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Synopsis: Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast fortune which he is told will only be his if he marries Susan. He does not love Susan, but she will make something of him the family expects. Arthur proposes but then meets a girl with no money who he could easily fall in love with.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Steve Gordon
Production: Orion Pictures Corporation
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1981
97 min
3,756 Views


that the night is over.

I have arranged breakfast

for you on the east patio.

This is a robe.

Please put it on.

Say goodbye to her, Arthur.

Do you know what

I'm going to do?

No, I don't.

I'm going to take a bath.

I'll alert the media.

Do you want to

run my bath for me?

It's what I live for.

Perhaps you'd like me to

wash your dick for you...

...you little sh*t.

You'd better watch out

You'd better not cry

You'd better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

Hobson, this is Arthur.

Yes! How delightful

to hear from you.

How about a pitcher of martinis?

No, thank you.

I'm not going

to face my father sober.

If you don't bring them

I'll have someone else do it!

I'll bring them.

- Say goodbye.

- Goodbye.

He treats me like a kid.

You know, Arthur...

...your father is going

to demand that you marry Susan.

I don't care what he demands.

Stay with me a minute, Hobson.

You know I hate to be alone.

Yes. Bathing is a lonely business.

Except for fish.

I beg your pardon?

Did you say "except for fish"?

Fish all bathe together.

Although they do tend

to eat one another.

I often think...

...fish must get

awfully tired of seafood.

What are your thoughts, Hobson?

Pardon me...

I don't want you to be alone.

I'll never be alone.

I have you.

Isn't life wonderful, Hobson?

Yes, Arthur, it is.

Do your armpits.

A hot bath is wonderful!

Girls are wonderful!

Imagine how wonderful

a girl who bathes would be!

Get dressed!

I hate it here.

Of course you hate it.

People work here.

Here, read this magazine.

There are many pictures.

Look how nobody ever smiles here.

Why doesn't anybody ever smile here?

They smile at lunchtime.

Lower your voice, Arthur.

And sit up.

Stop being so nervous.

Later on, we'll get ice cream.

Your father will see you now.

Come on, Hobson.

He wants to see you alone.

He gets all that money.

Pays his family back

by being a stinking drunk.

It's enough to make you sick.

I really wouldn't know, sir.

I'm just a servant.

On the other hand...

...go screw yourself.

The press has a good time

with you, Arthur.

"Millionaire Drunk Playboy. "

You're the weakest man

I've ever known!

I despise your weakness!

I'm afraid we have to talk.

I'm not going to marry her!

I've told you a thousand times!

Fine. If that's your decision,

the family has no choice.

I'm sorry, Arthur, very sorry.

But as of this moment, you are...

...cut off.

You mean cut off from...

...you and Grandmother

and the family?

So you mean cut off

from the...

You don't mean cut off from the...

The money, Arthur.

Your grandmother and I have had

all the papers drawn up.

We want this marriage, Arthur.

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