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| The Servant [1963] | ![The Servant [1963]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VChRBB20L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Joseph Losey
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Wendy Craig
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16670
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 111 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060034578185
ASIN: B000Z63YXE
Release Date: January 7, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1963
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'Forget all about equality, let's play Master & Servant..' February 5, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first heard about this cult film about five years ago but couldn't track it down for love nor money. After several years wait it was finally released on DVD and I settled down with a glass of red wine and a bag of kettle chips to see if it was worth the wait. Overall I'd say yes; Harold Pinter's screenplay depicts a confusing of traditional class roles and is given a dark undercurrent by Dirk Bogarde's creepily subservient manservant, who gradually erodes Edward Fox's ideas of class and status until the latter is a gibbering wreck and the former is in complete control. The role of Hugo Barrett exemplifies Bogarde's later roles where he got out of his comfort zone and began to play edgy as well as morally and sexually ambiguous characters to great effect. Fox is a competent 'upper-class twit' who is easily drawn into a compromising relationships whilst Wendy Craig spits feathers as his much maligned - and eventually discarded - lover. On the minus side, the film sags about half way through and never really recovers; the ending is muddled and disappointing and takes the edge of an otherwise masterful period piece.
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