The Dresser - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[miriam]

In 1980, this movie's source play was nominated as Best Play at the Laurence Olivier Awards.

[tamara]

The performance of "King Lear" for which Sir (Albert Finney) prepares and performs, is Sir's two hundred twenty-seventh time playing King Lear.

[carl]

An impeccable cast of leading featured players completes the acting credits, including Lockwood West, Betty Marsden, Sheila Reid, Llewellyn Rees, Donald Eccles, Guy Manning, Kevin Stoney, John Sharp, Kathy Staff, Joe Ritchie, Ann Way, Sydney Arnold, and Anne Blackman.

[claude]

Three weeks of filming essential interiors at Pinewood Studios were followed by an intensive schedule of location work. Sites were chosen in London and Britain's northern provincial towns to parallel the background locale of a stage company on the move in wartime, while theatres, railway stations, hospitals, market squares, and streets were scrutinized by Producer and Director Peter Yates and Production Designer Stephen Grimes for authenticity.

[gabriel]

Sir Tom Courtenay played the dresser Norman on the West End London and New York Broadway stages, and then reprised the role in this movie version. Courtenay was nominated for the 1982 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Drama.

[edgar]

The screenplay is by Ronald Harwood adapted from his own award-winning play, which first captivated audiences on the London and New York stage in 1980. At the time that this movie was first made and released, the play had been translated into twenty-three languages and had enjoyed tremendous success in capital city seasons throughout the world.

[kenneth]

Albert Finney won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor for this film at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984.

[wesley]

One of two theatrical movies directed by Peter Yates that were released in 1983. Yates' other movie that year was Krull (1983). Both were released by Columbia Pictures.

[frances]

Albert Finney and Sir Tom Courtenay were nominated for Best Actor at the BAFTAS, the Academy Awards, and the Golden Globes, with Courtenay tieing with Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies (1983) at the latter.

[fred]

Edward Fox also appeared in The Dresser (2015). In this version, Fox played Oxenby, while in the 2015 version, Fox played Thornton.

[gabriel]

Finnish censorship visa register # 91863 delivered on March 5, 1984.

[richard]

Sir (Albert Finney) was inspired by Sir Donald Wolfit, actually a "Sir" as he had been knighted. The character of "Sir" in this movie is only referred to by that title, and is never known by a name.