THE DRESSER [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1983
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The lives and relationships of those within a British traditional touring stage company provide the backdrop for the five-time 1983 Oscar nominee, THE DRESSER (Best Picture; Best Actor; Best Supporting Actor; Best Director; Best Screenplay Adaptation). THE DRESSER is a compelling study of the intense relationship between the leader of the company and his dresser. Sir (Albert Finney), a grandiloquent old man of the theater, has given his sould 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 (Tom Courtney), 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 esential to each other's life. This is a film rich in comedy, compassion and love for the theater.
• Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison, Betty Marsden, Sheila Reid, Lockwood West, Donald Eccles, Llewellyn Rees, Guy Manning, Anne Mannion, Kevin Stoney, Ann Way, John Sharp, Kathy Staff, Roger Avon, Christopher Irvin, Stuart Richman, Sandra Gough, Joe Belcher, Johnny Maxfield, Paul Luty, Lori Wells, Alan Starkey, Ralph Morse, Peter Yates
• Director: Peter Yates
• Runtime: 1:58
• Company: Sony Pictures
• Media Format: Movie