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The Dresser (1983)
An effeminate personal assistant of a deteriorating veteran actor struggles to get him through a difficult performance of King Lear.
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Irene -
Violet Manning
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Lydia Gibson
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Geoffrey Thornton
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Mr. Godstone
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Horace Brown
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Benton
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C. Rivers Lane
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The movie was selected to be the 38th Royal Film Performance and screening at London's Odeon Theatre on 19th March 1984.
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Norman:
I had a friend...
Sir:
Oh by Christ's sake! I'm sick of your friends. A motley crew they are: pathetic, lonely, despairing!
Norman:
That's nice, isn't it?
Sir:
I beg your pardon. Uncalled for! Count myself as your friend!
Norman:
Never despairing!
Sir:
I have apologized!
Norman:
Never, ...
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After Sir and Norman leave the marketplace, they're passed by a Routemaster bus. These buses were first used in London in 1954, and weren't used outside London until the 1970's.
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DramaDetails
Release Date:
6 December 1983Language
English
Country of Origin
UKBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$43,132 (USA) (11 December 1983)
Gross:
$5,310,748 (USA)
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