What is Arthur (1981 movie)?
{{italic title}}{{Infobox film | name = Arthur | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Steve Gordon (director)|Steve Gordon]] | producer = [[Robert Greenhut]] | writer = Steve Gordon | starring = [[Dudley Moore]]<br />[[Liza Minnelli]]<br />[[John Gielgud]] | music = [[Burt Bacharach]] | cinematography = Fred Schuler | editing = [[Susan E. Morse]] | studio = [[Orion Pictures]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] | released = {{Film date|1981|7|17}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $7 million | gross = $95.5 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2621605377/weekend/ |title=Arthur, Box Office Information |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> }} {{for|the TV series with the same name|Arthur (TV series)}} '''''Arthur ''''' is a 1981 [[Movie#Genres|comedy movie]] [[Writer|written]] and [[Movie director|directed]] by [[Steve Gordon (director)|Steve Gordon]]. The movie [[Movie star|stars]] [[Dudley Moore]] as Arthur Bach, a drunken [[New York City]] millionaire.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arthur |author=Vincent Canby |newspaper=New York Times |date=17 July 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/17/movies/arthur.html |access-date=24 November 2014 }}</ref> Arthur is about to be [[married]] to a [[wealthy]] [[heir]]ess. Instead he falls for a [[working class]] girl from [[Queens]]. It was the only movie directed by Gordon, who died in November 1982 of a [[heart attack]].<ref>Jeff Lenburg, ''Dudley Moore: An Informal Biography'' (Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.com, 2001), p. 79</ref> Arthur earned nearly [[United States|$]]96 [[million]] in the [[US]], making it the fourth highest grossing movie of 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1981&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm|title=1981 Domestic Gr