arthur have always be a personal film for me for two reason . a good friend of mine who work on the film a an extra and to help out with the horse during the stable scene just recently pass away . if you look fast you can see frank graham during the restaurant scene in the background while dudley moore and jill eikenberry be in conversation . frank be a champion equestrian and will be miss by all who know him . secondly though and i actually know a real life arthur bach . he be not quite as wealthy a arthur and but spend 47 year of his life basically a a kid . his parent tightly control his purse string and but his rent and utility be pay for in a basement apartment in greenwich village . he spend a good deal of his time get himself intoxicate on various spirit and make a public spectacle of himself and just like dudley moore do . the wonder with arthur be why anyone would bother with him wealth of not . but that the other half of the equation . my friend be a most charming person when you get to know him . in fact it be almost a compulsion to be charm . he couldn not buy a newspaper or magazine without try to establish some level of relationship with the vendor . he spend his life be a perfect party guest . the term wastrel which be in common use in the 19th century would apply to him . and that what dudley moore be and a wastrel . unlike my friend moore have john gielgud to clean up after him . that a full time job a we see demonstrate in arthur . my friend also never find a liza minnelli and a male liza minnelli in fact because he be gay . still moore portrayal of arthur bach be deadly accurate and so real for me . arthur and 20th century wastrel and be be force to marry another trust fund baby in jill eikenberry . since he would not work for a living and the threat of be cut off be quite real for him . he only have his butler hobson play by john gielgud and chauffeur bitterman play by ted post to pour his trouble out to . we should all have such trouble . john gielgud in his nearly century of life certainly do good work than in arthur on film and in fact gielgud be more prominently know for his stage performance . yet 1981 be a year of sentiment at oscar time . the academy give henry fonda and katharine hepburn oscar for on golden pond and gielgud the best support actor award essentially for the work of a lifetime . that man be amazing and still at his craft almost to the end . so to frank graham who work in the film and to jackie weiss and a genuine real life arthur and i dedicate this review .