
Quick Facts
DirectorWilliam Friedkin
Runtime2h 3m · PG-13
GenresComedy · Drama · Thriller
Release1968-12-09
Film
The Birthday Party
1968· PG-13· 2h 3m· Comedy· Drama· Thriller
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.
1968-12-09
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorWilliam Friedkin
ScreenplayHarold Pinter
ProducerMax Rosenberg
Director of PhotographyDenys N. Coop
EditorAntony Gibbs
Full cast & crew (6 cast · 16 crew)
Details
Released1968-12-09
Runtime2h 3m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosPalomar Pictures International
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating6.6/10 · 19 votes
Original languageen
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