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The Entertainer is a 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Tony Richardson, produced by Harry Saltzman and adapted by John Osborne and Nigel Kneale from Osborne’s stage play of the same name.
"The Entertainer" is a fascinating film based on the play by John Osborne ("Look Back in Anger"); Osborne co-wrote the screenplay. Olivier plays Archie Rice, a fading entertainer in a fading medium (music halls) in a fading empire (the Suez crisis of 1956 figures into the action).
The Entertainer, British dramatic film, released in 1960, that is a notable example of the British “kitchen sink” dramas produced in the post-World War II era by writers known as the Angry Young Men. Laurence Olivier portrayed Archie Rice, a third-rate vaudeville entertainer who refuses to accept.
Mar 28, 2006 · While films have tended to portray the entertainment industry as a dream factory where lowly people become great, The Entertainer (1960) is a gritty and dark portrait of the seedy side of the stage in playwright John Osborne's comparison of a crumbling Britain to the failing fortunes of a third-rate musical theater performer.
Overview. Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business. Tony Richardson. Director. John Osborne. Screenplay. Nigel Kneale. Screenplay. Reviews 1. Discussions. A review by CinemaSerf.
The Entertainer. Directed by Tony Richardson • 1960 • United Kingdom. Starring Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey. “Life is a beastly mess,” states the great Laurence Olivier in this superb drama of the seedy music-hall life.
On the far side of middle age, Archie Rice (Sir Laurence Olivier) lives in a British seaside resort with his father, retired successful vaudevillian Billy Rice (Roger Livesey), second wife Phoebe Rice (Brenda de Banzie), and doting son Frank Rice (Sir Alan Bates).
