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Abigail's Party (1977) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 9, 2004
• R2: 26 May 2003
Running Time
1 hour, 42 minutes
Country UK
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Other Titles
• Abigail's Party
• Play for Today: Abigail's Party (1977)
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Genre: Comedy, Satire, Black Comedy, Society
Plot: Mike Leigh's television adaptation of the play performed by the Hampstead Theatre Production focuses on a disastrous dinner party organized by Beverly (Alison Steadman), a middle-class Londoner who is married to Laurence (Tim Stern). The party's guests include new neighbors Angela (Janine Duvitski), a nurse, and her computer programmer husband, Tony (John Salthouse), as well as Susan (Harriet Reynolds), a divorced single mother whose 15-year-old daughter, Abigail, is throwing her first party next door. As the guests arrive and begin to get settled in, they run through the generic list of get-to-know-you topics of discussion, including work, family, life, and the history of how they met their partners. Gradually, the alcohol takes effect, causing Beverly and Tony to see each other in a sexual light when they begin to slow dance. All of this is disrupted when Laurence short-circuits, first going on a rampage of art appreciation, and then falling to the ground in an apparent fit of choking. The gravity of the situation finally brings sobriety and a well-needed reality check to the situation as Beverly, Tony, and Angela struggle to keep Laurence alive. Shooting the film on video using only one location, ABIGAIL'S PARTY captures the stage production with Leigh's usual intimacy and
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| Directed by |
Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake, Topsy-Turvy |
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| Written by |
Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake, Topsy-Turvy |
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| Cast |
Alison Steadman
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Clockwise | Tim Stern
Santa Claus, Dirty Filthy Love, Marple: 4.50 from Paddington | Janine Duvitski
Drowning by Numbers, The First Great Train Robbery, Dracula | | | |
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