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Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay in The Dresser (1983)

Albert Finney

Tom Courtenay

Edward Fox

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Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.

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The Dresser

Finney and Courtenay Work Wonders Together

&quot;The Dresser&quot; is a small but absolutely wonderful film, brilliantly acted by Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. How in the world this tiny film attracted enough attention to garner five major Academy Award nominations back in 1983 is a mystery to me, but it&apos;s nice to know the Academy can be guilty of a display of good taste every once in a while (of course, they gave the award that year to &quot;Terms of Endearment&quot;-- after all, they don&apos;t want to be accused of showing TOO much taste).

Albert Finney is a drunken Shakespearean actor in a production of &quot;King Lear&quot;; Tom Courtenay is the man who works double time behind the scenes to keep this actor in front of the footlights. It&apos;s both hilarious and piteous to see Courtenay&apos;s character showering Finney&apos;s with attention and affection, only to see his efforts utterly unappreciated and dismissed, even up to the very bitter end. Finney and Courtenay work wonders together, and though Finney gets the showiest moments (he does get to recite Shakespeare after all), Courtenay is the heart and soul of the film.

Grade: A

The Dresser (1983)

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"The Dresser" is a small but absolutely wonderful film, brilliantly acted by Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. How in the world this tiny film attracted enough attention to garner five major Academy Award nominations back in 1983 is a mystery to me, but it's nice to know the Academy can be guilty of a display of good taste every once in a while (of course, they gave the award that year to "Terms of Endearment"-- after all, they don't want to be accused of showing TOO much taste).

Albert Finney is a drunken Shakespearean actor in a production of "King Lear"; Tom Courtenay is the man who works double time behind the scenes to keep this actor in front of the footlights. It's both hilarious and piteous to see Courtenay's character showering Finney's with attention and affection, only to see his efforts utterly unappreciated and dismissed, even up to the very bitter end. Finney and Courtenay work wonders together, and though Finney gets the showiest moments (he does get to recite Shakespeare after all), Courtenay is the heart and soul of the film.

Grade: A

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