The Bachelor Party (1957)

The Bachelor Party (1957) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Delbert Mann

Written By:
Paddy Chayefsky

Actors:
Don Murray ..... Charlie Samson
E.G. Marshall ..... Walter
Jack Warden ..... Eddie Watkins
Philip Abbott ..... Arnold Craig
Larry Blyden ..... Kenneth
Patricia Smith ..... Helen Samson
Carolyn Jones ..... The Existentialist
Nancy Marchand ..... Mrs. Julie Samson

Synopsis:

Like his earlier Marty, Paddy Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party began life as a TV play. The film version centers around the impending wedding of thirtyish Arnold (Philip Abbott). As they gather for the traditional "wild" bachelor party, Arnold's married pals begin reflecting on their own lives. Most of what develops is seen through the eyes of Charlie Samson (Don Murray), a staid bookkeeper who intends to cut loose at Arnold's premarital bacchanale. The unexpected pathetic figure in the proceedings is Walter (E. G. Marshall), a self-described "swinger" who after a few drinks bursts out in a uncontrolled fit of self-loathing. Though by necessity their characters are secondary, the women in The Bachelor Party--including Nancy Marchand, Patricia Smith, and Karen Norris - also reveal their true natures in ways both mundane and profound. Particularly memorable is Carolyn Jones in a brilliant, Oscar-nominated turn as a "good time girl" with whom Charlie Samson briefly dallies.

Five bookkeeper colleagues go out for a night on the town as a bachelor party for Arnold. There is one remaining bachelor among the bunch, Eddie, who is Arnold's best man. The other three married men envy Eddie's carefree life, especially Charlie, who hates his life but can't figure out why. He works hard, goes to night school four days a week, and doesn't spend much time with his pregnant wife, Helen. Charlie doesn't want to admit to himself that he doesn't yet want to be a father. As the purpose of the night hits him, Arnold confides his insecurities to Charlie about love and marriage. A further revelation from Walter, the eldest of the group, makes the men think further about life in general. An encounter with a girl he picks up at a Greenwich Village party and what looks to be desperation on Eddie's part to have a good time makes Charlie realize by the end of the night what he really thinks of his life.

A group of men gather to put on a bachelor party for a pal in Greenwich Village, and, as the night wears on, their drunkeness leads to frank and honest confessions about their real feelings about love and life.

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