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starring: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberrydirected by: Steve Gordon
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304437230
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304437234
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: December 04, 1992
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 3556
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
When you get lost between the moon and New York City (ahem), chances are you'll find yourself taking another look at this hit comedy starring Oscar-nominated Dudley Moore as the charmingly witty, perpetually drunken millionaire Arthur Bach. Arthur falls in love with a waitress (Liza Minelli) who doesn't care about his money, but unfortunately Arthur's stern father wants him to marry a Waspy prima donna. The young lush turns to his wise and loyal butler (Oscar-winner John Gielgud) for assistance and advice. Arthur was a huge hit when released in 1981, as was its Oscar-winning theme song by Christopher Cross. Few remember that the movie was, sadly, the only one ever made by writer-director Steve Gordon, who died less than a year after the film's release. Consistently funny and heartwarming, Arthur was hailed as a tribute to the great romantic comedies of the 1930s. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Rating - 9 stars
This movie is still one of the funniest movies ever and with the most memorable, repeatable lines. It is a family favorite and has been for all these years.
Rating:  - Comical and Touching
4 1/2 stars would be more accurate. While many comedies revolve around the cruel ridicule of certain parties, this is a MAJOR exception. We meet the millionaire Dudley Moore who seems to be a heavy drinker. But is he a drinker by nature? Perhaps not. Dudley's father is forcing him to marry a girl (Susan) he doesn't love under threats of disinheriting him. Later, Dudley meets the poor (but really likable) Linda. While Dudley Moore (Arthur) seems to know that there are some things that money can not ... Read More
Rating: - "Tell her Chief Inspector Flanigan from Homicide is here. That'll get her down in a hurry!"
DIALOGUE QUOTED
The late, great comedic genius Dudley Moore does a star turn as Arthur Bach the lovable lush in this 1981 comedy also starring Liza Minnelli as the love of his life, Linda Marola, and Sir John Gielgud as Hobson, his snooty but faithful manservant.
ARTHUR could not have been made today. His incessant drinking, comic then, would be considered so Politically Incorrect today that nobody would want to touch it---the sequel, ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS, released a bare ... Read More
Rating: - good movie
this was a pretty good movie. it was entertaining. dudley moore was pretty fun in this movie. it was good.
Rating: - Best Video Ever
This has to be probably THE best ever movie created. Hilarious. Dudley Moore shines as the booze laden, pampered, vastly wealthy heir to the family fortune being forced into marrying a woman he doesn't love lest he lose the entire aforementioned fortune. Liza Minelli is wonderful as the lower class love interest and her father is just brilliant in his string vest! And of course Sir John Gielgud reigns supreme as the posh butler whose love for Arthur ultimately sobers the spoiled brat. Classic lines ... Read More
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