The Party
The Party is a 1968 American comedy film, produced, co-written and directed by Blake Edwards. Based on a fish-out-of-water premise, the film stars Peter Sellers as a bungling actor from India, who accidentally gets invited to a lavish Hollywood dinner party. The film is a farce with a very loose structure; it essentially serves as a series of set pieces for Sellers's improvisational comedy talents.
Plot
The production of a costume epic film is ruined when Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi accidentally blows up an enormous fort set. The director fires Hrundi immediately and complains to the studio head, General Fred R. Clutterbuck. Clutterbuck writes down Hrundi's name to blacklist him, but he inadvertently writes it on the guest list of his upcoming dinner party. Hrundi receives his invitation and drives to the party. Upon arriving, he steps in mud and tries to rinse his shoe in a shallow pool in the house. He loses his shoe, with which he is reunited after much difficulty, when it is served to him on a silver platter by a waiter.
More details
| author | Blake Edwards |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Blake Edwards |
| editor | Ralph E. Winters |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | baby elephant blacklist crush cry dinner party embarrass fire department good time hippie macaw manneken pis morgan morgan motor company movie actor nothing open paint pass screen test serve set set construction stetson hat toilet paper toy gun wait western movie wyoming |
| musicBy | Henry Mancini |
| producer | Blake Edwards |
| productionCompany | The Mirisch Corporation |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | dance slapstick |