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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British drama film → film →
adaptationOf	The Entertainer (play) →
author	John Osborne →
basedOn	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 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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joan Plowright ("The Entertainer (stage and film)") → Laurence Olivier →	notableWork
The Entertainer (1960 film) ("The Entertainer (play)") →	adaptationOf
The Entertainer (1960 film) ("The Entertainer (play)") →	basedOn