The Dresser / a Goldcrest Films-World Film Services Production ; Columbia Pictures presents ; directed and produced by Peter Yates ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood. [dvd]
Publication details: [S.l. : United States : s.n.], [RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983 ; 1984?] Description: 1 dvd discISBN: 5035822042032LOC classification: DVD: DRESProduction credits: Music composed by James Horner ; associate producer, Nigel Wooll ; production designer, Stephen Grimes.Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison.Summary: A compelling study of the intense relationship between the leader of the company and his dresser. Sir, a grandiloquent old man of the theater, has given his soul to his career, but his tyrannical rule over the company is now beginning to crack under the strain of age and illness as he prepares for his two hundred twenty-seventh performance of King Lear. Sir's fastidious and fiercely dedicated dresser, Norman, submits to Sir's frequently unreasonable demands, tends to his health, and reminds him of what role he is currently playing. The two men are essential to each other's life.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Fischer Hall Library DVD | DVD: DRES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | V000275 |
Copyright: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Goldcrest Films and Television, Ltd. World Film Services, Ltd. NM: portions of screenplay depicted in motion picture, soundtrack other cinematographic material. DCR 1983; PUB 6Dec83; REG 13Jan84; PA193-513.
DVD release of 1983 film.
Music composed by James Horner ; associate producer, Nigel Wooll ; production designer, Stephen Grimes.
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison.
A compelling study of the intense relationship between the leader of the company and his dresser. Sir, a grandiloquent old man of the theater, has given his soul to his career, but his tyrannical rule over the company is now beginning to crack under the strain of age and illness as he prepares for his two hundred twenty-seventh performance of King Lear. Sir's fastidious and fiercely dedicated dresser, Norman, submits to Sir's frequently unreasonable demands, tends to his health, and reminds him of what role he is currently playing. The two men are essential to each other's life.
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