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The Shooting Party (1985)

 -  Drama | Romance  -  September 1985 (USA)
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While Europe stands on the brink of a World War in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
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Sir Randolph Nettleby
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Lord Gilbert Hartlip
Dorothy Tutin ...
Lady Minnie Nettleby
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Cornelius Cardew
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Tom Harker
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Lady Aline Hartlip
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Lord Bob Lilburn
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Sir Reuben Hergesheimer
Joris Stuyck ...
Count Tibor Rakassyi
Rebecca Saire ...
Cicely Nettleby
Sarah Badel ...
Ida Nettleby
Rupert Frazer ...
Lionel / Lionel Stephens
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Olivia / Lady Olivia Lilburn
John J. Carney ...
Jarvis
Ann Castle ...
Lady Mildred Stamp
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Autumn, 1913: on the eve of the Great War, a small party of lords and ladies gather at the Hertfordshire estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby. A code of propriety governs all: dress, breakfast, relations with the estate's peasants, courtship, shooting, adultery. Lionel Stephens, who is courting Sir Randolph's daughter, gets into a shooting competition with Lord Gilbert Hartlip; Lord Gilbert's wife carries on discreet affairs; a pamphleteer circles the estate calling for no more killing, and Sir Robert's grandson hopes to protect a wild duck he's befriended. A way of life is ending: Lord Gilbert's violation of the gentlemen's code suggests internal rot as the real world presses in. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Battuta di caccia  »

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The last film of Thomas Heathcote. See more »

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The film features several Labrador Retrievers. These were not used for hunting in England in 1913. See more »

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Lord Bob Lilburn: If the land-owning class goes, everything goes!
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Referenced in Gosford Park (2001) See more »

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A very good production.
5 March 2007 | by (Manchester England) – See all my reviews

I purchased this film just by chance as it seemed interesting. I had to view this title twice to get the picture so to speak. I have never heard of this production before so did not know what to expect. After viewing with a decent bottle of wine, I found the film thoroughly enjoyable with the all star cast. I was sorry to learn that this film was James Mason's last. A good performance by all the cast especially by the stunningly beautiful Judi Bowker (Olivia) who I can just remember as a sickly teenager in the TV series Black Beauty. So, was the DVD worth buying?? Answer is yes. I will even visit the location which is Knebworth house which was unknown to me.


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