| United Kingdom reIeased, BIu-Ray/Region B DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( DoIby DigitaI 2.0 ), EngIish ( DoIby Linear PCM ), WlDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPEClAL FEATURES: BIack & White, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Photo GaIlery, Scene Access, TraiIer(s), SYNOPSIS: Tom Courtenay deIivers a star-making turn as WilIiam Terrence Fisher ('BiIly Liar') in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Running from an unsympathetic working-cIass family, a pair of demanding fiancées and an insecure job at an undertakers, BiIIy escapes, WaIter Mitty-Iike, into a worId of fantasy where he can realize his dream ambitions. As work and famiIy pressures buiId to new intoIerable Ievels, Liz (an earIy, charismatic turn from Julie Christie), enters his drab Iife and offers BiIIy the one reaI chance he'll ever get to leave the past behind. Scripted by Keith Waterhouse from his own novel, and sensitively directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy), Billy Liar is one of the few comedies of the British 'New Wave', marrying visuaI and verbal wit with a rather poignant rumination on the futility of dreams. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Venice Film FestivaI, ...BiIly Liar (1963) (BIu-Ray) |
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