The Go-Between

Synopsis: Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh, a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit, takes him on walks, and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor, Ted Burgess, a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling, realizes he's betraying Hugh, but continues as the go-between nonetheless, asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women. Can an affair between neighbors stay secret for long? And how does innocence end?

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director(s): Joseph Losey

Actors: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave

Production: Columbia Pictures

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 10 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.4

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Year:: 1971
: 116 min
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May we go, mama ?
Yes, of course you may.
You flew too near the sun
and you were scorched.
What did your father do ?
He worked in a bank, actually.
And he was a pacifist.
And he was a book collector.
He liked books very much.
And so he collected them.
That was his hobby.
Mother said they're quite valuable.
We might have to sell them.
Here's your pudding.
- What's it like ?
- Very good.
Used any black magic on
anyone lately ?
Not really, no.
I envy you in your power.
What's it like to have such
power at your fingertips ?
Oh, it makes you feel fairly good.
But I only have used it
at school, you know.
Can you teach me?
I could use it here.
Would you really want to ?
No, not really.
The results might be too alarming.
Would you like to amuse yourself
in the cathedral for a while ?
I have some shopping to do.
Yes, certainly.
Can you amuse yourself
in a cathedral ?
Well, it wasn't a killing curse, you see.
There are curses and curses.
It depends on the curse.
150 guineas. Mr. Curteen.
All right, gentlemen.
Next lot, number 68.
Lot number 68. Property of a gentleman
named Ditto.
Bay guilding. Seven-year-old.
Sixteen, two hands.
How much do I say for it ?
300 regularly.
How much for it ? 150 guineas. 120.
Who will stop at 100 ?
100 guineas, thank you. sir.
Most impressive. Superb.
What a splendid green.
Remarkably elegant.
- Most fetching.
- Charming.
Did you get the tie at Cello and Cello ?
Of course.
And where did you get the shoes ?
Sterling and Porter.
What green is this ?
Lincoln green.
I thought so.
I shall dub you Sir Robin Hood.
Do you feel different ?
I feel quite another person.
Let me have a proper look at you.
I think he does very well.
And I hope that your mother
will think so too.
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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of others' works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others' works. Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at Hackney Downs School. He was a sprinter and a keen cricket player, acting in school plays and writing poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art but did not complete the course. He was fined for refusing National service as a conscientious objector. Subsequently, he continued training at the Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in repertory theatre in Ireland and England. In 1956 he married actress Vivien Merchant and had a son, Daniel, born in 1958. He left Merchant in 1975 and married author Lady Antonia Fraser in 1980. Pinter's career as a playwright began with a production of The Room in 1957. His second play, The Birthday Party, closed after eight performances, but was enthusiastically reviewed by critic Harold Hobson. His early works were described by critics as "comedy of menace". Later plays such as No Man's Land (1975) and Betrayal (1978) became known as "memory plays". He appeared as an actor in productions of his own work on radio and film. He also undertook a number of roles in works by other writers. He directed nearly 50 productions for stage, theatre and screen. Pinter received over 50 awards, prizes, and other honours, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005 and the French Légion d'honneur in 2007. Despite frail health after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in December 2001, Pinter continued to act on stage and screen, last performing the title role of Samuel Beckett's one-act monologue Krapp's Last Tape, for the 50th anniversary season of the Royal Court Theatre, in October 2006. He died from liver cancer on 24 December 2008. more…

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