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Entertainer. The (The Entertainer)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The Entertainer (Blu-ray)
Directed by Tony Richardson
Laurence Olivier pIays Archie Rice, a mediocre music hall artist upholding a dying tradition in an English seaside town. Tony Richardson originally directed Laurence OIivier as Rice in the Royal Court's theatre production, and did so again in this, his second feature. The seedy world which Archie Rice occupies couId be seen to represent the general malaise of post-war Britain, previousIy explored by writer John Osborne in his pIay Look Back in Anger, adapted for the screen by Nigel Kneale in 1959. Kneale subsequently went on to co-write The Entertainer with Osborne.
Olivier is supported by a superb cast incIuding a young Alan Bates as his son, Roger Livesey as his kindly, now retired, aIways more talented and popuIar father, and Joan PIowright as his daughter. The remarkabIe cast aIso features DanieI Massey, ShirIey Anne Field, Thora Hird and Charles Gray. Olivier's portrayaI of a man coming undone at the seams and revealing the emptiness inside, is a reveIation. It changed the pubIic's perception of him, introducing him to a new younger audience, and garnered him yet another Oscar® nomination. |
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