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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Brief Nudity, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1984 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Ensemble Film See Also: The Shooting Party, The Shooting Party

This British Merchant-Ivory look-alike was adapted from a novel by Isabel Colgate. In the summer before World War I, British nobleman James Mason invites an assorted group of acquaintances for a weekend shooting party on his huge estate. Among the participants are longtime rivals Edward Fox and Rupert Frazer, Fox's occasionally unfaithful wife Cheryl Campbell, and staunch anti-hunting advocate John Gielgud. The film unfolds in a carefully calculated but seemingly spontaneous fashion, in the manner of its 1938 ancestor Rules of the Game. Also like the earlier film, The Shooting Party casts a jaundiced eye towards class consciousness--and ends with a sudden, senseless but not altogether unexpected tragedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Edward Fox - Lord Gilbert Hartlip
Cheryl Campbell - Lady Aline Hartlip
James Mason - Sir Randolph Nettleby
Dorothy Tutin - Minnie Nettleby
John Gielgud - Cornelius Cardew