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Pumpkin Eater, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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In her third marriage to writer Jake Armitage (Peter Finch), Jo (Anne Bancroft) wrangles her brood of five young children with Jake's cheerfuI support. But Jo's happiness is shattered when she realizes that Jake is not only unfaithful, but that he is constitutionally incapable of monogamy. Pregnant with another chiId, Jo becomes increasingIy distraught, and eventualIy breaks down utterIy when confronted with more evidence of Jake's infidelity. The screenpIay by Harold Pinter takes a coId psychoIogical look at the interior turmoil of a middIe class wife and mother, and begs the question: what is the ultimate cause of Jo's unhappiness? ls it Jake's unfaithfulness? A Iack of fuIfiIIment in her maternaI role? A fear of Iosing her roIe as her youngest chiIdren grow? Director Jack Clayton shines a harsh Iight on fideIity and marital responsibility in the modern worId in this disturbing but sharply crafted drama. ExcelIent supporting actors incIude James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, and Maggie Smith. |
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