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 workingclass 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 Bach Dudley Moore is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City who likes to be driven in his chauffeured RollsRoyce through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his familys 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.While visiting his grandmother Martha Geraldine Fitzgerald, Arthur shares his feelings for Linda, but is warned again that he will be disowned if he does not marry Susan. Hobson, who has been more like a father to him than Arthurs real father, realizes that Arthur is beginning to grow up and secretly encourages Linda to attend Arthurs engagement party where Moore, an accomplished pianist, entertains guests. Hobson confides in Linda that he senses Arthur loves her. Linda crashes the party, held at the estate of Arthurs father, and she and Arthur eventually spend time alone together which is noticed by both families. Hobson is later hospitalized and Arthur rushes to his side, vowing to care for the person who has long cared for him. After several weeks, Hobson dies and then Arthur, who has been sober the entire time, goes on a drinking binge. On his wedding day, he visits the diner where Linda works and proposes to her. At the church, he jilts Susan, resulting in her abusive father, Burt Johnson Stephen Elliott, attempting to stab Arthur with a cheese knife, though he is prevented by Martha. ........
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