Film
The Birthday Party
1968 · 2h 3m · Drama · Comedy · Thriller
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- 6.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100%
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Overview
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.
Cast
Robert Shaw
Stanley Webber
Patrick Magee
Shamus McCann
Dandy Nichols
Meg Bowles
Sydney Tafler
Nat Goldberg
Moultrie Kelsall
Pete Bowles
Helen Fraser
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Crew
- William FriedkinDirector
- Harold PinterScreenplay
- Max RosenbergProducer
- Milton SubotskyProducer
- Edgar J. ScherickExecutive Producer
- Denys N. CoopDirector of Photography
- Antony GibbsEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 9, 1968
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Thriller
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