Nope, I’m not talking merely about Arthur, the hapless drunk millionaire playboy played so perfectly by Dudley Moore, but ARTHUR, the unbelievable 1981 film directed by Steve Gordon. Although I eventually got tired of hearing the overplayed “Arthur’s Theme” on the radio support in the early ’80’s, I really have not tired of watching this movie. It has outmoded surprisingly well for a film that makes such capable consume of the Original York City locations that existed at that time (not to mention the quaint mature taxicabs) . This is a film with a basic romantic status that deals primarily with how savor wins over money; however, this film never takes its contain space too seriously. Instead, it has powerful more fun with the assorted *characters*, like Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore), Linda Marolla (Liza Minnelli), the wisecracking butler Hobson (hilariously played by the unbelievable Sir John Gielgud, who deservedly won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this), Arthur’s dominating mother Martha Bach (Geraldine Fitzgerald), Arthur’s WASP-y bride-to-be Susan Johnson (a pre-L.A. Law Jill Eikenberry), Susan’s brutish father Burt Johnson (Stephen Elliott), and, of course, Bitterman, Arthur’s Chauffer (Ted Ross, in a considerable better role than the Cowardly Lion he played in the big-budget 1978 misfire THE WIZ) . Some of dialogue is classic, especially between Arthur and Hobson! Also, this is arguably the last expansive movie that Liza has ever starred in.
ARTHUR is one of the gargantuan comedies that most of the family can indulge in. However, it’s not really for kids under age 10, as the language is fairly bright and major region points involve prostitutes, shoplifting, and in the case of the perpetually inebriated Arthur, alcoholism. In fact, when it was released, many people criticized this film for turning alcoholism into one large running joke, as well as glamorizing it. This is what prompted the much-later sequel, ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS, in which Arthur finally gets to experience the dusky side of his habit. Despite its sober theme, it was actually quite silly in its believe accurate. Unruffled, the unique is better, and is one of the gargantuan films of the 1980’s. MOST RECOMMENDED
This is a nice DVD, if you don’t mind that 27.9 percent of the unusual theatrical image has been removed for the DVD exhibition, so that the DVD image fills your entire 4:3 television cover (theatrical aspect ratio - 1.85:1; DVD aspect ratio - 4:3) . If you’re okay with that, savor!
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