The Entertainer(Movie, 1960)

Name: The Entertainer
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1960
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 3.1

1h 36min | Genres: Drama, Music

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

The Entertainer is a 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Tony Richardson, produced by Harry Saltzman and adapted by John Osborne and Nigel Kneale from Osborne’s stage play of the same name. The film stars Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice, a failing third-rate music-hall stage performer who tries to keep his career going even as the music-hall tradition fades into history and his personal life falls apart. Olivier was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Entertainer

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor

About The Entertainer

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

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#291) THE ENTERTAINER (1960)(Trailer, 3:31)

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: Woodfall Film Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/25/1960

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Daniel Massey, Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field

Director: Tony Richardson

Producer: Harry Saltzman

Screenwriter: John Osborne, Nigel Kneale

Film Editor: Alan Osbiston

Director of Photography: Oswald Morris

Composer: John Addison

Keywords: based on play or musical, suez crisis, british new wave, bankruptcy, beauty contest, vaudeville performer, dysfunctional family, seaside town, music hall, washed up star, kitchen sink realism

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The Entertainer(Movie, 1960)

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