|

|
Welcome to The Razor's Edge Film Site
 |
The Razor's Edge was adapted for cinema
by Bill Murray and John Byrum from the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
The film was a critical and commercial failure
on it's release in 1984. This website is for anyone who enjoyed
the film, regardless.
Thanks to John Byrum for his help with this
site.
|
Recent Posts
 |
13-Dec-09 Fan
Comments :
""It doesn't matter" whether
John, Bill or the movie itself got the recognition, this simply
is one of the best movies ever made."
Read comment in
full
|
|
 |
02-Oct-09 With the
Tiger by Inez Baranay
"An elegant retelling of the Somerset
Maugham classic The Razor's Edge"
A new Razor's Edge movie?, sex drugs
and rock 'n roll?, Larry Darrell as a back-packing Aussie?
Read about With
the Tiger
|
|
 |
10-Sep-09 'Bill
Murray Life Lessons'
Starring Ann Everton and Jackson O'Connell.
A very nicely done tribute to The Razor's
Edge
|
|
 |
21-Feb-09 Picture Exclusive
:
Karin Byrum has donated another rare photo
of Bill Murray and John Byrum during the writing of the script.
They are pictured enjoying a mud bath in Calistoga.
See image in
full
|
Film facts
 |
- The Razor's Edge is Bill Murray's
only screenwriting credit to date
- Larry's farewell speech to commanding officer,
Piedmont was written by Bill as a farewell to John Belushi.
- Columbia Pictures could only have the rights
to Ghostbusters if they also agreed to fund The Razor's Edge.
- The film was criticised for not taking the
search for truth seriously. Novelist, Somerset Maugham wrote
a script (which the studios rejected) and stressed "this
is a comedy and should be played rapidly"
- After The Razor's Edge, Bill took
a four year break from the industry which included studying
philosophy at the Sorbonne.
- In the remake , Larry Darrell serves as
an ambulance driver in World War 1 just as writer, Somerset
Maugham had. (In the novel and 1946 film version, Larry is a
fighter pilot)
|
|