The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay)

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The Pumpkin Eater is a 1964 British drama film screenplay by Harold Pinter, adapted from Penelope Mortimer’s novel about a troubled marriage and a woman’s psychological unraveling.

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instanceOf film screenplay
screenplay
adaptationFor The Pumpkin Eater
surface form: The Pumpkin Eater (1964 film)
adaptationType literary adaptation
author Harold Pinter
basedOn The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Pumpkin Eater (novel)
basedOnAuthor Penelope Fletcher Mortimer
surface form: Penelope Mortimer
basedOnWorkType novel
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
filmCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom
filmLanguage English
filmReleaseYear 1964
genre drama
psychological drama
medium cinema
narrativeFocus troubled marriage
woman’s psychological unraveling
notableFor exploration of female subjectivity
intense psychological characterization
originalLanguage English
period 1960s British cinema
screenplayStructure feature-length
screenwriter Harold Pinter
theme emotional breakdown
identity crisis
marital infidelity
mental health
motherhood
title The Pumpkin Eater
yearOfScreenplay 1964

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Harold Pinter notableWork The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay)
The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay) basedOn The Pumpkin Eater (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Pumpkin Eater (novel)