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Episode of Series “American Film Theater = The American Film Theatre Collection”.
Lauded and much admired adaptation of the caustic Harold Pinter play about three estranged brothers and their father. When one son - an accomplished university professor - visits from America with his wife, the family are reunited in their London home only to find that tension and malevolence simmers dangerously below their every interaction. As a study of male violence, family dysfunction, rage and suppressed emotion, Pinter’s screenplay shines even if the characters’ motivations are opaque, and their capacity for hatred, disturbing. Cast includes: Vivien Merchant, Terence Rigby, Paul Rogers, Cyril Cusack, Michael Jayston, and Ian Holm who is brilliant as the menacing pimp, Lenny.
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ACMI Identifier
319161
Languages
English
English
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Conflict of generations
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Anger
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Brothers and sisters
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Conflict of generations
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family - Psychological aspects
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family reunions
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family violence
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Fathers and sons
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Machismo
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Misogyny
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sibling rivalry
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anger
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Choice (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Conflict of generations
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Machismo
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Men - Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Misogyny
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Repression (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Revenge
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
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Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)