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The Party
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1447
- IMDb #1331
- Rotten Tomatoes #1050
- Letterboxd #1916
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1802
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #784
+5 more
- Metacritic Critics #2109
- Criticker #836
- Kinopoisk #3138
- AlloCiné #1219
- Trakt #1659
Every rating
A clumsy Indian actor mistakenly receives an invitation to an exclusive Hollywood dinner party. His well-meaning but disastrous attempts to mingle with the high-society guests result in a cascade of comedic catastrophes. Through a series of accidents involving a pet chicken and a malfunctioning fountain, he unintentionally dismantles the sophisticated soirée.
Details
- Director
- Blake Edwards
- Writers
- Blake Edwards, Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman
- Studio
- The Mirisch Company, United Artists
- Released
- 4 April 1968
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian, Russian, French, Cantonese
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $2.9M
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Cast
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Awards
1 nomination total
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