Arthur

Director: Steve Gordon Steve Gordon

Overview

"This DVD edition of the '80s hit comedy Arthur offers only a full-screen standard picture format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) and the following audio track options: English (Dolby Digital 1.0) and French (Dolby Digital 1.0), with subtitles available in English, Spanish, and French. Special features are restricted to the usual original theatrical trailers and a few production notes. The picture is of approximately VHS quality, with acceptable sharpness, color naturalness, and contrast; but the sound quality is substandard and mono throughout the film, rendering the dialog clearly audible but not resonant or stereophonic. The usual chapter index is included within the plastic DVD case."

Product Details

Release Date:	07/30/1997
UPC:	0085392202027
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	PG
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[monaural, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	5,313

Special Features

Closed Caption;Interactive menus; Production notes; Theatrical trailer; Scene access; Languages: English, Français, Español

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

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
Marjorie Barnes	Hooker
Dillon Evans	Oak Room Maitre D',Preston
Maurice Copeland	Uncle Peter
Justine Johnston	Aunt Pearl
Paul Vincent	Oak Room Waiter
Mary Alan Hokanson	Secretary
Paul Gleason	Executive
Phyllis Somerville	Saleslady
Irving Metzman	Security Guard
Florence Tarlow	Mrs. Nesbitt
Lou Jacobi	Plant Store Owner
Gordon Press	Prize Man
Marcella Lowry	Harriet
Jerome Collamore	Johnson Butler
Mark Fleischmann	Waiter
Helen Hanft	Perry's Wife
John Bentley	Perry
Raymond Serra	Racetrack Owner,Racetrack Owner
Richard Hamilton	Bill
George Riddle	Bartender
Lawrence Tierney	Man in Coffee Shop
Bobo Lewis	Lady in Coffee Shop
Anne De Salvo	Gloria
Jonathan Coleman	Actor
Howard Feuer	Actor
Ron Moody	Actor
Jeremy Ritzer	Actor
Juliet Taylor	Actor
Bob Maroff	Prize Man
Marcella Lowery	Harriet
B. Barry	Wedding Guest
Edgard Mourino	Stuntman
Burt Bacharach	Composer
Peter Allen	Composer
Carole Bayer Sager	Composer

Technical Credits

Steve Gordon

Steve Gordon	Director,Screenwriter
Robert Greenhut	Producer
Charles H. Joffe	Executive Producer
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Howard Feuer	Casting
Jeremy Ritzer	Casting
James Sabat	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Arthur -- both the movie and its lead character -- is an anachronism. The tag line for the movie says it all: "I race cars, I play tennis, I fondle women, but I have weekends off and I am my own boss!" Not since the genial, sophisticated comedies of the '30s has a central character been so happy to spend his time getting sloshed and living the high life. Unfortunately, humorous drinking and hangover scenes (see the last quarter of The Philadelphia Story) went out of favor sometime around 1950. Arthur does its best to recapture the tone of drunken frivolity, but it's more than just the consequence-free drinking that makes it a tribute to those glory days. The eternal conflicts between tradition and freedom, class and happiness, and youth and age are also reminiscent of that time. There's even a crazy father-in-law-to-be straight out of a Leo McCarey movie. But, everything is sure to stay nice and light, and Dudley Moore and his grinning English sensibility are perfectly cast in the title role. He is funny (if slightly annoying after a while) in his manic moments and endearing in his quieter ones. British veteran John Gielgud finally won an Oscar for his perfectly measured performance as Arthur's long-suffering father figure/butler.