- Actors: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter
- Directors: Clive Donner
- Writers: Harold Pinter
- Producers: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Birkett, Noel Coward, Richard Burton
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Bfi
- VHS Release Date: 21 Oct 2002
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00006JY3G
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,330 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A good version of the Pinter thought piece. Directing this piece either for stage or film requires a touch that enables the viewer to catch up with its possible under themes, and to reflect on the carefully written dialogue. This is done well here, the camera lingering on certain scenes when all the 'action' (mainly talk) has finished. Nicely cast using men who know what Pinter's all about: this is different to playing Becket, it is one step closer to real life while still not quite in the same room.
Rooms are central to Pinter productions, and this one didn't really have to be more adorned than it was, even if you sometimes catch yourself thinking, 'God why don't they spruce it up a bit?-No wonder they're miserable!' The production didn't necessarily have to be as bare it was, but it works well with Pinter on stage, so why shouldn't it on screen. This play also suits the shadowy two tone black and white photography. The film won't suit everyone new to Pinter, but it serves as a solid record of what he was about.
Rooms are central to Pinter productions, and this one didn't really have to be more adorned than it was, even if you sometimes catch yourself thinking, 'God why don't they spruce it up a bit?-No wonder they're miserable!' The production didn't necessarily have to be as bare it was, but it works well with Pinter on stage, so why shouldn't it on screen. This play also suits the shadowy two tone black and white photography. The film won't suit everyone new to Pinter, but it serves as a solid record of what he was about.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There have been many stage versions of this best-known classic drama from Harold Pinter. The story is a simple one of a tramp given lodgings ( supposedly in exchange for acting as caretaker for the house ) in a storage room where a camp bed serves as the only comfort. The whole play/film revolves around his interaction with the two brothers who own the house, both of whom have their own quite different disfunctional personalities. Filmed totally within this small room, the dialogue is realistically gripping. As may be expected, the acting is superb from the three characters, with a particularly outstanding performance by Donald Pleasance as the "Caretaker", Mac Davies.
A great DVD for anyone, whether or not you've seen the play ! One to keep for posterity !!
A great DVD for anyone, whether or not you've seen the play ! One to keep for posterity !!
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Pinter's first cinematic attempt and one of the best films that people should see. Pleasance's wonderful and Bates very young, but very stimulating in his part. Very useful for people who love theatre and films.
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a Comedy This is Not!
The story concerns just three characters. A tramp who calls himself Davies and two brothers, Aston & Mick who offer the old tramp a room at their house for a while. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Gerald Urch
The Caretaker
Well - it's a classic, so I suppose it must be good !
But I found it hard to see exactly why. In the end, I did manage to get some enjoyment from it - but mainly from enjoying... Read more
But I found it hard to see exactly why. In the end, I did manage to get some enjoyment from it - but mainly from enjoying... Read more
Published 17 months ago by C. E. Bowyer
A Defaced Masterpiece
Pinter decreed words to the effect that this masterpiece of his "is a comedy."
Too many directors try to make it a Kafkaesque eerie and bizarre work - ruining the comedy... Read more
Too many directors try to make it a Kafkaesque eerie and bizarre work - ruining the comedy... Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2009 by Tom Pitsis
rather trendy but very well acted.
harold pinter to me, is a somewhat trendy playwright and can be slightly too intellectual for his own good.
"the caretaker" is an example of this. Read more
"the caretaker" is an example of this. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2006 by Mr. A. E. Ward Davies
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