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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.[1]

Betrayal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Jones
Written by	Harold Pinter (play and screenplay)
Produced by	Sam Spiegel
Starring	Jeremy Irons Ben Kingsley Patricia Hodge
Cinematography	Mike Fash
Edited by	John Bloom
Distributed by	Virgin Group (United Kingdom) 20th Century Fox (United States)
Release date	19 February 1983 (1983-02-19)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

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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 as Ned, age five

Production

Screenwriter Harold Pinter based the drama on his seven-year (1962–69) clandestine affair with television presenter Joan Bakewell, who was married to producer-director Michael Bakewell. At the time, Pinter was married to actress Vivien Merchant.[2][3]

Reception

New York Times film critic Vincent Canby said Harold Pinter is "justifiably celebrated" and that "nothing he has written for the stage has ever been as simply and grandly realized on the screen as his Betrayal". He applauded the performances of the three lead actors, the direction, and the meaningful application of reverse chronology, and summed up that "I can't think of another recent film that is simultaneously so funny, so moving and so rigorously unsentimental. ... This is pure Pinter well served by collaborators."[4] Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert similarly commented that the film's reverse chronology, far from being a gimmick, is the key element to its brilliance. He gave the movie four stars.[5]

Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader, by contrast, argued that "The reverse-order gimmick of Harold Pinter's screenplay seems meant to revitalize some trite and tedious material—the breakup of a love affair—yet the expected literary games don't materialize: the film plods backward in time with the same dull linearity it would have moving forward." He praised Kingsley's performance but gave the film an overall negative assessment.[6] Geoff Andrew likewise wrote in Time Out, "Hodge is fine, Kingsley tries his best, and Irons is as tight-assed as ever. But it's all so uncinematic as to make one wonder why it was ever made in the first place."[7] Variety commented that Patricia Hodge gave a much less compelling performance than the other two leads but summed up the film as "an absorbing, quietly amusing chamber drama for those attuned to Harold Pinter’s way with words."[8]

Accolades

Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
Academy Awards[9]	Best Adapted Screenplay	Harold Pinter	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards[10]	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards	Best Actor	Ben Kingsley	Won
National Board of Review Awards[11]	Best Film		Won[lower-alpha 1]
	Top Ten Films		Won[lower-alpha 2]

Notes

References

External links

• Betrayal at AllMovie
• Betrayal at IMDb
• Betrayal at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Betrug (1983)

Betrug (OT Betrayal) ist ein britisches Filmdrama aus dem Jahr 1983. Regie führte David Jones, Harold Pinter schrieb das Drehbuch und adaptierte dafür sein gleichnamiges seit 1978 international erfolgreiches Theaterstück. Das Theaterstück beruht auf Pinters siebenjähriger Affäre (von 1962 bis 1969) mit der Fernsehmoderatorin Joan Bakewell, die mit dem Produzenten und Regisseur Michael Bakewell verheiratet war, während Pinter damals mit der Schauspielerin Vivien Merchant verheiratet war.[1][2] Die Hauptrollen übernahmen die Oscar- und Olivier-Preisträger Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley und Patricia Hodge.

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- [en] Betrayal (1983 film)

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[ru] Измена (фильм, 1983)

Измена — фильм режиссёра Дэвида Хью Джонса. Номинант на премию «Оскар» в 1984 году. Мировая премьера — 19 февраля 1983 года.

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