Other Titles • Billy Liar • Geliebter Spinner (1963)
Trivia from Billy Liar (1963)
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Theatrical Release: December 16, 1963.
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Tom Courtenay took over the role originally created on the stage by Albert Finney.
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Source writer Keith Waterhouse based some parts of his main character's life on the years he spent clerking for an undertaker. He claims he took the job mainly to get access to a typewriter.
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Julie Christie at first was rejected for the part of Liz, but the actress who was chosen subsequently suffered a nervous breakdown. Director John Schlesinger then asked Christie back, thus sparking her career. David Lean, upon first seeing BILLY LIAR, immediately cast her in his upcoming film, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, which also featured Tom Courtenay.
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BILLY LIAR is included on the British Film Institute's list of One Hundred Favorite British films.
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