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Butley is a 1974 American-British drama film directed by Harold Pinter and starring Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Susan Engel, and Michael Byrne. It is an adaptation from Simon Gray 's 1971 play of same name. It was produced by Ely Landau and released through Landau's American Film Theatre .
Butley: Directed by Harold Pinter. With Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Georgina Hale, Michael Byrne. An English professor finds his life crumbling around him.
- (880)
- Drama, Romance
- Harold Pinter
- 1976-04
Reviews. Butley. Roger Ebert January 01, 1974. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Once, in the dim recesses of his alcoholic past, Ben Butley was an authority on T.S. Eliot. But now his photograph of Eliot is peeling from the wall, and Butley is peeling, too.
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)...
- (20)
- Harold Pinter
- R
- Alan Bates
You can buy "Butley" on Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video online. Synopsis Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual.
- Harold Pinter
- 5
- Alan Bates
- 127 min
Butley. Summaries. An English professor finds his life crumbling around him. A day in the life of Ben Butley. But definitely not a day to remember for this T.S. Eliot scholar at the University of London.
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Directed by Harold Pinter. His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend. Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual.
