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The Go-Between is a 1971 British historical drama film directed by Joseph Losey. Its screenplay by Harold Pinter is an adaptation of the 1953 novel The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley. The film stars Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave and Dominic Guard.
The Go-Between: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard, Margaret Leighton. A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.
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- Drama, Romance
- Joseph Losey
- 1971-07-29
Joseph Losey’s “The Go-Between” is about class distinction and its warping effect upon the life of one small boy. The story is set in the days before World War I, privileged days that seemed to stretch endlessly before the British upper class.
The Go-Between is a novel by L. P. Hartley published in 1953. His best-known work, it has been adapted several times for stage and screen. The book gives a critical view of society at the end of the Victorian era through the eyes of a naïve schoolboy outsider.
- Leslie Poles Hartley
- 1953
Director Joseph Losey rented an abandoned manor in Norfolk and had it refurbished for the movie. Deborah Kerr originally was cast as Mrs. Maudsley but withdrew after director Joseph Losey left her waiting several hours in a hotel for his return call.
Director Losey's final collaboration with Harold Pinter is 1971's The Go-Between, an adaptation of L. P. Hartley's novel of the same name. Like two of Losey's previous three collaborations with Pinter, the film critiques the British class system; it is a tragedy born out of snobbery.
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.
