The Caretaker (Original title)The Guest (Alternative title)Harold Pinter's the Caretaker (Help search title)
Date: 1963 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Clive Donner
Synopsis: Aston lives in an unfurnished room of an empty house owned by his brother Mick. He meets Davies, a tramp who has been sacked from an all night café and invites him back to the house. Davies talks about himself, how he wants to collect his identity papers from Sidcup and his need for new shoes. Mick visits the house while Aston is out and after tormenting and frightening Davies, asks him to stay on as caretaker. Aston has also asked him to do the same and Davies changes his allegiance between the brothers. First he is thrown out by Aston and brought back by Mick; then Mick throws him out. Davies then realises he is unwanted.Synopsis: Screen adaptation of the play by Harold Pinter.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Vagrants, Employment
Releases
Date: 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9477 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: April 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Home movies: DVD of the monthAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n162 December 2002 Page: 168
Title: RwdArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: British National Film Catalogue v2 1964
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v124 n17 24 Jan 1964 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v124 n17 24 Jan 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2946 19 Mar 1964 Page: I0
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2946 19 Mar 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v33 n2 Spring 1964 Page: spring 64
Title: [Sight and Sound - v33 n2 Spring 1964: no known title]Language: English
Description: Donner answers question about the making of his film.
In: Films in Review v15 n2 February 1964 Page: II5
Title: [Films in Review - v15 n2 February 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8887 11 Mar 1964 Page: 5
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8887 11 Mar 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v231 n3 5 Feb 1964 Page: 987
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v231 n3 5 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n364 May 1964 Page: 67
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n364 May 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 3 Jul 1963
Title: [Variety - 3 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v176 n18 24 Jul 1963
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v176 n18 24 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v33 n1 Winter 1963/64 Page: Winter 38
Title: [Sight and Sound - v33 n1 Winter 1963/64: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmblätter n28 6 Jul 1963 Page: 547
Title: [Filmblätter - n28 6 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: German
Author: BLEISTEINER, Angela Pages: 355p.
Title: Theater and film: a comparative study of the two forms of dramatic art, and of the problems of adaptation of stage plays into films
Author: MANVELL, Roger Pages: 303p.
Description: Publishers: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses. The CARETAKER pp. 216-227 ELECTRA pp. 76-92 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT pp. 106-119 The MARAT-SADE pp. 238-248 MISS JULIE pp. 204-215 PYGMALION pp. 61-75 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE pp. 120-134 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF pp. 228-237 William SHAKESPEARE pp. 135-203
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(23)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9462 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-21058
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1603130
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-639806
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(7)
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-3615736
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3615735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3622064
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3622065
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 100.48 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1599998
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1603130
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-639806
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Film materials(16)
Description: 16mm BFI identifier: C-21059
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 3786 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-21069
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 3786 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-21070
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9462 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-21058
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm DupeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-21072
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 187 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-520220
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 79 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-520221
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1464157
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9449 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-21067
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 949 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-518068
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1464155
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1464156
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBFI identifier: C-21068
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-21071
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9449 FeetStock date: 1963Stock date: 1964Stock date: 1962Stock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-21066
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 9449 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-21065
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Date: 1963 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Clive Donner
Synopsis: Aston lives in an unfurnished room of an empty house owned by his brother Mick. He meets Davies, a tramp who has been sacked from an all night café and invites him back to the house. Davies talks about himself, how he wants to collect his identity papers from Sidcup and his need for new shoes. Mick visits the house while Aston is out and after tormenting and frightening Davies, asks him to stay on as caretaker. Aston has also asked him to do the same and Davies changes his allegiance between the brothers. First he is thrown out by Aston and brought back by Mick; then Mick throws him out. Davies then realises he is unwanted.Synopsis: Screen adaptation of the play by Harold Pinter.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Vagrants, Employment
Releases
Date: 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9477 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: April 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(29)
©: Caretaker Films, Executive Producer: Charles Kasher, Producer: Michael Birkett, Financial Support: Peter Bridge, Financial Support: Richard Burton, Financial Support: Peter Cadbury, Financial Support: Leslie Caron, Financial Support: Noël Coward, Financial Support: Peter Hall, Financial Support: Charles Kasher, Financial Support: Harry Saltzman, Financial Support: Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Taylor, Production Manager: Claude Watson, Assistant Director: Peter Price, Continuity Girl: Lee Turner, Screenplay and original play: Harold Pinter, Director of Photography: Nicolas Roeg, Camera Operator: Alex Thompson, Editor: Fergus McDonell, Assistant Editor: Simon Napier-Bell, Production Designer: Reece Pemberton, Construction Manager: Dick Frift, Make-up: Jill Carpenter, Effects Scored by: Ron Grainer, Sound Recording: Robert Allen, Boom Operator: Adrian Klein, Dubbing Mixer: Hugh Strain
Cast
(3)
Alan Bates (Mick), Donald Pleasence (Davies), Robert Shaw (Aston)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(14)
In: Sight and Sound v13 n1 January 2003 Page: 60Title: Home movies: DVD of the monthAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n162 December 2002 Page: 168
Title: RwdArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: British National Film Catalogue v2 1964
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v124 n17 24 Jan 1964 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v124 n17 24 Jan 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2946 19 Mar 1964 Page: I0
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2946 19 Mar 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v33 n2 Spring 1964 Page: spring 64
Title: [Sight and Sound - v33 n2 Spring 1964: no known title]Language: English
Description: Donner answers question about the making of his film.
In: Films in Review v15 n2 February 1964 Page: II5
Title: [Films in Review - v15 n2 February 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8887 11 Mar 1964 Page: 5
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8887 11 Mar 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v231 n3 5 Feb 1964 Page: 987
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v231 n3 5 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n364 May 1964 Page: 67
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n364 May 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 3 Jul 1963
Title: [Variety - 3 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v176 n18 24 Jul 1963
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v176 n18 24 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v33 n1 Winter 1963/64 Page: Winter 38
Title: [Sight and Sound - v33 n1 Winter 1963/64: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmblätter n28 6 Jul 1963 Page: 547
Title: [Filmblätter - n28 6 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: German
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: Literatur im Medienwechsel: eine Studie zur filmischen Adaption von Dramen Harold PintersAuthor: BLEISTEINER, Angela Pages: 355p.
Title: Theater and film: a comparative study of the two forms of dramatic art, and of the problems of adaptation of stage plays into films
Author: MANVELL, Roger Pages: 303p.
Description: Publishers: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses. The CARETAKER pp. 216-227 ELECTRA pp. 76-92 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT pp. 106-119 The MARAT-SADE pp. 238-248 MISS JULIE pp. 204-215 PYGMALION pp. 61-75 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE pp. 120-134 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF pp. 228-237 William SHAKESPEARE pp. 135-203
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(23)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9462 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-21058
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1603130
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-639806
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Digital materials(7)
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-3615736
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3615735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3622064
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPXBFI identifier: N-3622065
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: 50I - Hard DiskSound: SoundDuration: 100.48 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: C-1599998
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - Hard DiskMPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: C-1603130
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: WMVBFI identifier: N-639806
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Film materials(16)
Description: 16mm BFI identifier: C-21059
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 3786 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-21069
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 3786 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-21070
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9462 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-21058
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm DupeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-21072
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 187 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-520220
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 79 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-520221
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1464157
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9449 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-21067
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 949 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-518068
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1464155
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1464156
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBFI identifier: C-21068
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-21071
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 9449 FeetStock date: 1963Stock date: 1964Stock date: 1962Stock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-21066
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 9449 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-21065
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)