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Billy Liar
PG

Coming soon • August 2026
A beautiful new 4K restoration of one of the cornerstones of the 1960s British new wave, to mark the centenary of the BAFTA and Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger.
Comedy • Satire • British
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Billy Fisher is a lazy, wildly inventive and irresponsible undertaker's clerk in a Yorkshire town. Unable to accept the drab reality of life, Billy escapes into a world of fantasy. But when he becomes engaged to two girls at the same time and invents a demand for his non-existent writing talents, his troubles become more complex. That is, until he meets Liz, an ex-girlfriend, who appreciates the creative instincts hidden behind his dreams.

Adapted from the original book by Keith Waterhouse and successful stage adaptation starring Albert Finney, Billy Liar celebrates Northern working life and dialects in a Britain on the cusp of the later 60's revolution in youth culture. Tom Courtney gives an outstanding performance as the day-dreaming Billy alongside a wonderful Julie Christie as his ex-girlfriend and the film has never looked as magnificent as it does in this new restoration and is as funny and inventive as it is utterly heartbreaking.

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Duration
1hr 35mins
Director
John Schlesinger
Distributor
StudioCanal
Featuring
Tom Courtenay • Julie Christie • Wilfred Pickles
Year
1963
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Language
English
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