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   Finney and Courtenay were both nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Golden Globe Awards for their performances, with Courtenay winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama in a tie with Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies.

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   Awards. The Dresser. Jump to Academy Awards, USA (5) Berlin International Film Festival (3) BAFTA Awards (7) Golden Globes, USA (5) National Board of Review, USA (1) Mainichi Film Concours (1) 5 wins & 17 nominations.

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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.

   • 7.5/10 (5.7K)
   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: Peter Yates
   • Release Date: 1983-12-06

4. www.oscars.org › oscars › ceremoniesThe 56th Academy Awards | 1984 - Oscars.org

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   Original Screenplay winner, with presenters Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek. James L. Brooks, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Terms of Endearment winners for Directing/Best Picture/Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, and Supporting Actor. View More Memorable Moments.

5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-dresser-1983The Dresser movie review & film summary (1983) | Roger Ebert

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   The Dresser. Roger Ebert January 01, 1983. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.

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   The play was nominated for Best Play for the Laurence Olivier Awards of 1980 and was based on Harwood's own experiences as a dresser for the famous Shakespearian actor Donald Wolfit; he won acclaim for his performance of "King Lear" and went on to be knighted for his theater work.

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   Who starred in the dresser?

   • 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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   What is 'the dresser' about?

   • He was asked what the play was about, and he answered, "It's about this gravedigger." "The Dresser" is about a guy like that, named Norman. He has devoted the best years of his life to the service of an egomaniacal actor, who is called Sir even though there is some doubt he has ever been knighted.

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   Who is the dresser in 'the Reser' based on?

   • Based on Harwood's successful play of 1980, THE DRESSER details the relationship between "Sir" (Albert Finney), an actor/manager of the old school and Norman, his dresser (Tom Courtenay).

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   Is the dresser based on a true story?

   • What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy. Ronald Harwood based his play "The Dresser", and this movie's subsequent screenplay, on the biography "Sir Donald Wolfit CBE: His life and work in the Unfashionable Theatre", and on his own experiences as an actor and dresser for renowned Shakespearian actor Donald Wolfit.

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   The Dresser. 1983 · 1 hr 59 min. PG-13. Drama. During the London blitz, a stagehand for a theater company struggles to prepare a legendary, but deteriorating actor for a performance of “King Lear.” Subtitles: English. Starring: Albert Finney Tom Courtenay Edward Fox Eileen Atkins. Directed by: Peter Yates.