The Shooting Party (1984)
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This British Merchant-Ivory look-alike was adapted from a novel by Isabel Colgate. In the summer before World War I, British nobleman James Mason invites an assorted group of acquaintances for a weekend shooting party on his huge estate. Among the participants are longtime rivals Edward Fox and Rupert Frazer, Fox's occasionally unfaithful wife Cheryl Campbell, and staunch anti-hunting advocate John Gielgud. The film unfolds in a carefully calculated but seemingly spontaneous fashion, in the manner of its 1938 ancestor Rules of the Game. Also like the earlier film, The Shooting Party casts a jaundiced eye towards class consciousness--and ends with a sudden, senseless but not altogether unexpected tragedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 97 mins
Complete Cast:
- Edward Fox - Lord Gilbert Hartlip
- James Mason - Sir Randolph Nettleby
- John Gielgud - Cornelius Cardew
- Gordon Jackson - Tom Harker
- Robert Hardy - Lord Bob Lilburn
- Sarah Badel - Ida Nettleby
- Aharon Ipalé - Sir Reuben Hergesheimer
- Warren Saire - Marcus
- Daniel Moynihan - Maidment
- Mia Fothergill - Violet
- Lockwood West - Rogers
- Patrick O'Connell - Charlie Lyne
- Daniel Chatto - John Hoskins
- Richard Leech - Dr. West
- Thomas Heathcote - Ogden
- Cheryl Campbell - Lady Aline Hartlip
- Dorothy Tutin - Minnie Nettleby
- Frank Windsor - Glass
- Judi Bowker - Lady Olivia Lilburn
- Rupert Frazer - Lionel Stephens
- Rebecca Saire - Cicely Nettleby
- John Carney - Jarvis
- Nicholas Pietrek - Osbert
- Deborah Miles - Ellen
- Ann Castle - Mildred Stamp
- Joris Stuyck - Count Tibor Rakassyi
- Jack May - Harry Stamp
- Barry Jackson - Weir
- Jonathan Lacey - Dan Glass
- Director(s):
- Alan Bridges
- Writer(s):
- Julian Bond
- Producer(s):
- Geoffrey Reeve
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- 1985 - The Shooting Party - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actor
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