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BILLY LIAR was an immediate sensation as first a novel, then a hit play--both written by Keith Waterhouse, who also served as screenwriter on the film. Director John Schlesinger's screen version was a British landmark in the fertile cinema of the late 1950s and early '60s, and launched the career of Julie Christie, who plays Liz, one of Billy's flames. A young Englishman named Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) dreams of escaping from his dull working-class family and his dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. In constant conflict with his parents and with the many women with whom he is romantically involved (he is engaged to two), Billy regularly escapes into a rich fantasy world. Sometimes he imagines himself to be the powerful dictator of a small country. In another fantasy, he wants to become the scriptwriter for a popular comedian on television. Unfortunately, he often blurs the line between fantasy and reality, which is exactly the reason that everybody calls him "Billy Liar."
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Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Shorts: Excerpt from "Northern Lights," an episode of BBC series HOLLYWOOD U.K.: BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES
Audio Commentary: John Schlesinger - Director, Tom Courtenay - Star, Julie Christie - Star
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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No Award information currently available
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- Recording Mode - Mono
- Color - B&W
- Additional Information - Criterion Collection
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Billy Liar Criterion Collection DVD
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