Arthur (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Steve Gordon

Guionista:

Steve Gordon (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 agosto 1981 (Brazil)

Género:

Comedia | Romance

Frase comercial:

Not everyone who drinks is a poet, some of us drink because we're not.

Plot:

Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Inheritance | Waitress | Class Differences | Butler

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Dudley Moore Proves he's a Comic Powerhouse

Reparto

Dudley Moore	...	Arthur Bach
Liza Minnelli	...	Linda Marolla
John Gielgud	...	Hobson
Geraldine Fitzgerald	...	Martha Bach
Jill Eikenberry	...	Susan Johnson
Stephen Elliott	...	Burt Johnson
Ted Ross	...	Bitterman
Barney Martin	...	Ralph Marolla
Thomas Barbour	...	Stanford Bach
Anne De Salvo	...	Gloria - Hooker
Marjorie Barnes	...	Hooker
Dillon Evans	...	Plaza Maitre d'
Maurice Copeland	...	Uncle Peter Bach
Justine Johnston	...	Aunt Pearl Bach
Paul Vincent	...	Plaza Waiter
Mary Alan Hokanson	...	Secretary
Paul Gleason	...	Executive
Phyllis Somerville	...	Saleslady
Irving Metzman	...	Security Guard at Clothing Store
Joe Doolan	...	Kid in Street
John Doolan	...	Kid in Street
Melissa Ballan	...	Kid in Street
Florence Tarlow	...	Mrs. Nesbitt
Lou Jacobi	...	Plant Store Owner
Gordon Press	...	Prize Man
Bob Maroff	...	Prize Man
Marcella Lowery	...	Harriet - Martha's Maid (as Marcella Lowry)
Jerome Collamore	...	Johnson Butler
Mark Fleischman	...	Waiter
Helen Hanft	...	Perry's Wife
John Bentley	...	Perry
Raymond Serra	...	Racetrack Owner
Peter Evans	...	Preston Langley - Party Guest
Dominic Guastaferro	...	Party Guest
Phil Oxnam	...	Orderly
Richard Hamilton	...	Bill
George Riddle	...	Bartender
Lawrence Tierney	...	Man in Coffee Shop
Bobo Lewis	...	Lady in Coffee Shop
B. Constance Barry	...	Wedding Guest
Kurt Schlesinger	...	Wedding Guest
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Bella Jarrett
Tony Devon	...	Linda's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Steve James	...	Man outside Tie Store (uncredited)
Mark Margolis	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Judi Passeltiner	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Steve Gordon

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Steve Gordon		written by

Producida por
Robert Greenhut	....	producer
Charles H. Joffe	....	executive producer

Música original por
Burt Bacharach

Fotografía por
Fred Schuler		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Susan E. Morse

Casting
Howard Feuer
Jeremy Ritzer
Juliet Taylor

Diseño de producción por
Stephen Hendrickson

Decorados
Carol Joffe
Steven J. Jordan		(as Steven Jordan)

Diseño de vestuario por
Jane Greenwood

Departamento de maquillaje
Fern Buchner	....	makeup artist
Romaine Greene	....	hair stylist
Jay Cannistraci	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Michael Peyser	....	production manager
Ezra Swerdlow	....	assistant unit production manager
Joel Chernoff	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Robert Greenhut	....	first assistant director
Jerry Olinick	....	dga trainee
Thomas A. Reilly	....	second assistant director (as Thomas Reilly)

Departamento de Arte
Joseph Badalucco Jr.	....	chief set dresser
Paul Eads	....	assistant art director
W. Steven Graham	....	assistant art director
James Mazzola	....	property master (as Jim Mazzola)
Arne Olsen	....	construction grip
Cosmo Sorice	....	stand-by scenic artist
James Sorice	....	master scenic artist
Edward Swanson	....	construction coordinator
Carl Landi	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Louis Bertini	....	assistant sound editor
Marjorie Deutsch	....	sound editor
Melissa A. Higgins	....	apprentice sound editor
Vito L. Ilardi	....	boom operator (as Vito Ilardi)
Sanford Rackow	....	supervising sound editor
James Sabat	....	sound mixer
Louis Sabat	....	sound recordist
Dick Vorisek	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Vorisek)
Bob Olari	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Especialistas
Edgard Mourino	....	stunts

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Ricki-Ellen Brooke	....	second assistant camera
Sandy Brooke	....	assistant camera
Norman Buck	....	key grip
Brian Hamill	....	still photographer
Dick Mingalone	....	camera operator
David L. Quaid	....	additional photographer (as David Quaid)
William Ward	....	gaffer (as Bill Ward)

