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.
Title | The Birthday Party |
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Year | 1968 |
Genre | Drama, Comedy, Thriller |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Palomar Pictures International |
Cast | Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols, Sydney Tafler, Moultrie Kelsall, Helen Fraser |
Crew | William Friedkin (Director), Harold Pinter (Screenplay), Harold Pinter (Theatre Play), Denys N. Coop (Director of Photography), Max Rosenberg (Producer), Edgar J. Scherick (Executive Producer) |
Keyword | absurdist |
Release | Dec 09, 1968 |
Runtime | 123 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.34 / 10 by 16 users |