The Film
Butley
His wife just left him for another man. And so did his boyfriend.
The Story
Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
Runtime
127 min
Released Jan 1974
Directed by
Harold Pinter
Written bySimon Gray
Gallery
The Stills.
