The Birthday Party (1968)

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.

Directing:
  • William Friedkin

Writing:
  • Harold Pinter

Stars:
Release Date: 1968-12-09
themoviedb icon 6.3/10
  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 123

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