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  • Blu-ray Review: Quartet

    for musicians. There, we are introduced to a number of the residents, including Wilfred Bond (Billy Connolly), Reginald Paget (Tom Courtenay), and Cicily Robson (Pauline Collins) – who were all friends with each other during their respective careers. Also   from High-Def Digest Read more »

  • Morris Library Movie Night: Quartet

    night for June will take place on Wednesday, June 19 at 6 p.m. We will be featuring the movie Quartet starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, and Billy Connolly. Quartet is Dustin Hoffman's first complete directorial effort. At a home for retired musicians,   from Morris Area Public Library District Read more »

  • DVD & Blu-ray review: Billy Liar (PG)

    is a day of big decisions,” Billy keeps claiming. Except it isn't. The 19-year-old fantasist (Tom Courtenay, perfectly cast) is incapable of making big decisions. He never seizes the day. Many of the beautifully constructed scenes – mainly the fantasy ones   from The Independent Read more »

  • 'Quartet'

    arrival of the newest resident (Maggie Smith) shakes things up for her ex-husband (Tom Courtenay) and their former professional partners (Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins). An imminent concert may or may not lead differences among them to be patched up. DVD   from Zap2it.com Read more »

  • At The Movies - Quartet

    the original writer also produce the movie screenplay worked as well as it is possible to work. Harwood writes a scene for Tom Courtenay where Regie explains rap and opera to a young hip-hop fan that is brilliant. I love good writing. I say ditto for the direction.   from Payson Roundup Read more »

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About Tom Courtenay

Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (pronounced "Courtney"; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre. Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years service to cinema and theatre. Tom Courtenay is the President of Hull City A.F.C.'s Official Supporters Club. In 1999 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hull University.

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