Billy Liar - The Criterion Collection
Criterion (1963)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Collection
#1648
0*
Seen ItYes
037429159224
IMDB   7.4
1 hr 38 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Julie Christie Liz
Tom Courtenay William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Wilfred Pickles Geoffrey Fisher
Mona Washbourne Alice Fisher
Ethel Griffies Florence, Billy's grandmother
Finlay Currie Duxbury
Gwendolyn Watts Rita
Helen Fraser Barbara
Leonard Rossiter Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes Arthur Crabtree
Patrick Barr Insp. MacDonald
George Innes Stamp
Leslie Randall Danny Boon
Ernest Clark Prison governor
Godfrey Winn Disc jockey
Director
John Schlesinger
Producer Joseph Janni
Jack Rix
Writer Willis Hall
Keith Waterhouse
Cinematography Denys N. Coop
Musician Richard Rodney Bennett


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, Billy Liar is a dazzling and uproarious classic.
Edition Details
Distributor Criterion
Chapters 16
Release Date 7/10/2001
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 B&W (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Audio Commentary Featuring Director John Schlesinger and Actors Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie
Excerpts from "Northern Lights," an Episode of the BBC Series Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties, hosted by Richard Lester
Original Theatrical Trailer