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The Birthday Party(Movie, 1968)

2h 3min | Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
The Birthday PartyRating: 3.2/5 (with 66 votes)
The Birthday Party is a 1968 British drama neo noir directed by William Friedkin and starring Robert Shaw. It is based on the 1957 play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter. The screenplay for the film was written by Pinter as well. The film, and the play, are considered examples of "comedy of menace", a genre associated with Pinter. The film was a passion project for Friedkin, an admirer of the play, and he remained proud of the film after its release, though it was a box office disappointment. It influenced his later work, particularly The Exorcist. ()
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About The Birthday Party

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.

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The Birthday Party (1968) Dir. William Friedkin(Trailer, 1:56)

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 8 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/09/1968
Screenwriter: Harold Pinter
Film Editor: Antony Gibbs
Director of Photography: Denys Coop
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:141696, Added: 03/29/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024