An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.
Jill Goldston
- Tube Passenger
- (uncredited)
Lindsay Ingram
- Female Student
- (uncredited)
Anthony Lang
- Tube Passenger
- (uncredited)
Patti Love
- Female Student
- (uncredited)
Belinda Low
- Female Student
- (uncredited)
Derrick O'Connor
- Irishman in pub
- (uncredited)
John Savident
- James
- (uncredited)
Susan Wooldridge
- Female Student
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Simon Gray(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaLeonard Rossiter was cast, but was forced to drop out.
- Quotes
Ben Butley: I'm a one-woman man, and I've had mine, thank God.
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A bit staged but great dialogue
This really plays much like a filming of a play. The direction is almost minimal. That's probably for the good given that what remains is a great bit of showmanship.
Alan Bates is stunningly good as the lead Butley. He's a brilliant professor and writer at the end of his career. There is some amazing scheming between his character and younger more promising acolytes that he is jealous of.
The only reason to watch this is for the dialogue which is sharp and literate -- one wonders what became of this. The version I saw was a film version of the play. Not much of production value but the playwright's craft is still preserved. Even mentioning all of this, it's amazing how well this holds up almost 40 years later. That's probably due to Bates' bravura performance.
Alan Bates is stunningly good as the lead Butley. He's a brilliant professor and writer at the end of his career. There is some amazing scheming between his character and younger more promising acolytes that he is jealous of.
The only reason to watch this is for the dialogue which is sharp and literate -- one wonders what became of this. The version I saw was a film version of the play. Not much of production value but the playwright's craft is still preserved. Even mentioning all of this, it's amazing how well this holds up almost 40 years later. That's probably due to Bates' bravura performance.
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- roofusdc
- Mar 20, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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