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23 April 1964 (Denmark) morePlot:
Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Controversial Playwright Harold Pinter Dead At Age 78 (From CinemaRetro. 26 December 2008, 9:52 AM, PST)
Harold Pinter Wins Nobel Prize
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 14 October 2005)
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Extraordinary Film moreCast
(Credited cast)| Alan Bates | ... | Mick | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins | |
| Robert Shaw | ... | Aston |
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Donald Pleasence was nominated for the 1962 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The Caretaker" and recreated his role in this production. moreQuotes:
Mick: I could turn this place into a penthouse. For instance this room. This room could have been the kitchen. Right size, nice window, sun comes in. I'd have I'd have teal-blue, copper and parchment linoleum squares. I'd have those colours re-echoed in the walls... moreFAQ
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This is an extraordinary film and I have been looking for a tape or DVD for some time. Bates is perfectly cast, Pleasance is ideal and utterly memorable, and Shaw is simply brilliant. It is one of the finest films I've ever seen of it's type. Does anyone know if it's maybe hung up in some sort of litigation or has a property rights thing going? It's a real shame that people who weren't around in the 60's can't see it. I think that in some ways this finds each of the actors and even Pinter at their very best. I recommend this to anyone exploring Schopenhauer, Sartre, Beckett, or Genet. It's in my top 100 films ever made. --tatkhj