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The Entertainer

1993 · 120 min

A slow, melancholy character study of a fading performer, heavy with regret and family tension, demanding emotional engagement.

Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen McCrory, Bill Owen

Overview: Michael Gambon stars in John Osborne's play, set in 1950s Britain, following Archie Rice, a drunken, lecherous, egotistical vaudevillian, whose act is on the downward slope.

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Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen McCrory, Bill Owen

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
family
grief
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Nicholas Renton
Written by: John Osborne
Starring: Michael Gambon, Helen McCrory, Bill Owen, David Ryall, Billie Whitelaw, George Beach, Nicholas Hewetson
Music: Bill Connor
Runtime: 120 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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