The Birthday Party (1982)

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gptkbp:instanceOf film
gptkbp:basedOn The_Birthday_Party_(play)
gptkbp:boxOffice $1 million
gptkbp:character gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkb:Goldberg
Lulu
Meg
Petey
McCann
gptkbp:cinematographyBy gptkb:Gordon_Willis
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:criticalReception mixed reviews
gptkbp:directedBy gptkb:William_Friedkin
gptkbp:distributor 20th Century Fox
gptkbp:editedBy gptkb:John_Bloom
gptkbp:filmFestival gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival_1982
gptkbp:genre drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Birthday Party (1982)
gptkbp:influencedBy Theatre of the Absurd
Harold_Pinter's_works
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:John_Barry
gptkbp:notableQuote “I’m just a simple man.”
“What do you want?”
“You’re not going to get away with this.”
“I don’t want to talk about it.”
“It’s all a game.”
“It’s my birthday.”
“I’m not a man, I’m a monster.”
“You can’t escape.”
“You’re a funny man.”
“You’re all mad.”
gptkbp:premiere gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
gptkbp:releaseDate 1982
gptkbp:runtime 100 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkbp:setting boarding_house
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Robert_Shaw
gptkb:Diane_Wiest
gptkb:Ian_Holm
gptkbp:theme identity
isolation
fear
power dynamics
absurdism