A Londoner (Anne Bancroft) with several children leaves her second husband for a screenwriter (Peter... (Learn more)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason (View All)
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Starring: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason
Anne Bancroft stars as a restless, twice-married British woman with six children, whose third husband is a fledgling screenwriter (Peter Finch). When success spins Finch's head around, he begins to dally with women other than his wife. Meanwhile, Bancroft is forced to stay home and play "domestic goddess", a role for which she is utterly unsuited. After suffering a nervous breakdown, Bancroft wanders the streets of London in a vain search for a sympathetic ear. She eventually comes to grips with the situation at hand--but as in most of playwright Harold Pinter's works, the characters of The Pumpkin Eater are just as unfulfilled in the last scene as they were in the first. Anne Bancroft won a Cannes Film Festival award for her performance in this film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
11/1/64
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
118 mins.
Language
- English
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Film - Any Source award at the 1964 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Black and White Cinematography award at the 1964 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1964 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1964 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best British Film award at the 1964 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Actress award at the 1964 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Sony Pictures Releasing
