A very good film- that I always thought was boring AF-

OMG Jill Eikenberry from LA Law was in Arthur with Liza Minnelli?

I loved this film. Sir John Geilgud made it wonderful.

Sir John

Wonder who ended up buying...

"Sometimes I think of funny things"

I also loved Dudley Moore in Micki & Maude.

OP, I'm sure you can identify with a severely depressed alcoholic far more today than at 21!

It is one of my favorite movies ever. And this from someone who saw the previews and predicted it would fail miserably.

It was such a nice return for Liza.

Liza's dumpy father in Arthur was the same actor as Jerry Seinfeld's father on Seinfeld.

Dudley Moore, Milton Berle & Billy Wilder each died on March 27, 2002.

I love this movie. Liza: "oh, you poor thing."

Not a film, but the series Six Feet Under.

Originally, I thought Btenda and Margaret Chenowith were batshit crazy.

Now, 20 years later, it's the Fisher clan (especially patriarch Ruth) that is batshit and Brenda and her mom are relatively sane.

In either case, Billie Chenowith is certifiable.

R10, "If you and your undershirt could take a step back, I could enter this dwelling."

My favourite Gielgud quote was, "Hamlet was in big trouble when we left off." LOL, because this is true of every page of Hamlet.

The Arthur museum at the VFA is amazing.

I was working in Manhattan when this was filming. I watched a bit of the scene being filmed where Liza is outside Bergdorf Goodman after stealing a tie and she gets on a bus. Arthur is such a perfect comedy; have seen it many times. When Ricky Gervais was approached to do a remake he flatly refused, saying “Why redo a classic?”

I also watched Streisand directing a scene of Prince of Tides inside Grand Central Terminal.

Grateful I worked in Manhattan for so many years as a big movie buff; you never knew what you could stumble on.

I didn’t know if you were supposed to hate Jill Einkenberrys character or not. Whether she truly loves him or is out for his money like her father is. The one weak link in a terrific film.

Anyone seen Arthur 2 On the rocks?

I loved it, OP. Easily one of my all-time favorite comedies.

R17, Your misspelling makes me want to call her Jill Oinkenberry for the remainder of my days-

Her performance is so hammy and over the top in a BAD WAY- like a satire.. I just figured that it was a directorial choice.

You know who else I liked? That hooker in the beginning-

They fleshed her out and made her more than a caricature. And I loved how she genuinely ENJOYED Arthur- it wasn't just to get the $500.00. I was shocked that she told him she became a hooker because her dad raped her and her mom died when she was young (For that time, and for this film, it was kind of hardcore- but effective)