Arthur (1981)
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, John Coleman
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 22, 1997
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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Reviews
Moore is predictable as the spoiled scion of wealth, Minnelli is terrific as his candid sweetheart, but Gielgud's loyal yet sarcastic servant steals the film.
Watch and enjoy, but avoid the completely disastrous sequel.
So little care has gone into the characterizations, the structure, and the situations that the film merely feints at significant comedy.
A modern screwball comedy, in the vein of My Man Godfrey and other Depression era gems, Arthur was written and directed by Steve Gordon, who received an Oscar nomination for Original Screenplay.
Only someone with a heart of stone could fail to love a drunk like Arthur Bach.
Moore is a great, funny drunk...even though it is all so politically incorrect now.
One will delightfully get drunk between the moon and New York City by drinking up the spry essence in Gordon's romantic comedy Arthur
It's the movie we'll forever know Dudley Moore for -- and the late John Gielgud, too, who is put out to pasture about halfway through this classic comedy.
Unfortunately, by the end, saccharine dilutes much of the whiskey sour.
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