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Arthur is a 1981 comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. The film stars Dudley Moore as the eponymous Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress, but ends up falling for a common working-class girl from Queens. It was the first and only film directed by Gordon, who died in 1982 of a heart attack at age 44.
Arthur earned nearly $96 million domestically, making it the fourth highest grossing film of 1981. It was notable for its title song, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", co-written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, and performed by Christopher Cross. The film was nominated for a total of four Academy Awards. Sir John Gielgud won Best Supporting Actor and the theme song won Best Original Song.
Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, which he is told will be his only if he marries the upper class Susan Johnson (Jill Eikenberry), the daughter of a business acquaintance of his father. He does not love Susan, but his family feels she will make him finally grow up. During a shopping trip in Manhattan, accompanied by his valet Hobson (John Gielgud), Arthur witnesses a young woman, Linda Morolla (Liza Minnelli), shoplifting a necktie. He intercedes with the store security guard (Irving Metzman) on her behalf, and later asks her for a date. Despite his attraction to her, Arthur remains pressured by his family to marry Susan.
Arthur is a 2011 romantic comedy film written by Peter Baynham and directed by Jason Winer. It is a remake of the 1981 film of the same name written and directed by Steve Gordon. It stars Russell Brand in the title role, with Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, and Nick Nolte in supporting roles.
Boozy Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) and his chauffeur, Bitterman (Luis Guzmán), dress up in Batman and Robin costumes for a formal dinner hosted by Arthur's mother, Vivienne (Geraldine James). The dinner is intended to announce Arthur as the new chairman of her corporation, Bach Worldwide. Driving to the dinner in a Batmobile, an intoxicated Arthur is chased by police, arrested and released the next day.
Actors: Shanna Forrestall (actress), Nick Gomez (actor), Miceal Og O'Donnell (producer), Miceal Og O'Donnell (writer), Miceal Og O'Donnell (director), Mike Ryan (editor), Mike Ryan (producer), Tommy Vita (actor), Tommy Vita (producer), Joseph Meissner (actor), Rebecca Barras (actress), Bruno Doria (actor), Samantha Sitzman (actress), Brooke Arata (actor), Eileen O'Donnell (producer),
Plot: Swallow is the exploration of a man, whose idea of the world was shaped through guilt and shame. Swallow explores this man's life by means of an organic stream of consciousness where all things have already happened and represent the flashes of images that would likely happen in a single moment.
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Julie Zhan (actress), Joe Abdo (actor), Jason Y. Lee (producer), Eddie Lee (producer), Eric I. Lu (director), Eric I. Lu (editor), Eric I. Lu (writer), Lilian Manansala (miscellaneous crew), Lauren Nakagawa (costume designer), Krystel Racewicz (actress), Rachel Moy (producer), Renata Retter (actress), Khristina Shad (actress), Maly Sun (actress), Savea Kagan (actress),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: François Berléand (actor), Atmen Kelif (actor), Philippe Duquesne (actor), Dominique Piat (miscellaneous crew), Pascal Demolon (actor), Julie Ferrier (actress), Julie Ferrier (actress), Bruno Salomone (actor), Frédéric Bouraly (actor), Arnaud Maillard (actor), Delphine Rollin (actress), Yannick Choirat (actor), Cyril Fontaine (costume designer), Fabrice Abraham (actor), Fabrice Sebille (director),
Plot: Not so easy for a policeman to get into the skin of an actor. Tough luck for officer Arthur Blanpin, who is forced to infiltrate a small group of artists suspected to be dangerous terrorists. Moreover, the shadow of public enemy number one continues to hover over the city...
