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The Dresser

What happens backstage is always true drama. And often pure comedy.

6.8(84)19831h 58m2

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

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Language
English
  • alcoholism
  • backstage
  • lgbt
  • post world war ii
  • make up
  • drunkenness

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Director

Peter Yates

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG6 Dec 1983
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Digital / OTT18+17 Nov 2002
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical187 Nov 1985
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG1 Aug 1984
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL22 Mar 1984
    • PhysicalALDVD15 Apr 2004

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The Dresser was released on 6 December 1983.

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    SplintDixon

    1/23/2021

    Just watched the Dresser tonight. This movie was nominated for best picture of 1983, best director, best actor (Albert Finney & Tom Courtenay) and best Screenplay from another medium. Courtenay won a Golden Globe for best actor. So, on to the movie. I don't need to give the synopsis because you can find it easily. Did I like it? At first it was pretty dull and the main character is really an over the top diva…

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