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The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film directed by Peter Yates and adapted by Ronald Harwood from his 1980 play The Dresser. It tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant struggling to keep his employer's life together.
Dec 6, 1983 · The Dresser: Directed by Peter Yates. With Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker. Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
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- Drama
- Peter Yates
- 1983-12-06
The Dresser. Much of mankind is divided into two categories, the enablers and the enabled. Both groups accept the same mythology, in which the enablers are self-sacrificing martyrs and the enabled are egomaniacs.
1983 · 1 hr 59 min. PG. Drama. This film details the close and touching relationship of Sir, the head of a Shakespearean acting troupe during World War II, and his dresser, Norman. Subtitles: English. Starring: Albert Finney Tom Courtenay Edward Fox Zena Walker Eileen Atkins. Directed by: Peter Yates.
- Peter Yates
- January 1, 1983
- Albert Finney
Only Norman (Tom Courtenay), a timid set dresser who is unfailingly devoted to Sir, can hold the show together as it threatens to collapse. Director Peter Yates
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- Peter Yates
- PG
- Albert Finney
Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear. In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand, the dresser, Norman (Sir Tom Courtenay), is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company.
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Sep 10, 2012 · An accomplished film of Ronald Harwood's theatrical two-hander, animated by two gigantic performances. Finney, grossly Shakespearean as Sir, the imperious, declamatory actor-manager with a...
