Keith Waterhouse
1) Billy Liar
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers.
2) Billy liar
Series
Publisher
[Kino Lorber]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom Courtenay gives a flawlessly nuanced performance as Billy Fisher, the underachieving undertaker's assistant whose constant daydreams and truth-deficient stories earn him the nickname Billy Liar. Julie Christie is the handbag-swinging charmer whose free spirit just might inspire Billy to finally move out of his parents' house. Deftly veering from gritty realism to flamboyant fantasy, this is a dazzling and uproarious classic, beautifully shot in...