Joseph Janni ; directed by John Schlesinger.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Tom Courtenay, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finaly Currie, Julie Christie. Based on the novel and play by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. A foreign film (Great Britain). Widescreen format, 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Special features: audio commentary; theatrical trailer; excerpts from an episode of the BBC series Hollywood U.K.:British cinema in the sixties.
Summary:
Billy's fantasy life provides escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertaker's.
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