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Basements

Basements

1987TV Movie⏱️ 1h 48m
CrimeDramaMystery
5.4
IMDB Rating
306 votes

Adaptations of two early plays, The Room and The Dumb Waiter, by Nobel Prize-winning English playwright Harold Pinter. The first revolves around a paranoiac woman trapped in her apartment. The other is about two small-time crooks ...

Director
Robert Altman
Writers
N/A
Stars
John Travolta, Tom Conti, Linda Hunt
Release Date
May 12, 1987
Language
English
Country
Canada
💬 8
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

John Travolta
John Travolta
as Ben
Tom Conti
Tom Conti
as Gus
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt
as Rose
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
as Mrs. Sands
Julian Sands
Julian Sands
as Mr. Sands
David Hemblen
David Hemblen
as Mr. Hudd
👤
Abbott Anderson
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
as Mr. Kidd

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Production
Sandcastle 5 Productions

🏷️ Keywords

two handerteleplay adapted by authordumbwaiterbased on play

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A major waste of time
by erik-361998-12-09
1/10

"I had to watch this movie for a college drama course, and the parts that I actually bothered to stay awake for were not worth it. The movie, which is based on a short drama, is just as bad on television as it is if you read it. There is no point to the entire story and I would rather bang my head against a wall for an hour than take the time to sit through it...."

💡 Did You Know?

One of a number of filmed adaptations of plays made by director Robert Altman during the 1980s.

📖 Synopsis

Adaptations of two early plays, The Room and The Dumb Waiter, by Nobel Prize-winning English playwright Harold Pinter. The first revolves around a paranoiac woman trapped in her apartment. The other is about two small-time crooks ...