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Butley is a 1974 American-British drama film directed by Harold Pinter and starring Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Susan Engel, and Michael Byrne. It is an adaptation from Simon Gray's 1971 play of same name. It was produced by Ely Landau and released through Landau's American Film Theatre.
Butley: Directed by Harold Pinter. With Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Georgina Hale, Michael Byrne. An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.
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- Drama, Romance
- Harold Pinter
- 1976-04
During the course of Simon Gray’s “Butley,” which was brilliantly directed for the American Film Theater by Harold Pinter, Butley peels off one layer, and then another, and finally comes down to his self-hating, desperately lonely core.
Directed by influential British playwright, Harold Pinter, Ben Butley (Alan Bates) is an embittered English professor whose male lover leaves him on the same day his estranged wife (Susan...
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- Harold Pinter
- R
- Alan Bates
Butley is an excellent middle-class chamber drama following English Literature professor Ben Butley through one very draining day during his divorce when he learns that his wife is now involved with someone else, and his boyfriend also decides to leave him.
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- Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre
- Harold Pinter
Will Butley, the bitter misanthropist, the unrepentant alcoholic, the teacher who bullies his students, his friends, and his colleagues, in other words, the self-destructive nihilist, survive this horrible day? — Guy Bellinger.
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Butley streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "Butley" streaming on Kino Film Collection. It is also possible to buy "Butley" on Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video online.
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