The Entertainer (1960 film)

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British drama film film

The Entertainer (1960 film) is a British drama directed by Tony Richardson, adapted from John Osborne’s play, featuring Laurence Olivier as a fading music-hall performer in a bleak portrait of postwar England.

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The Entertainer 13
The Entertainer (1960 film) canonical 5
The Entertainer (play) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf The Entertainer (1960 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Entertainer (play)
author John Osborne ⓘ
basedOn The Entertainer (1960 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Entertainer (play)
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Oswald Morris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Tony Richardson ⓘ
distributor British Lion Films ⓘ
United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Richard Best ⓘ
era post-World War II ⓘ
filmingLocation Lancashire ⓘ
Morecambe ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadPerformanceBy Laurence Olivier ⓘ
mainCharacter Archie Rice ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
musicBy John Addison ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for The Entertainer (1960 film)
notableFor Laurence Olivier’s performance as Archie Rice ⓘ
partOf British New Wave ⓘ
portrayedBy Laurence Olivier ⓘ
portrays bleak portrait of postwar England ⓘ
fading music-hall performer ⓘ
producer Harry Saltzman ⓘ
James Woolf ⓘ
John Woolf ⓘ
productionCompany Woodfall Film Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1960-06-29 ⓘ
releaseYear 1960 ⓘ
runtime 96 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter John Osborne ⓘ
Nigel Kneale ⓘ
setting postwar England ⓘ
starring Alan Bates ⓘ
Albert Finney ⓘ
Brenda de Banzie ⓘ
Joan Plowright ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Roger Livesey ⓘ
theme decline of music hall ⓘ
disillusionment in postwar Britain ⓘ

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Joan Plowright → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer (stage and film)
David Susskind → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
John Osborne → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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John Osborne → wrote → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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Brenda de Banzie → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
Brenda de Banzie → performedIn → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
Woodfall Film Productions → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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Tony Richardson → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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Tony Richardson → directed → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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Oswald Morris → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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Oswald Morris → workedOn → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
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Thora Hird → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer
Frank Finlay → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer (stage production)
Roger Livesey → notableWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer
Archie Rice → appearsIn → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer
Archie Rice → appearsIn → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
Archie Rice → firstAppearance → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer (play, 1957)
Garrick Theatre → hasProduction → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer (2016 revival)
David Merrick → produced → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer
Con O’Neill → theatreWork → The Entertainer (1960 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Entertainer