Genres: Comedy,Actors: William Morgan Sheppard (actor), Geoffrey Fortner (writer), Geoffrey Fortner (producer), Jake Abel (actor), Joseph Ferrante (actor), Bruce Jurgens (writer), Steve Shane (writer), Bruce Jurgens (director), Gabriel Rydel-Jurgens (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Actors: Woody Pak (composer), Arthur Acuña (actor), Liza Weil (actress), Shelly Cole (actress), Russell Jordan (actor), Rosanne Ma (director), Rosanne Ma (writer), Rosanne Ma (producer), Scarlett Lam (producer), Scarlett Lam (writer), Scarlett Lam (writer), Andrea Gallo (actress), Tom Matsusaka (actor), Paul Belger (actor), Keyanna Murrill (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Arthur Acuña (actor), Gigi Dement (producer), Olga Natividad (actress), Banaue Miclat (actress), Clarissa delos Reyes (editor), Clarissa delos Reyes (writer), Clarissa delos Reyes (director), Ramon Mappala (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Eddie Garcia (actor), Lilian Laing (actress), Hilda Koronel (actress), Suzanne Gonzales (actress), Gloria Diaz (actress), Dindo Fernando (actor), Tommy Abuel (actor), Mark Gil (actor), Mario Escudero (actor), Ronaldo Valdez (actor), Augusto Victa (actor), Amy Austria (actress), Beth Bautista (actress), Jackie Lou Blanco (actress), Elizabeth Oropesa (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Peter Bowles (actor), Geoffrey Bayldon (actor), John Thaw (actor), Graham Crowden (actor), Jack Greenwood (producer), John Meillon (actor), Patrick Dromgoole (director), Michael Robbins (actor), Ann Firbank (actress), Paul Whitsun-Jones (actor), Derek Holding (editor), Bernard Ebbinghouse (composer), John Abineri (actor), Victor Platt (actor), Michael Collins (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Edmund Gwenn (actor), Robert Adler (actor), Bert Stevens (actor), Harry Seymour (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Billy Nelson (actor), Frank Mills (actor), Teddy Infuhr (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Jimmy Hawkins (actor), Ned Glass (actor), Tom Greenway (actor), Dabbs Greer (actor), Veda Ann Borg (actress), Robert Williams (actor),
Plot: Snobby TV star (Clifton Webb) worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Scout leader in an effort to "get in touch." Overnight hikes and other adventures follow, all centered around one small boy who takes a liking to the old curmudgeon.
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novel, boy-scoutActors: Lance Comfort (director), A. Bromley Davenport (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Percy Marmont (actor), Ronald Shiner (actor), John Slater (actor), Charles Victor (actor), D.J. Williams (actor), George Cole (actor), Olive Sloane (actress), Maire O'Neill (actress), Kennedy Russell (composer), Jeanne De Casalis (actress), Bransby Williams (actor), Maggie Rennie (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Arthur Trailer June 17, 1981
Some of the best moments from Arthur, featuring Sir John Gielgud
A video tribute I made to a great movie "Arthur". It stars Dudley Moore as the drunken millionaire who is being forced to marry a woman he dispises. He decides to fight for his right to make his own decisions when he meets Linda (played by Liza Minnelli), a wannabe actress who works at a diner. Also stars the great Sir John Geilgud as Hobson, Arthur's protective butler. *Note: I had some volume troubles when making this, because of which I could not do what I wanted during the sax solo. I had a Dudley Moore laugh montage that was really good, but you couldn't hear it next to the music...even when I had the clip volume on the highest setting. What you see in the video only took me a few minutes, and it is still pretty good. It gives Liza more screen time...still, i just wish I could've d...
® Warner Home Wideo © Arthur's Theme 'Best That You Can Do' performed by Christopher Cross
(via Wikipedia) "Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (14 April 1904 -- 21 May 2000) was an English actor, director, and producer. He achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk". Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award." Here, in a more commercial work which gave him his 1st Academy Award. 1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for Arthur. He' s outstanding.
OSCAR WINNER:Best Supporting Actor - John GielgudBest SongDudley Moore is in the money, in love, and inebriated as a spoiled drunken millionaire who risks forfeiting his fortune when he falls for a working-class woman. A huge box-office hit in 1981, Moore gives a memorable (and Oscar-nominated) performance who finds himself unexpectedly in love with a wise-cracking waitress, played brilliantly by Liza Minnelli. But Oscar-winner Sir John Gielgud steals the show as the stoic, yet sarcastic butler, Hobson. Still funny after all these years, "Arthur" also picked up the Oscar for the hit song, "Arthur's Theme," which was performed by Christopher Cross.
Ending credits to the classic Arthur, owned by Warner Bros. I DO NOT OWN THIS AT ALL!
