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Actors: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Dresser |
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Albert Finney is Sir, an aged theater actor-manager struggling to keep his company afloat in the dark lean days of the Second World War. (The character is based on British Shakespearean actor Sir Donald Wolfit.) Tom Courtenay is his devoted, poofy "dresser" -- the one who gets him costumed and fit to tread the boards every night. It's a fascinating codependent relationship, with the two abusing and hating and adoring each other (though the dresser is the more alert and knowing of the two, of course). Finney is roaringly magnificent, as always, but Courtenay truly carries this quiet, excellent little movie.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Dresser |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
How much story is philosophy rather than plot?
- 1 (None)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- artist
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- British
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- servant
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- sad
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
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