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"A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in a funeral home lives in his own fantasy world."
"Billy, a young man with a dreary life, spends most of his time daydreaming about a land where he is a hero. A number of minor indiscretions causes Billy to lie in order to avoid the penalties. As these events start catching up with him, he finds himself telling bigger lies to cover his tracks. Finally, when his life is a total mess, and nobody believes a word he says, an opportunity to just run away and leave it all behind presents itself. Billy has a difficult decision to make..."
"Billy escapes from dull middle-class routine into a fantasy world."
"Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working class family, a pair of demanding fiancees and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."
"A young undertaker escapes from his mundane working-class life by entering a fantasy world where all his dream ambitions come true. As work, romance and family pressures build to almost intolerable levels, a young lady enters his drab life, offering the only chance he'll ever get to leave the past behind."@en
"Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."
"Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."@en
"In an imaginary country in post-war times, Billy Fisher tries to escape his drab working-class life, enters show-business, and finds more escape in free-wheeling Liz."
"A young undertaker escapes from his mundane working-class life by entering a fantasy world."
"Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancées, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."@en
"Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancées, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."
"From an unsympathetic working-class family in a drab North Country town, Billy escapes into a wild fantasy world where he realises his dream ambitions."
"Billy Fisher, whose constant daydreams and truth-deficient stories earn him the nickname of "Billy Liar," dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."@en
"Working as an undertaker's clerk in a dull northern town, Billy Fisher frequently escapes from the crippling constraints of day-to-day existence into a fantasy world of his own creation. While the stage play confined itself to verbal fantasy, the film veers into visualisation. Courtenay's playing brings an edge of desperation to his predicament heightened by the promise Julie Christie holds of escape."@en
"Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working- class family, a pair of demanding fiancees and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers."
"From an unsympathetic working-class family, Billy escapes into a wild fantasy world where he realises his dream ambitions."@en
"From an unsympathetic working-class family, Billy escapes into a wild fantasy world where he realises his dream ambitions."
"Stuck in a dead-end job, Billy longs for more. He can accomplish this in his daydreams, but to his suprise, lies catch up to you in your fantasies as well."@en
"A young undertaker escapes from his mundane life by creating various fantasies in which he is the star. Classic British comedy drama. (1963)."