The Party

1968

Action / Comedy / Romance

29
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 88% · 24 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 46513 46.5K

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Plot summary

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

Director

Blake Edwards Photo
Blake Edwards

Top cast

Vin Scully Photo
Vin Scully as Himself - Vin Scully
Helen Kleeb Photo
Helen Kleeb as Secretary
Jerry Martin Photo
Jerry Martin as Bradford
Steve Franken Photo
Steve Franken as Levinson
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753.37 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 3
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 44

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Shadowboy_25cm 8 / 10

A comedy classic with hilarious Peter Sellers!!!

Blake Edwards, Henry Mancini and Peter Sellers team up again and it's a winner.A Hindustani meets the high society of Hollywood, the chaos is programmed and the laughs hit hard.A culture clash comedy from 1968 by the great Blake Edwards with a hilarious Peter Sellers in one of his funniest roles as Hrundi V. Bakshi.It's still so much fun to watch this movie with its fine slapstick scenes and timinig, masterful camera work and perfect soundtrack by Henry Mancini.The first 2/3rd of the movie are great, at the end in the final 1/3rd it loses some of its pace.A great comedy. Always a good watch.Highly recommended.
Reviewed by mls4182 7 / 10

Silly, juvenile fun

Innocent, clumsy but lovable Peter Sellers is out of his element among a group of phony, pretentious Beverly Hills fools. He is victim to circumstance, technology and some silly customs that are foreign to his experience. The result is sometimes hilarious.Okay, first of all, just about everyone in this film is stupid. This is 2020 and most of us realize that Indian Americans are just as diverse as anyone else - ranging from brilliant and socially adept to the opposite of the spectrum. I realize this is dated and can be seen as offensive. I think the point of his character being Indian is that he is naive to some of the useless and ridiculous customs of the time as well as subtle changes in the culture. I don't think it was intended to be hurtful. I mean the man us the only likeable character in the movie! He isn't stupid, gauche or uncivilized. I think most of us would feel out of place and nervous in such a settimg. I do think it is pointless to portray the character as any race and am sorry people find it offensive. I like the character and don't think he represents anything but sincere and innocent. Hey, he gets the girl, right?On a lighter note the film features murderess Claudine Longet who got less than a month in jail for killing her lover. Talk about something to be enraged about! On top of that she can't act or sing!
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