The Homecoming (1973)

Regisseur:

Peter Hall

Drehbuchautoren:

Harold Pinter (play)
Harold Pinter (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

The share the house. They share the food. They share Teddy's wife. Such a nice happy family.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film | Based On Play

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.

Nutzerkommentare:

Great

Besetzung

Cyril Cusack	...	Sam, brother of Max
Ian Holm	...	Lenny
Michael Jayston	...	Teddy
Vivien Merchant	...	Ruth
Terence Rigby	...	Joey
Paul Rogers	...	Max, father of Lenny, Teddy, and Joey
Jonathan Sachar	...	Brian

Alternativ:

Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (Australia) (DVD box title) (USA) (poster title)

Länge:

111 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Eastmancolor)

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG

Firma:

Cinévision Ltée

Dialogzitate:

Max, father of Lenny, Teddy, and Joey: I worked as a butcher all my life, using the chopper and the slab, the slab, you know what I mean, the chopper and the slab! To keep my family in luxury. Two families! My mother was bedridden, my brothers were all invalids. I had to earn the money for the leading psychiatrists...

Great

I do think the film is cinematic, and the editing, photography, and art direction all put this in the realm of suburb film making.

Yes, it is Pinter at his peak, and most of the cast knew the play well (the new cast members probably only added freshness) from done long runs years before. Having seen most of them, I would say this must surely be the jewel in the AFT crown. Unlike the Pinter directed "Butley" it has grown rather than diminished by the years.

This is one of those film plays (Glengarry Glen Ross may be another) does commit the crime of doing the play so well that it pretty much makes further productions useless. The film of "The Caretaker" done some years earlier is also very strong.