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The Birthday Party (1968)

The Birthday Party

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2h 3m

Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

December 9th, 1968

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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

Cast

Robert Shaw
Stanley
Patrick Magee
McCann
Sydney Tafler
Goldberg
Dandy Nichols
Meg
Moultrie Kelsall
Petey
Helen Fraser
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Directors

William Friedkin
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Producers

Max Rosenberg
producer
(as Max J. Rosenberg)
Edgar J. Scherick
executive producer
Milton Subotsky
producer
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Writers

Harold Pinter
screenplay
Harold Pinter
play
(uncredited)
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Keywords

insanity
violence
based on play
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Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 20th, 2006 (Greece) (Panorama of European Cinema)
November 1st, 2003 (Italy) (Torino Film Festival)
March 31st, 1976 (Spain) (TV premiere)
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Alternative Titles

The Birthday Party (original title)
Feliz Aniversário (Brazil)
Syntymäpäiväjuhla (Finland)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

7 Eriswell Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK (The boarding house)
England, UK
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, UK (studio) (studio: produced at)
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Running Times

123 min ((USA))

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.85 : 1 (theatrical ratio)
1.78 : 1

Production Companies

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Palomar Pictures International

Distribution Companies

Star Video (Australia)
Nord Video (Norway) (Beta) (Video 2000)
Connoisseur Film Ltd. (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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