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Overview
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Writers:
Penelope Mortimer (novel)
Harold Pinter (screenplay)
Release Date:
9 November 1964 (USA) more
Tagline:
A Much Married Woman Who Drifts From Husband to Husband!
Plot:
The study of a marriage. Jo has five children and husband number two when she meets writer Jake Armitage... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Harold Pinter Wins Nobel Prize
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 14 October 2005)
Actress Anne Bancroft Dies at 73
(From IMDb News. 8 June 2005)
User Comments:
A fabulous study of of a marriage breakdown and infidelity. more (24 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anne Bancroft | ... | Jo Armitage |
 | Peter Finch | ... | Jake Armitage |
 | James Mason | ... | Bob Conway |
 | Janine Gray | ... | Beth Conway |
| Cedric Hardwicke | ... | Mr. James - Jo's father |
| Rosalind Atkinson | ... | Mrs. James - Jo's mother |
| Alan Webb | ... | Mr. Armitage - Jake's father |
| Richard Johnson | ... | Giles |
 | Maggie Smith | ... | Philpot |
| Eric Porter | ... | Psychiatrist |
| Cyril Luckham | ... | Doctor |
| Anthony Nicholls | ... | Surgeon |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Parson |
| John Junkin | ... | Undertaker |
| Yootha Joyce | ... | Woman at Hairdressers |
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USA:118 min | 110 min (TCM Print) | UK:118 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16
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The final film project of Cedric Hardwicke. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The long tracking shot near end of film (in which camera begins on Jo smoking in bed, then winds through closeups of mementos in her living room) was shot backward; at beginning of shot smoke is going into her cigarette, not out of it. more
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Referenced in Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965) more
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Anne Bancroft shines in this movie as an isolated woman with 5 children trying to cope with lonliness and an unfaithful husband. Her acting in The pumpkin Eater is second to none. You can feel her depression in her every facial expression.
Peter Finch is also superb as the misunderstood husband who in his own way also feels isolated and lonely. He just feels his wife is a baby machine who cares more for bearing children than she doe's for him. But alas the both of them just accept their lot and try to get on with it in their own way. With disastrous results.
A movie spectacular without any fancy special effects or gore. The Pumpkin Eater is just old fashioned movie making at its best. You could not watch this film without feeling profoundly affected by it.
What a masterpiece.