The Go-Between (1971)

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Synopsis
The third collaboration between director Joseph Losey and writer Harold Pinter, following The Servant and Accident, continues their exploration of class rituals and the darker recesses of desire. Pinter's script adapts the 1953 L.P. Hartley novel about Leo Colston, a middle-aged man (Michael Redgrave), recalling a summer of his early adolescence at a country estate. Young Leo (Dominic Guard) observes the machinations of the adults in the household, all but two of whom conveniently ignore his presence. Marion Maudsley (Julie Christie) is promised in marriage to another aristocrat, but she is secretly in love with farm worker Ted Burgess (Alan Bates). They enlist Leo as their messenger, with tragic consequences for all concerned. The older Leo has never married, and as the story winds on, it becomes clear that his own infatuation with Marion irrevocably altered his life. The Go-Between won several British Academy Awards, including one for Pinter's screenplay, and was one of four films awarded a grand prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Carmen Dillon	Art Director
Gerry Fisher	Cinematographer
Michel Legrand	Composer (Music Score)
Richard Rodney Bennett	Composer (Music Score)
John Furniss	Costume Designer
Joseph Losey	Director
Reginald Beck	Editor
John Heyman	Producer
Norman Priggen	Producer
Harold Pinter	Screenwriter
L.P. Hartley	Short Story Author
L.P. Hartley	Short Story Author
Peter Handford	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Drama

Awards
1971 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1971 - Best Foreign Film - English Language - Golden Globe
1971 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1971 - International Grand Prix - Cannes International Film Festival
1971 - International Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival
1971 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1971 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
1971 - Best Foreign Film - English Language - Golden Globe
1971 - International Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival
1971 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1971 - Best Foreign Film - English Language - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Alan Bates	Ted Burgess
Julie Christie	Marion Maudsley
Edward Fox	Hugh Trimingham
Michael Gough	Mr. Maudsley
Margaret Leighton	Mrs. Maudsley
Michael Redgrave	Leo (old)

The Go-Between (1971)

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