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Director:
Peter Hall
Writers:
Harold Pinter (play)
Harold Pinter (screenplay)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The share the house. They share the food. They share Teddy's wife. Such a nice happy family.
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Controversial Playwright Harold Pinter Dead At Age 78
 (From CinemaRetro. 26 December 2008, 9:52 AM, PST)

Dyer's Struggle On Stage Wage
 (From WENN. 18 March 2008, 12:17 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Paul Rogers ... Max, father of Lenny, Teddy, and Joey

Ian Holm ... Lenny
Michael Jayston ... Teddy
Vivien Merchant ... Ruth
Cyril Cusack ... Sam, brother of Max
Terence Rigby ... Joey
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Harold Pinter's The Homecoming (Australia) (DVD box title) (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on January 5, 1967, ran for 324 performances and won the 1967 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. Ian Holm, Vivien Merchant and 'Terence Rigby' reprise their roles in the filmed production. Ian Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Vivien Merchant was nominated for the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The play's author also wrote the screenplay play for this filmed production. more
Quotes:
Lenny: Take a table, take it. All right, I say, *take* it, *take* a table, but once you've taken it, what you going to do with it? Once you've got hold of it, where you going to take it?
Max, father of Lenny, Teddy, and Joey: You'd probably sell it.
Lenny: You wouldn't get much for it.
Joey: Chop it up for firewood.
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Great, 13 September 2006
10/10
Author: amosduncan_2000 from United States

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.

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