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Director:
Writer:
Ronald Harwood (screenplay)
Release Date:
6 December 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.
Plot:
An effeminate personal assistant of a deteriorating veteran actor struggles to get him through a difficult performance of King Lear. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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13 nominations
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DVD Review: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Criterion Collection)
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(From Rope Of Silicon. 21 May 2009, 2:15 AM, PDT)
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Simply put: this is great film making.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Albert Finney | ... | Sir |
 | Tom Courtenay | ... | Norman |
| Edward Fox | ... | Oxenby |
| Zena Walker | ... | Her Ladyship |
| Eileen Atkins | ... | Madge |
| Michael Gough | ... | Frank Carrington |
| Cathryn Harrison | ... | Irene |
| Betty Marsden | ... | Violet Manning |
| Sheila Reid | ... | Lydia Gibson |
| Lockwood West | ... | Geoffrey Thornton |
| Donald Eccles | ... | Mr. Godstone |
| Llewellyn Rees | ... | Horace Brown |
| Guy Manning | ... | Benton |
| Anne Mannion | ... | Beryl |
| Kevin Stoney | ... | C. Rivers Lane |
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118 min
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Color (Rankcolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Tom Courtenay was nominated for the 1982 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Dresser" as Norman and repeated the role in the film version.
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Anachronisms: After Sir and Norman leave the marketplace, they're passed by a Routemaster bus. These buses were first used in London in 1954, and weren't used outside London until the 1970's.
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Referenced in "The Nanny: The Honeymoon's Overboard (#6.1)" (1998)
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What more can you ask for? A great screenplay based on one of the finest plays of the latter half of the 20th century, two fine emotional performances by Courtney and Finney, a realistic vision of war time london, a great supporting cast. This film takes you on an emotional rollercoaster through humour, sadness, loss and fulfillment. if you are in the theatre it is even more effective. This is a true 10 on the rating scale !