Billy Liar
Tom Courtenay gives a flawlessly nuanced performance as Billy Fisher, the underachieving undertaker’s assistant whose constant daydreams and truth-deficient stories earn him the nickname “Billy Liar.” Julie Christie is the handbag-swinging charmer whose free spirit just might inspire Billy to finally move out of his parents’ house. Deftly veering from gritty realism to flamboyant fantasy, Billy Liar is a dazzling and uproarious classic.
Special Features
- Audio commentary featuring director John Schlesinger and actors Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie
- Excerpts from “Northern Lights,” an episode of the BBC series Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties, hosted by Richard Lester
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cover based on a theatrical poster
Special Features
- Audio commentary featuring director John Schlesinger and actors Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie
- Excerpts from “Northern Lights,” an episode of the BBC series Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties, hosted by Richard Lester
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cover based on a theatrical poster
Cast
- Tom Courtenay
- Billy Fisher
- Julie Christie
- Liz
- Wilfred Pickles
- Geoffrey Fisher
- Mona Washbourne
- Alice Fisher
- Ethel Griffies
- Florence
- Finlay Currie
- Councilor Duxbury
- Leonard Rossiter
- Shadrack
- Helen Fraser
- Barbara
- Gwendolyn Watts
- Rita
Credits
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Producer
- Joseph Janni
- Screenplay
- Keith Waterhouse
- Screenplay
- Willis Hall
- Based on the novel by
- Keith Waterhouse
- And on the play by
- Keith Waterhouse
- And on the play by
- Willis Hall
- Music
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Conducted by
- John Hollingeworth
- Cinematography
- Denys Coop
- Art director
- Ray Simm
- Editing
- Roger Cherrill
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