Learning on ScreenBirthday Party, The
- Synopsis
- The Birthday Party was originally presented on stage in London in 1958 and since then the play has been frequently revived. Its author, Harold Pinter, is now recognised as one of the greatest talents in contemporary English literature. This film version by William Friedkin, with a screenplay by Pinter himself, is very faithful to the original story, which is set in a shabby seaside boarding house in England where a seemingly inane and trivial conversation suddenly transforms from something humorous to terrifying.
DVD Extras include an interview with director William Friedkin. - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 1968
- Subjects
- Drama; Film studies; Literature
- Keywords
- film adaptations; fear; guilt
Credits
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Screenplay
- Harold Pinter
- Cast
Patrick Magee Robert Shaw
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 NTSC
- Price
- $11.97
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 123 minutes
- Year
- 2018
Distributor
- Name
Kino Lorber Education
- edu@kinolorber.com
- Web
- http://www.kinolorberedu.com/index.php External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 212 629 6880
- Fax
- + 1 212 714 0871
- Address
- Suite 503
339 West 39th Street
New York
NY 10018
USA - Notes
- The US distributor Kino Lorber Edu brings distributors the films of of Kino International, Lorber Films and Alive Mind Education. They specialise in films on social justice and human rights, film studies, Asian studies, literature and theatre, science and philosophy, religion and spirituality. Sale.
Available from retail outlets
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