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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 Birthday Party: Directed by William Friedkin. With Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler, Dandy Nichols. The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
- (1.2K)
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- William Friedkin
- 1968-12-09
Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" wasn't cut out to be a film. As a play, it works brilliantly because the characters are caught together on the stage in their own logic. But as a movie, paradoxically, it's too real.
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”.
- (1.2K)
- Palomar Pictures International
- William Friedkin
Two British mobsters (Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler) drive a mob deserter (Robert Shaw) mad at a seaside resort.
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- William Friedkin
- G
- Robert Shaw
Harold Pinter. Screenplay. 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".
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