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Billy Liar (1963)
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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 2,601 users
Metascore:
82/100
Reviews: 55 user | 29 critic | 5 from Metacritic.com A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family. Director:John Schlesinger |
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Arthur Crabtree
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A young British clerk in a gloomy North Country undertaker's office, Billy is bombarded daily by the propaganda of the media that all things are for the asking. This transparently false doctrine, coupled with the humdrum job and his wild imagination, leads him on frequent flights to "Ambrosia," a mythical kingdom where he is crowned king, general, lover or any idealized hero the real situation of the moment makes him desire. His vacillating commitment and post-adolescent immaturity have created situations which make Ambrosia all the more attractive. He's succeeded in becoming engaged to two different girls, simultaneously, while in love with a third, Liz. He's in hot water with his employer, having spent a rather large sum of postage money on his personal frivolities. And last, but not least, his dream of becoming a highly-paid, famous scriptwriter in London seems doomed to failure... Written by alfiehitchie
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A hazudós Billy See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$10,785 (USA) (19 November 2000) (1 Screen)Gross:
$35,609 (USA) (3 December 2000)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: What? What things?
Arthur Crabtree: Passion pills - what I said I'd get you.
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: Let's have a look. Where'd you get them?
Arthur Crabtree: This mate of mine fetched them from Singapore.
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: I bet they're bloody aspirins.
Arthur Crabtree: What?
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: [Billy swallows some] Eh, steady on! They'll give yuh the screamin' abdabs. One of these, two two-and-nines at the Regal, bag of chips and you're away!
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Keith Waterhouse wrote the novel "Billy Liar" inspired by the cartoon story "Walter Mitty" by James Thurber. See more »Quotes
Arthur Crabtree: Hey, I got those things for you.William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: What? What things?
Arthur Crabtree: Passion pills - what I said I'd get you.
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: Let's have a look. Where'd you get them?
Arthur Crabtree: This mate of mine fetched them from Singapore.
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: I bet they're bloody aspirins.
Arthur Crabtree: What?
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher: [Billy swallows some] Eh, steady on! They'll give yuh the screamin' abdabs. One of these, two two-and-nines at the Regal, bag of chips and you're away!
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