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Betrayal (1983 Film)
''Betrayal'' is a 1983 British drama film adaptation of Harold Pinter's 1978 play of the same name. With a semi-autobiographical screenplay by Pinter, the film was produced by Sam Spiegel and directed by David Jones. It was critically well received. Distributed by 20th Century Fox International Classics (USA), it was first screened in movie theaters in New York in February 1983. Plot ''Betrayal'' follows significant moments in the seven-year extramarital affair of art gallery owner Emma with literary agent Jerry, the best friend of her husband Robert, a London publisher. Nine sequences are shown in reverse chronological order with Emma and Jerry meeting for the first time at the conclusion of the film. Cast *Jeremy Irons as Jerry *Ben Kingsley as Robert *Patricia Hodge as Emma *Avril Elgar as Mrs. Banks *Ray Marioni as Waiter *Caspar Norman as Sam *Chloe Billington as Charlotte, age five *Hannah Davies as Charlotte, age nine *Michael König as Ned, age two *Alexander McIntosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jones (director)
David Hugh Jones (19 February 1934 – 19 September 2008) was an English stage, television and film director. Life and career Jones was born in Poole, Dorset, the son of John David Jones and his wife Gwendolen Agnes Langworthy (Ricketts), and was educated at Taunton School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Originally a television director, he first worked for BBC producer Huw Wheldon working on the '' Monitor'' arts television series from 1958 to 1964. His first London stage production was a triple-bill of T.S. Eliot's '' Sweeney Agonistes'', W.B. Yeats's ''Purgatory'' and Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape'' at the Mermaid Theatre in 1961. He directed his first production for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Arts Theatre in 1962, Boris Vian's ''The Empire Builder'', and two years later accepted the administrative post Artistic Controller at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), helping to plan programmes of new plays and European classics at the Aldwych Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |