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Aug 18, 2023 · James Horner (1953-2015)THE DRESSERDirector: Peter Yates (UK, 183)Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a diffic...
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YouTube Movies & TV. 179M subscribers. Subscribed. 47. The lives and relationships of those within a British traditional touring stage company provide the backdrop for THE DRESSER, a...
THE DRESSER (1983) Clip - Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney. Compelled to revisit this 1983 film set in the world of British theater during WWII after watching Jessica Lange in "The Great...
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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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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.
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz.
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Norman (Tom Courtenay, title character) leads the way as the aging Shakespearean company led by "Sir" (Albert Finney) attempts a wartime change of trains, in The Dresser, 1983, from Ronald Harwood's play and screenplay.
