Harold Pinter Movie Trailers
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The Hothouse Trailer (1982)
27 March 1982
Mystery surrounds the death of a patient; another has given birth to a child, father unknown. 'Irregular' occurrences in a government psychiatric hospital build to a terrifying climax.
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story Trailer (2023)
02 June 2023
The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose from poverty to stardom while keeping his sexuality a secret.
Turtle Diary Trailer (1985)
06 December 1985
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo.
Mojo Trailer (1997)
02 September 1997
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.
Harold Pinter: A Celebration Trailer (2010)
24 January 2010
In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National Theatre, directed by Ian Rickson.
Rogue Male Trailer (1976)
22 September 1976
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark.
Night School Trailer (1960)
21 July 1960
The plot focuses on a man returning home from prison to find his room being rented out to a tenant.
A Night Out Trailer (1960)
24 April 1960
Against the wishes of his domineering mother, Albert Stokes attends a work party. But the evening is not the escape he was hoping for.
Wit Trailer (2001)
09 February 2001
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
The Servant Trailer (1963)
14 November 1963
Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister as a live-in maid.
Basements Trailer (1987)
12 May 1987
Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once again, set in a single location.
Sleuth Trailer (2007)
12 October 2007
Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.
The Handmaid's Tale Trailer (1990)
15 February 1990
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
The French Lieutenant's Woman Trailer (1981)
28 August 1981
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles.
Mansfield Park Trailer (1999)
12 November 1999
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund.
Betrayal Trailer (1983)
19 February 1983
An affair between a literary agent and his best friend's wife, unfolding in reverse-chronological order.
Monologue Trailer (1973)
13 April 1973
A man sits alone remembering his love affair with the girl his best friend won.
The Tailor of Panama Trailer (2001)
11 February 2001
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama.
The Rear Column Trailer (1980)
01 October 1980
Set in the jungle of the Congo Free State in 1887–88, the story begins after explorer Henry Morton Stanley, has gone to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of Equatoria, from a siege by Mahdist forces.
The Last Tycoon Trailer (1976)
18 November 1976
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.
Talk Show Trailer (2011)
23 June 2011
A sinister talk show host interrogates and psychologically abuses a captive family for the entertainment of a live studio audience.
The Quiller Memorandum Trailer (1966)
10 November 1966
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
The Dumb Waiter Trailer (1985)
23 June 1985
In the kitchen, two assassins await the arrival of their victim. But someone keeps sending them messages via the dumb waiter.
The Go-Between Trailer (1971)
16 June 1971
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian.
The Pumpkin Eater Trailer (1964)
16 July 1964
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter.
The Collection Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the suggestion of infidelity.
One for the Road Trailer (1985)
25 July 1985
Powerful statement about the abuse of human rights by totalitarian governments, finds an unctuous and "civilized" interrogator humiliating the doomed members of a family who have become enemies of the state.
Breaking the Code Trailer (1996)
17 September 1996
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II.
The Trial Trailer (1993)
18 June 1993
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and despite being "arrested," is allowed to remain free and go to work.
Old Times Trailer (1991)
26 October 1991
The scene is a fashionably remodeled farmhouse in the countryside somewhere beyond London, where a prosperous and urbane couple are entertaining the wife's former roommate and friend whom they have not seen for twenty years.
The Comfort of Strangers Trailer (1990)
01 November 1990
An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.
No Man's Land Trailer (1978)
03 October 1978
'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the home of a rich writer and they start reminiscing about the 'past,' in a menacing, Pinteresque fashion.
Modesty Blaise Trailer (1966)
01 May 1966
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist.
Victoria Station Trailer (2003)
02 November 2003
A controller in a London cab office looks for a driver to pick up a fare from Victoria Station. The driver who answers has never heard of Victoria Station.
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer Trailer (1970)
12 November 1970
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place.
Accident Trailer (1967)
09 February 1967
Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage.
The Birthday Party Trailer (1987)
21 June 1987
It is Stanley's birthday, but the party he is given is not quite what he expects. [A BBC production broadcast on the Theatre Night series.
Under a False Name Trailer (2004)
10 November 2004
A mysterious writer is involved in a love affair with his stepson's wife, leading to a web of intrigue and desire.
Reunion Trailer (1989)
17 May 1989
Attorney Henry Strauss grew up in Germany, but left the country with his Jewish family during the rise of the Third Reich.
Landscape Trailer (1995)
21 October 1995
A middle aged couple, housekeeper and chauffeur sit in the huge bare kitchen of a country house pursuing their own thoughts aloud in a ghastly semblance of conversation.
Against the War Trailer (1999)
05 May 1999
Documentary arguing against the NATO bombing of Serbia and Kosovo
A Kind of Alaska Trailer (1984)
16 December 1984
A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness.
One for the Road Trailer (2001)
05 July 2001
2001 theatre production of Harold Pinter's one-act play considered his "statement about the human rights abuses of totalitarian governments.
Michael Redgrave: My Father Trailer (1997)
13 July 1997
Corin Redgrave presents a portrait of his father, Michael Redgrave, exploring his personality, nature and what he was like as a father.
The Heat of the Day Trailer (1989)
09 June 1989
In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent who has found out her lover is a spy.
The Birthday Party Trailer (1968)
09 December 1968
Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers.
The Caretaker Trailer (1964)
21 January 1964
Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district.
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land Trailer (2016)
15 December 2016
One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby.
The Caretaker Trailer (2004)
19 April 2004
Mick and his brother Aston live alone together in a West London house until one night Aston brings home Davies, who just left his job as a kitchen helper at a restaurant.
The Caretaker Trailer (1981)
07 June 1981
The story of two brothers and a tramp. Harold Pinter's first major success as a dramatist.
A Slight Ache Trailer (1967)
06 February 1967
In the breakfast room of a country house Flora and Edward are placidly finishing off breakfast, comfortably disputing as to whether the honeysuckle or convolvulus is in flower, and joining forces to drown a wasp in the marmalade jar.
Last to Go Trailer (1969)
01 January 1969
The last of five animated shorts directed by Gerald Potterton for Pinter People, voiced by Harold Pinter and Donald Pleasence.
A Walk By Waiting Trailer (2016)
05 June 2016
A short super-8 film walking several of Harold Pinter's poems about East London.
The Dumb Waiter Trailer (1999)
02 February 1999
Two hit-men, Ben and Gus, are waiting in a basement room for their assignment. As the play begins, Ben, the senior member of the team, is reading a newspaper, and Gus, the junior member, is tying his shoes.
Catastrophe Trailer (2001)
01 September 2001
An autocratic Director (Harold Pinter) and his Assistant (Rebecca Pidgeon) put the final touches to the last scene of some kind of dramatic presentation, which consists entirely of a man (John Gielgud) standing still onstage.
Butley Trailer (1974)
21 January 1974
Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T.