The Birthday Party

1968 2h 3m ★6.5

The Birthday Party

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.

Release Date December 9, 1968
Runtime 2h 3m
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Director William Friedkin
Category Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Rating 6.5 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1968
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