Departamento de reparto
Navarro Bertoni	....	extras casting

Departamento de vestuario
William A. Campbell	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Bill Campbell)
David Charles	....	assistant costume designer
Patricia Eiben	....	wardrobe supervisor
Helen Tarr	....	wardrobe supervisor

Departamento de Edición
Pamela Scott Arnold	....	assistant film editor (as Pamela S. Arnold)
Jonathan Oppenheim	....	associate editor
Meri Weingarten	....	assistant film editor

Departamento de Música
Jim Boyer	....	music recording engineer
Randy Brecker	....	musician: Flugelhorn solo
Ron Dante	....	musician: vocal soloist
Richard Hazard	....	orchestrator (as Dick Hazard)
Artie Kaplan	....	music contractor
Bernie Leighton	....	musician: piano solo
George Marge	....	musician: oboe solo
Dan Pinsky	....	music editor
Toots Thielemans	....	musician: harmonica solo
Roy B. Yokelson	....	music recording engineer (uncredited)

Departamento de Transporte
Walter Charleston	....	transportation captain
Michael Lindgren	....	vehicle consultant
Bobby Marsh	....	driver (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Nicholas Bernstein	....	production assistant
Ruth Bonomo	....	production assistant
Jack Brubach	....	assistant location auditor
Kay Chapin	....	script supervisor
Peggy Crago	....	production assistant
Steven Giovinco	....	production assistant
Wendi Lazar-Pillot	....	location supervisor
Ellen Levene	....	unit publicist
Gail Matthews	....	assistant: Mr. Gordon
Louis Phillips	....	production assistant
Helen Robin	....	production coordinator
Margaret Roiphe	....	location auditor
Todd M. Thaler	....	production assistant (as Todd Thaler)

Compañías Productores

• Orion Pictures Corporation

Distribuidores

• Orion Pictures Corporation (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1982) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1982) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (Australia) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1990) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (1999) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)

Otras Compañías

• Technicolor  prints by
• Halston  select wardrobe: for Liza Minnelli
• Mayor's Office for Motion Pictures & Television  the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of
• New York State Office for Motion Picture and Television Development  the producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of

También conocida como:

Arthur, el soltero de oro (Spain) [es]
Arturo, el millonario seductor (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

97 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Norway:12 (1981) | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

The scene where Arthur drives his "racing car" around a track was shot at the now defunct Danbury Fair Racearena in Connecticut. The type of car that Arthur drove was never raced there, it was primarily for Modified stock cars and was one of America's great short tracks. Sadly, despite its great success, the land became too valuable and it gave way to a shopping mall. The Danbury Fair Racearena closed on October 12, 1981, shortly after the movie was filmed.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Arthur exits his race car to talk to Hobson he takes a sip from a flask. In the next shot the flask is gone even though his arm never moved.

Citas:

Arthur: [to Burt Johnson's servant] Are you sure you want to be a nightclub comic?

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofed in "The Critic: Sherman of Arabia (#2.7)" (1995)

Banda de Sonido:

Poor Rich Boy

Dudley Moore Proves he's a Comic Powerhouse

The late Dudley Moore had the most famous role of his too-short career in 1981's ARTHUR, a raucously funny and alternately touching tale that generates warm smiles, big belly-laughs, and an occasional tear if you're in the right mood. Moore received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as Arthur Bach, a drunken playboy who "races cars, plays tennis, fondles women, but he has weekends off and he's his own boss." Arthur is destined to inherit 750 million dollars when he marries a snooty society girl named Susan Johnston (Jill Eikenberry)who is the spoiled daughter of an undercover gangster. Things get sticky when Arthur meets Linda Morolla (Liza Minnelli) a waitress/struggling actress from Queens who steals neckties for her father's birthday. Moore lights up the screen in one of the single funniest performances of the last 50 years. The late Sir John Gielgud won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his flawless turn as Arthur's acid-tongued butler and best friend, Hobson, whose outward disdain for Arthur's behavior covers more paternal feelings. There are other funny contributions by Barney Martin as Linda's father. Stephen Elliott as Susan's father, and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Arthur's demented grandmother. The film was directed with a keen eye for comedy by a first time director named Steve Gordon, who, sadly, died the following the year. There was also a forgettable sequel several years later, but this instant classic is not to be missed.