The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers

The Comfort of Strangers (1990)


The Comfort of Strangers

The Comfort of Strangers (1989)

Budget (GBP) 0
Distribution Company

Skouras Pictures   (Distributor | Est. Unknown)

Release Date 1 September 1990
Black and White No
Regional Release No
Release Notes Switzerland August 1990 (Locarno Film Festival);
Italy 1 September 1990 (Venice Film Festival);
Germany 1 November 1990;
UK 30 November 1990;
Peru 1991;
Netherlands 25 January 1991;
Denmark 1 February 1991;
Portugal 15 February 1991;
France 13 March 1991;
USA 15 March 1991 (San Francisco, California);
USA 29 March 1991 (New York City, New York);
USA April 1991;
Greece 1 April 1991;
Spain 8 May 1991;
Sweden 14 June 1991;
Finland 28 June 1991;
Ireland 11 October 1991;
Australia 21 November 1991;
Turkey 8 May 1992;
Japan 21 February 1993 (video premiere);
Hungary 26 August 1993 (video premiere);
Germany 29 June 2015 (Munich International Film Festival).
Description Pinter adaptation of 1981 novel by Ian McEwan. An unmarried couple on vacation in Venice befriends a mysterious local couple who ensnares them into their games of psychological and sexual manipulation. One evening, Colin and Mary lose their way looking for a restaurant, and a stranger, Robert, invites them to accompany him. He plies them with wine and grotesque stories from his childhood. They leave disoriented, physically ill, and morally repelled. But, the next day, when the stranger sees them in the piazza, they accept an invitation to his sumptuous flat to meet his wife Caroline.
Language English

Linked Productions

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Linked People

Paul Schrader

Creative | Director


Ian McEwan

Creative | Author (original novel)


Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

Creative | Screenplay


Mario Cotone

Production | Executive Producer


Linda Reisman

Production | Associate Producer


Angelo Rizzoli Jr

Production | Producer


John Thompson

Production | Associate Producer


Angelo Badalamenti

Creative | Music


Dante Spinotti

Creative | Cinematography


Bill Pankow

Creative | Film Editor


Mary Selway

Creative | Casting


Gianni Quaranta

Creative | Production Designer


Luigi Marchione

Creative | Art Director


Stefano Paltrinieri

Creative | Set Decoration


Giorgio Armani

Creative | Costume Designer


Walter Cossu

Creative | Makeup Artist


Maria Costanzi

Creative | Assistant Hair Stylist


Stefano Fava

Creative | Makeup Artist


Paolo Franceschi

Creative | Hairstylist


Stefano Bolzoni

Production | Unit manager


Adriano Di Lorenzo

Production | Production Manager


Alessandro Senaldi

Production | Unit manager


Fabrizio Castellani

Production | Production supervisor


Marco Guidone

Creative | Assistant Director


Giacomo Lesina

Creative | First Assistant Director


Alessandro Alberti

Creative | Draughtsman


Luciano Bispuri

Creative | Props


Francesco Cagnoni

Creative | Draughtsman


Franco Pizzonia

Creative | Construction Coordinator


Floriano Porzionato

Creative | Props


Massimo Anlezotti

Technical | Sound effects


Luciano Anzelotti

Technical | Sound effects


Luca Anzelotti

Technical | Sound Effects Editor


Umberto Vandilli

Creative | Scenic Artist


Jim Beshears

Technical | Sound Effects Editor


Marko A. Costanzo

Technical | Foley artist


Susan Sklar Friedman

Technical | Assistant sound editor


Mark Goodermote

Technical | Boom operator


Bruce Kitzmeyer

Technical | Sound Editor


Drew Kunin

Technical | Sound Mixer


Maurice Schell

Technical | Supervising Sound Editor


Mel Zelniker

Technical | Re-recording mixer


Deborah Beer

Technical | Still Photographer


Sandro Bolli

Technical | Head grip


Fabio Di Meis

Technical | Electrician


Felice Guzzi

Technical | Electrician


Enrico Lucidi

Technical | Camera operator


Alberico Novelli

Technical | Chief lighting technician


Fabio Olmi

Technical | Second assistant camera


Nicola Pecorini

Technical | Steadicam Operator


Alessandro Rossi

Technical | Electrician


Marco Sacerdoti

Technical | First assistant camera


Doriano Torriero

Technical | Best boy


Laura Borselli

Creative | Assistant Makeup Artist


Franco Torriero

Technical | Grip


Francesco Zaccaria

Technical | Electrician


Mariolina Bono

Technical | Costume supervisor


Maria Giovanno Caselli

Technical | Assistant costume supervisor


Giancarlo Barberi

Technical | Colour timer


Sue Blainey

Technical | Assistant editor


Kristina Boden

Technical | Associate editor


Fabio Maiuri

Technical | Assistant editor


Daniele Sordoni

Technical | Assistant editor


Giorgio Padoan

Technical | Location manager


Thomas Drescher

Technical | Music editor


Gabriella Di Santo

Production | Production Coordinator


Luciano Gallina

Production | Crowd marshall


Rachel Griffiths

Production | Script supervisor


Andrea Nuzzolo

Production | Production secretary


Eugene Rizzo

Production | Unit Publicist


Linked Organisations

Skouras Pictures (Distributor | Est. Unknown)

Characters

Mary (The Comfort of Strangers) (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Natasha Richardson

Caroline (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Helen Mirren (1946)

Colin (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Rupert Everett

Concierge (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Manfredi Aliquo

Detective (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Mario Cotone

Hotel Maid (Age: Not Specified, Female)

Performer: Rossana Canghiari

Policeman (1) (The Comfort of Strangers) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Giancarlo Previati

Policeman (2) (The Comfort of Strangers) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Antonio Serrano

Waiter (1) (The Comfort of Strangers) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: David Ford

Waiter (2) (The Comfort of Strangers) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Daniel Franco

Robert (The Comfort of Strangers) (Age: Not Specified, Male)

Performer: Christopher Walken

Linked Awards

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Resources

Deborah Auld, 'From the Terrace', Village Voice, 12 December 1989, p. 106 (Paper-based)

Type: Review

Rafferty, Terrence. "The Comfort of Strangers." The New Yorker, Apr. 8, 1999, p. 84 (Paper-based)

Type: Review

The Comfort of Strangers, 1989 (URL)

Type: Trailer

External Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGTZqYL6RY

Original trailer.

Sources

Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process

Steven H. Gale, Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003)

Academic book

Contains chapters on each of Harold Pinter's filmed screenplays and includes a bibliography of reviews of films up to 1999.