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Directed by john schlesinger, it stars tom courtenay who had understudied albert finney in the west end theatre adaptation of the novel as billy, and julie christie as liz, one of his three girlfriends. Joined the british army during world war ii, but after suffering from vertigo and rheumatic fever and breaking his leg, he performed magic for an entertainment unit in singapore. Billy liar in one of the most memorable and universally acclaimed films of the 60s. Waterhouses novel tells the story of billy, an undertakers assistant, who dreams of a better life and lies to his family and friends to make himself seem more important than he is. A young man courtenay dreams of escaping his working class world. Keith waterhouse s bi lly liar a novel, a play and a film. Billy liar full movie watch online, stream or download chili. From monty python to dont look now, british movies are have made cinematic history. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android.
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Julie christie, the british movie legend whom al pacino called the most poetic of all actresses, was born in chabua, assam, india, on april 14, 1940, the daughter of rosemary ramsden, a painter, and francis st. Billy liar is a 1963 british blackandwhite cinemascope comedydrama film based on the 1959 novel by keith waterhouse. Download citation different faces of parody in billy liar abstrakt parody in john schlesingers billy liar functions on a number of levels. Waterhouse was a bright, imaginative lad from leeds who worked in an undertakers after flunking the 11plus. Different faces of parody in billy liar researchgate. Billy liar is a 1959 novel by keith waterhouse, which was later adapted into a play, a film, a musical and a tv series. The work has inspired and featured in a number of popular songs. From tv prog of the early eighties about elaine called lady birds.