The pumpkin eater
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010].
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Homewood Public Library District - Stacks | DVD PUM | Checked out |
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
043396360013
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, James Clark ; music, Georges Delerue.
Participants/Performers
Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Johnson, Eric Porter.
Description
Anne Bancroft's cathartic lead performance anchors The Pumpkin Eater, Harold Pinter's harrowing, elliptical tale of marital dissatisfaction. Though much of the film concerns her character's fitful bouts with depression, Bancroft charges every moment she's onscreen, employing an array of subtle gestures and facial expressions to convey what her repressed character cannot. Pinter and director Jack Clayton never resort to facile satire or pat assignations of blame; instead, the film charts the slow, irreversible manner in which a chasm can grow between husband and wife. As Bancroft's callous husband, Peter Finch perfectly conveys the subtle, damaging hypocrisies that eventually break his wife's spirit. James Mason has a particularly memorable supporting role as a vitriolic, passive-aggressive acquaintance of the couple.
System Details
DVD.
Local note
DVD
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clayton, J., Woolf, J., Pinter, H., Bancroft, A., Finch, P., Mason, J., & Mortimer, P. (2010). The pumpkin eater . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jack Clayton et al.. 2010. The Pumpkin Eater. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jack Clayton et al.. The Pumpkin Eater Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Clayton, J., Woolf, J., Pinter, H., Bancroft, A., Finch, P., Mason, J. and Mortimer, P. (2010). The pumpkin eater. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clayton, Jack, et al. The Pumpkin Eater Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
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