James Mason
Sir Randolph Nettleby
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The Shooting Party is a 1984 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges and based on the book of the same name by Isabel Colegate. The film is set in 1913, less than a year before the beginning of the First World War, and shows a vanishing way of life amongst English aristocrats, focusing on a shooting party gathered for pheasant shooting.
May 24, 1985 · The Shooting Party: Directed by Alan Bridges. With James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud. While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
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- Drama, Romance
- Alan Bridges
- 1985-05-24
Roger Ebert September 23, 1985. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "The Shooting Party" begins, with suitable irony, in the days just before World War I, when the British upper class was able to look out over a world that seemed secure, prosperous and unchanging.
In the fall of 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby (James Mason) invites a group of friends to join him for a weekend of pheasant hunting at his estate.
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- James Mason
- Alan Bridges
- Drama
Lionel Stephens, who is courting Sir Randolph's daughter, gets into a shooting competition with Lord Gilbert Hartlip; Lord Gilbert's wife carries on discreet affairs; a pamphleteer circles the estate calling for no more killing, and Sir Robert's grandson hopes to protect a wild duck he's befriended. A way of life is ending: Lord Gilbert's ...
