Billy Liar (re-release)

Name: Billy Liar (re-release)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: November 17, 2000
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay

2000

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Continental Distributing | Release Date: November 17, 2000

Starring: Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay

Summary: A young man (Courtenay) dreams of escaping his working class world.

Director: John Schlesinger

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Runtime: 98 min

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David Sterritt

A pungent pleasure from start to finish. Read full review

Dana Stevens

One of the great movies of the 1960's, but it has been, in this country at least, maddeningly elusive. In spite of its bitter edge, Billy Liar is pure Ambrosia. Read full review

Jessica Winter

Often seems less a British new wave front-runner than a charming nouvelle vague tagalong, Read full review

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An imaginative, fascinating film. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tom Courtenay is quite good in the title role, and Julie Christie makes a memorable early appearance . Read full review

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Jun 8, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I admire this sharp satirical comedy, graced with superb direction, acting, and cinematography, for having the courage of its unexpected and unhappy ending, which could serve to illustrate Thoreau's famous observation that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation."… Expand

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