Movie Description Set during the end of the Edwardian Era, "The Shooting Party" is the spellbinding story of a group of aristocrats who are completely blind to the fact that a new age has dawned.
| Credits | | Cast: | Dorothy Tutin, Edward Fox, James Mason, John Gielgud |
Notes Shot at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, England.
Tom Reeve was the production coordinator.
Released theatrically in New York City May 24, 1985.
Copyright The Royal Trust Company of Canada 1984.
At the end of the film are the following epitaphs:
Captain Lionel Stephens MC Killed in Action Ypres 1915
Oberstleutnant Count Tibor Rakassyi Killed in Action Stobykhva 1916
Lt. Marcus Nettleby Killedi n Action Delville Wood, The Somme 1916
Lance-Sergeant Walter Weir Died of Wounds Gallipoli 1915
Private John Hoskins Killed in Action Passchendaele 1917
Editorial Reviews "...There's not a weak member in this huge cast....Ranks with the best work of [Mason's] long, rich, increasingly productive film career..." Canby
"...The film is a compendium of treasures, beginning with the fluidity of its editing, its rich but never cloying photography and its subtle and evocative clothes..." Los Angeles Times - Sheila Benson (06/27/1985)
"[T]he key performance comes from James Mason, touchingly world weary in one of his last roles." Sight and Sound - Matthew Leyland (01/01/2007)
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