THE PUMPKIN EATER
"THE PUMPKIN EATER" (1964)
SYNOPSIS: "Jo leaves the banality of her marriage to second husband Giles to wed her screenwriter lover, Jake Armitage, but insists her new husband adhere to her strict marital ideals. Though their relationship is passionate, Jo, now a mother of six, begins to feel stifled in her role as a doting homemaker -- and increasingly isolated from Peter, who is filming on location in Morocco. Jo's sanity is shaken when it seems Peter is not being faithful."
STARRING: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Cedric Hardwicke, Janine Gray, Mark Crader, Alan Webb, Richard Johnson, Rosalind Atkinson and Fergus McClelland.
SCREENPLAY: Harold Pinter; Based on The Pumpkin Eater - 1962 novel by Penelope Mortimer.
DIRECTOR: Jack Clayton
AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for one (1) Academy Award but lost.
It was nominated for ten (11) additional awards, by various entities, and won six (6) of them.
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