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.
Released: Dec 09, 1968
Runtime: 123 minutes
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols, Sydney Tafler, Moultrie Kelsall, Helen Fraser
Crew: William Friedkin (Director), Harold Pinter (Screenplay), Harold Pinter (Theatre Play), Denys N. Coop (Director of Photography), Teresa Bolland (Production Manager), Edgar J. Scherick (Executive Producer)