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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
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Two British mobsters (Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler) drive a mob deserter (Robert Shaw) mad at a seaside resort.
- (5)
- William Friedkin
- G
- Robert Shaw
A film adaptation of Harold Pinter's play by William Friedkin, starring Robert Shaw as a mysterious boarder in a seedy resort. Ebert praises the performances and the director's sensitivity, but criticizes the film's incompatibility with the stage medium.
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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