Arthur
Arthur is a 1981 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. It stars Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress but ends up falling for a common working-class girl from Queens. It was the sole film directed by Gordon, who died in 1982 of a heart attack at age 44.
Plot
Arthur Bach is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City, who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith limousine through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, but only if he marries the upper-class Susan Johnson, the daughter of a business acquaintance of his father. He does not love Susan, but his family feels that she will make him finally grow up. During a shopping trip in Manhattan, accompanied by his valet, Hobson, Arthur witnesses a young woman, Linda Marolla, shoplifting a necktie. He intercedes with the store security guard on her behalf, and later asks her for a date. Despite his attraction to her, Arthur remains pressured by his family to marry Susan.
Awards
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author | Steve Gordon |
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award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
contentLocation | New York City |
director | Steve Gordon |
editor | Susan E. Morse |
events | alcoholism |
genre | comedy-drama romance |
keywords | abusive father begin binge drinking central park chauffeur church disown drink drinking binge engagement party horrify manhattan rolls-royce silver wraith security guard shop shoplift spoil upper class wedding day working class wound young woman |
musicBy | Burt Bacharach |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
producer | Robert Greenhut |
productionCompany | Orion Pictures |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
recordedAt | Long Island |
theme | romantic comedy |