Wealthy New York City playboy Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) is http://bit.ly/1aSjBf9 perpetually drunk and completely rudderless. Dutifully supported by his sharp-tongued and quick-witted butler,
http://Twitter.com/ClevverMovies - Follow Us! Arthur hits theaters on April 8th, 2011. Cast: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Nick Nolte, Greta Gerwig Brand stars as Arthur Bach, a man who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson (Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge, choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy-Naomi (Gerwig), the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man, in this re-imagining of the 1981 classic. Arthur tr...
Arthur is a rich, alcoholic playboy with no regards to his working life. After another drunken run-in with the law, his aloof mother has had enough and forces him to marry Susan, a proper business woman, or else he will lose his inheritance. Just as he's engaged to Susan, he meets Naomi, a free-spirited girl who Arthur thinks is perfect for him. Any attempts at holding down a job are fruitless, so Arthur has to decide, what is more important: love, or his mother's money.
Arthur movie clips: http://j.mp/1uxvOik BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/tDcwvF Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Wooing Naomi (Greta Gerwig) proves to be difficult for Arthur (Russell Brand) as he still has a nanny (Helen Mirren), but Naomi gives him her number anyway, sort of. FILM DESCRIPTION: In this fresh new look at a classic story, Russell Brand reinvents the role of loveable billionaire Arthur Bach, an irresponsible charmer who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of his lifelong nanny and best friend Hobson (Helen Mirren), to keep him out of trouble. Kind-hearted, fun-loving, and utterly without purpose, Arthur spends every day in the heedless pursuit of amusement. But when his unpredictable p...
Kind-hearted, fun-loving, and utterly without purpose, Arthur spends every day in the heedless pursuit of amusement. But when his unpredictable public image threatens the staid reputation of the family foundation, Bach Worldwide, he is given an ultimatum: marry the beautiful but decidedly unlovable Susan Johnson (Jennifer Garner), an ambitious corporate exec who can keep him in line, or say goodbye to his billion-dollar inheritance and the only way of life he knows. It's a deal Arthur would be inclined to take...if he hadn't just fallen for Naomi (Greta Gerwig), a New York City tour guide who shares his idealism and spontaneity. All he needs to do is stand up for what he wants. But at what cost? With some unconventional help from Hobson (Helen Mirren)--the one person who always believed he...
Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge -- choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man.
Arthur is a 2011 romantic comedy film written by Peter Baynham and directed by Jason Winer. Its a remake of the 1981 film by Steve Gordon. It stars Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig and Nick Nolte in supporting roles. Boozy Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) and his chauffeur, Bitterman (Luis Guzmán), dress up in Batman and Robin costumes for a formal dinner hosted by Arthur's mother, Vivienne (Geraldine James). The dinner is intended to announce Arthur as the new chairman of her corporation, Bach Worldwide. Driving to the dinner in a Batmobile, an intoxicated Arthur is chased by police, arrested and released the next day. Vivienne form a plan to have her shrewd assistant Susan(Jennifer Garner) marry Arthur to ensure stable leadership and help Arthur's reputation. Arthur...
Arthur movie clips: http://j.mp/1uxvOik BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/tDcwvF Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Arthur (Russell Brand) meets a radiant stranger" ("Greta Gerwig) who gives tours of Grand Central Station despite not being an actual tour guide. FILM DESCRIPTION: In this fresh new look at a classic story, Russell Brand reinvents the role of loveable billionaire Arthur Bach, an irresponsible charmer who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of his lifelong nanny and best friend Hobson (Helen Mirren), to keep him out of trouble. Kind-hearted, fun-loving, and utterly without purpose, Arthur spends every day in the heedless pursuit of amusement. But when his unpredictable public image threaten...
Arthur movie clips: http://j.mp/1uxvOik BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/tDcwvF Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: A drunken playboy (Russell Brand) stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like. FILM DESCRIPTION: In this fresh new look at a classic story, Russell Brand reinvents the role of loveable billionaire Arthur Bach, an irresponsible charmer who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of his lifelong nanny and best friend Hobson (Helen Mirren), to keep him out of trouble. Kind-hearted, fun-loving, and utterly without purpose, Arthur spends every day in the heedless pursuit of amusement. But when his unpredictable public image threatens the staid reputation o...
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What you want to hear
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