Arthur (1981 film)
Arthur is a 1981 comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. The film stars Dudley Moore as the eponymous Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress, but ends up falling for a common working-class girl from Queens. It was the first and only film directed by Gordon, who died in 1982 of a heart attack at age 44.
Arthur earned nearly $96 million domestically, making it the fourth highest grossing film of 1981. It was notable for its title song, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", co-written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, and performed by Christopher Cross. The film was nominated for a total of four Academy Awards. Sir John Gielgud won Best Supporting Actor and the theme song won Best Original Song.
Plot
Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, which he is told will be his only if he marries the upper class Susan Johnson (Jill Eikenberry), the daughter of a business acquaintance of his father. He does not love Susan, but his family feels she will make him finally grow up. During a shopping trip in Manhattan, accompanied by his valet Hobson (John Gielgud), Arthur witnesses a young woman, Linda Morolla (Liza Minnelli), shoplifting a necktie. He intercedes with the store security guard (Irving Metzman) on her behalf, and later asks her for a date. Despite his attraction to her, Arthur remains pressured by his family to marry Susan.
Arthur (2011 film)
Arthur is a 2011 romantic comedy film written by Peter Baynham and directed by Jason Winer. It is a remake of the 1981 film of the same name written and directed by Steve Gordon. It stars Russell Brand in the title role, with Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, and Nick Nolte in supporting roles.
Plot
Boozy Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) and his chauffeur, Bitterman (Luis Guzmán), dress up in Batman and Robin costumes for a formal dinner hosted by Arthur's mother, Vivienne (Geraldine James). The dinner is intended to announce Arthur as the new chairman of her corporation, Bach Worldwide. Driving to the dinner in a Batmobile, an intoxicated Arthur is chased by police, arrested and released the next day.
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Arthur & Friends
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- Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix released: 2001
- Arthur's Perfect Christmas released: 2000
- The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) released: 1998
Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix
Released 2001- Believe in Yourself
- I Don't Want to Wake Up
- Pop Quiz From Ratburn
- Has Anybody Seen My Invisible Friend?
- Two Sides of the Story
- I Can't Snap My Fingers
- Fly, Butterfly, Fly!
- D.W.'s Brass in Pocket
- Elwood City: A Report
- Muffy's Soccer Song
- My Brain
- Only the Frensky
- Mrs. Wha-cha-ma-call-it
- Fern's Detective Tango
- My Echo Doesn't Sound Like Me
- Goldilocks and the Bears Trio as told by Sue Ellen
Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Released 2000- Perfect Christmas
- Jingle Bells
- The First Noel
- Boogie Woogie Christmas
- Here We Come a'Wassailing
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Silent Night
- Fum, Fum, Fum
- It's Kwanzaa Time!
- What Child Is This?
- What's the Use of Presents?
- Baxter Day
- I'm Not Scared of Santa
- We Three Kings
- Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
- Sevivon
- Chanukah Blessing
- Sankta Lucia
- Nu Ar Det Jul Igen
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- O Tannenbaum
- Joy to the World
- Perfect Christmas (reprise)
The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)
Released 1998- Theme Song
- Library Card
- Carzy Bus (No Way!)
- Arthur vs. The Piano
- The UFO Song
- Meek for a Week
- Jekyll and Hyde
- My Dog Pal
- Matalii ja mustii (The Binky Song)
- Crazy Bus (I Said No, D.W.!)
- My Night Light
- Go to Sleep
- Thinking Tune
- Lucky Pencil
- Homework
- Poetry Club: Francine's Poem/Buster's Poem/Jimmy in the City
- The Ballad of Buster Baxter
- Leftovers Goulash
- Crazy Bus (What's This Doing Here?)
- Crazy Bus (reprise)
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Self Evaluation
by: ArthurI'd like to tell ya
What you want to hear
I've made some changes
In this past year
It's so very simple yet
I'm so confused
My mind is so tired
My body is bruised
You don't know a thing if you're asking
You don't have a clue if you never knew
I'm cold I'm old
I know I've been told
One too many times
One too many times
Sit back relax
No interest no tax
One hand on my shoulder
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