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Harold Pinter (writer)
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23 April 1964 (Denmark)
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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...
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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)
(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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Cast
(Credited cast) | Alan Bates | ... | Mick |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins |
 | Robert Shaw | ... | Aston |
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The Guest (USA)
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USA:105 min
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The original Broadway production of "The Caretaker" by Harold Pinter opened at the Lyceum Theater in New York on October 4, 1961, ran for 165 performances and was nominated for the 1962 Tony Award for the Best Play. Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence and Robert Shaw recreated their Broadway roles in this filmed production. The author wrote both the play and the screenplay for the movie version.
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Version of "ITV Play of the Week: The Caretaker (#12.8)" (1966)
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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