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Dominican Rep. The Pumpkin Eater
- Original title
- The Pumpkin Eater
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Harold Pinter. Novel: Penelope Mortimer
- Cast
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Anne Bancroft
Peter Finch
James Mason
Cedric Hardwicke- Rosalind Atkinson
Maggie Smith
Eric Porter
Richard Johnson- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Oswald Morris (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Family Relationships
- Synopsis
- The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage. She leaves this husband to marry Jake, and his career takes off. A few years and at least one child later, Jo is deeply depressed, breaking down in the middle of Harrods. After psychiatric care and the prospect of a new house in the country, she gets better; then, she is pregnant again, and this time Jake objects. Jo consents to an abortion and sterilization in the belief it will make her marriage happy again, but afterwards she learns ugly truths about Jake. She confronts him. "Why did you marry me?" and "What should we do?" become nearly unanswerable questions.
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- Awards
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1964: Oscar: Nominated for Best Actress (Anne Bancroft)1964: Golden Globes: Best Actress Drama (Anne Bancroft)1964: Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress (Anne Bancroft)1964: BAFTA Awards: 4 awards including Best Foreign Actress (Bancroft). 7 Nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"It might make for valid drama if Mr. Pinter had done a half‐way job of establishing this insecure woman on firm psychological ground."
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"This is a fine film, encompassing the joys and tragedies of life: birth and death, marriage and divorce, love and hate. The leads give their characters life."
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"Anne Bancroft is exceptionally good... The role may sound conventional enough, but not as played by Bancroft; she adds a depth and understanding which puts it on a higher plane."
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"There's beautifully modulated direction from Jack Clayton and scriptwriter Harold Pinter's acidulent signature is all over it -- not to mention the influence of Michelangelo Antonioni."
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