Butley
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Initial release | January 21, 1974 |
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Directors | Harold Pinter |
Screenplay | Simon Gray |
Story by | Simon Gray |
Producers | Ely Landau |
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ID | 2082982 |
About Butley
Directed by influential British playwright, Harold Pinter, Ben Butley (Alan Bates) is an embittered English professor whose male lover leaves him on the same day his estranged wife (Susan Engel) asks him for a divorce. To make matters worse, Butley must also haggle with his spinsterish colleague (Jessica Tandy) and face the downward spiral of a once promising career. As his life crumbles around him, Butley fights back with the only weapon at his disposal: his razor-sharp wit. …