Butley 1974
Directed by Harold Pinter | Starring: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Michael Byrne, Georgina Hale
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.