Drama ·Comedy ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1968 · 2h 3m

The Birthday Party

Director

Cast

Robert Shaw as Stanley Webber Patrick Magee as Shamus McCann Dandy Nichols as Meg Bowles Sydney Tafler as Nat Goldberg Moultrie Kelsall as Pete Bowles Helen Fraser as Lulu

Crew

Denys N. Coop — Director of Photography Antony Gibbs — Editor Harold Pinter — Screenplay Milton Subotsky — Producer Max Rosenberg — Producer

Synopsis

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party". Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

absurdist

Key Collaborators

William Friedkin Director Denys N. Coop Director of Photography Antony Gibbs Editor Harold Pinter Screenplay Milton Subotsky Producer Max Rosenberg Producer

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