The Go-Between (1971)
Country: GB
Technical: col 116m
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dominic Guard, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Edward Fox
Synopsis:
A thirteen year-old boy goes home with a friend for the school holidays, and finds himself carrying love letters between the elder sister (who is spoken for) and a local shepherd.
Review:
Oddly stilted adaptation of L.P. Hartley's celebrated coming-of-age novel set at the turn of the 19th century: some of the acting is decidedly wooden, and the sound is not terribly good, with Legrand's questionably appropriate musical cues far too loud. It is the last of the collaborations between Pinter and Losey, however, and sustains their run of quality, and indeed the important players, not least Guard, are fine. One of those portraits of a memorable English summer which will strike a chord with most audiences.
Country: GB
Technical: col 116m
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dominic Guard, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Edward Fox
Synopsis:
A thirteen year-old boy goes home with a friend for the school holidays, and finds himself carrying love letters between the elder sister (who is spoken for) and a local shepherd.
Review:
Oddly stilted adaptation of L.P. Hartley's celebrated coming-of-age novel set at the turn of the 19th century: some of the acting is decidedly wooden, and the sound is not terribly good, with Legrand's questionably appropriate musical cues far too loud. It is the last of the collaborations between Pinter and Losey, however, and sustains their run of quality, and indeed the important players, not least Guard, are fine. One of those portraits of a memorable English summer which will strike a chord with most audiences.
Country: GB
Technical: col 116m
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dominic Guard, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Edward Fox
Synopsis:
A thirteen year-old boy goes home with a friend for the school holidays, and finds himself carrying love letters between the elder sister (who is spoken for) and a local shepherd.
Review:
Oddly stilted adaptation of L.P. Hartley's celebrated coming-of-age novel set at the turn of the 19th century: some of the acting is decidedly wooden, and the sound is not terribly good, with Legrand's questionably appropriate musical cues far too loud. It is the last of the collaborations between Pinter and Losey, however, and sustains their run of quality, and indeed the important players, not least Guard, are fine. One of those portraits of a memorable English summer which will strike a chord with most audiences.