Abigail's Party
1977 | 102m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Mike Leigh |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Mike Leigh |
| Staring: |
| Beverly and Laurence are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Sue, whose teenage daughter, Abigail, is having a party. Over drinks and small talk, class differences and relationship difficulties emerge. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1977 |
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| Director: | Mike Leigh |
| Writer: | Mike Leigh |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | dysfunctional marriage, house party, tension, united kingdom |
| Production Companies | BBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alison Steadman | Beverley |
| Tim Stern | Laurence |
| Janine Duvitski | Angela |
| John Salthouse | Tony |
| Harriet Reynolds | Susan |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ron Bowman | Editor |
| Kenneth Sharp | Production Design |
| Toni Chapman | Makeup Artist |
| Derek Miller-Timmins | Sound Designer |
| Mike Leigh | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Margaret Matheson | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Alison Steadman is outstanding in this BBC "Play for Today" self-adaptation of Mike Leigh's play as the really quite hateful "Beverley' who gathers a few of her friends around for drinks and canapés only to have the evening slowly degenerate into an alcohol infused angry, bitter observation of snobb ... ery and middle class anachronisms. The tensions rise - accompanied by the increasingly intrusive and irritating racket from the eponymous party being held next door by the daughter of one of the guests. At times this is truly laugh-out-loud and at others agonisingly exasperating but an excellent example of great acting and writing.