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Overview
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Writer:
Steve Gordon (written by)
Release Date:
7 August 1981 (Brazil)
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Tagline:
Not everyone who drinks is a poet, some of us drink because we're not. more
Plot:
Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which...
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 9 wins
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6 nominations
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(50 articles)
Rip: Lou Jacobi
(From Cinematical. 28 October 2009, 3:18 PM, PDT)
Character Actor Lou Jacobi Dead At Age 95
(From CinemaRetro. 27 October 2009, 4:25 AM, PDT)
(From Cinematical. 28 October 2009, 3:18 PM, PDT)
Character Actor Lou Jacobi Dead At Age 95
(From CinemaRetro. 27 October 2009, 4:25 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Arthur, drunk again!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dudley Moore | ... | Arthur Bach |
 | Liza Minnelli | ... | Linda Marolla |
 | John Gielgud | ... | Hobson |
 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Martha Bach |
 | Jill Eikenberry | ... | Susan Johnson |
| Stephen Elliott | ... | Burt Johnson |
| Ted Ross | ... | Bitterman |
| Barney Martin | ... | Ralph Marolla |
| Thomas Barbour | ... | Stanford Bach |
 | Anne De Salvo | ... | Gloria - Hooker |
| Marjorie Barnes | ... | Hooker |
| Dillon Evans | ... | Plaza Maitre d' |
| Maurice Copeland | ... | Uncle Peter Bach |
| Justine Johnston | ... | Aunt Pearl Bach |
| Paul Vincent | ... | Plaza Waiter |
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Runtime:
97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Netherlands:6 |
New Zealand:PG |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Iceland:L |
Norway:12 (1981) |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG
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Tuesday Weld was originally offered the role of Linda Marolla but turned it down.
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Continuity: When Bitterman drops Linda off at her apartment complex, she looks out the back window of the car and asks that he wait until her neighbor is there before he opens the car door for her. When Linda does get out of the car, the woman is approaching the car from the front, not from the back.
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Soundtrack:
If You knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)
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It's hard to put your finger on this one. Basically I suppose it's a comedy about an idle rich drunk who falls in love with a (comparatively) poor girl, whom he wants to marry at the risk of being disowned by his family.
It has funny moments, romantic moments, and touching moments. Dudley Moore is funny and somehow makes his self-centred character endearing, Liza Minelli is a convincing foil as the the feisty opposite he attracts, but John Gielgud steals the show as Arthur's wonderfully sarcastic butler.
It's corny but great fun with a memorable soundtrack, and ran for nearly 3 months at our local fleapit.